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teaching staff member’s term of service
is less than one academic year.
Each evaluation shall be followed by
a conference between that teaching
staff member and his or her superior
or superiors. The purpose of this
procedure is to recommend as to
reemployment, identify any deficiencies,
extend assistance for their
correction and improve professional
competence.
18A:27-3.2 Teaching Staff
Member; Notice of Termination;
Statement of Reasons; Request;
Written Answer
Any teaching staff member receiving
notice that a teaching contract for
the succeeding school year will not
be offered may, within 15 days thereafter,
request in writing a statement
of the reasons for such non-employment
which shall be given to the
teaching staff member in writing
within 30 days after the receipt of
such request.
18A:27-5 Written Contracts of
Employment Required
Every contract between a board of
education which has not made rules
governing such employment and any
teaching staff member shall be in
writing, in triplicate, signed by the
president and secretary of the board
of education and by such person.
18A:27-6 Contents of Contracts
Each such contract shall specify:
1. The date when the person shall
begin such employment;
2. The kind and grade of certificate
held by him and the date upon
which the certificate will expire;
3. The salary at which he is
employed, which shall be
payable in equal semimonthly
or monthly installments, as
the board shall determine, not
later than five days after the
first and fifteenth day of each
month in case of semimonthly
installments and not later than
five days after the close of the
month in the case of monthly
installments while the school
is in session, a month being
construed, unless otherwise
specified in the contract, to be
20 school days or four weeks of
five school days each; and
4. Such other matter as may be
necessary to a full and complete
understanding of the contract.
18A:27-10 Non-Tenured
Teaching Staff Member; Offer
of Employment for Next
Succeeding Year or Notice of
Termination Before May 31
On or before May 15 in each year,
each nontenured teaching staff
member continuously employed by a
board of education since the preceding
September 30 shall receive either
a. A written offer of a contract
for employment from the
board of education for the next
succeeding year providing for
at least the same terms and
conditions of employment
but with such increases in
salary as may be required by
law or policies of the board of
education, or
b. A written notice from the chief
school administrator that such
employment will not be offered.
18A:27-11 Failure to Give
Timely Notice of Termination as
Offer of Employment for Next
Succeeding Year
Should any board of education fail
to give to any nontenured teaching
staff member either an offer of contract
for employment for the next
succeeding year or a notice that such
employment will not be offered, all
within the time and in the manner
provided by this act, then said board
of education shall be deemed to have
offered to that teaching staff member
continued employment for the
next succeeding school year upon
the same terms and conditions but
with such increases in salary as may
be required by law or policies of the
board of education.
18A:27-12 Notice of
Acceptance; Deadline
If the teaching staff member desires
to accept such employment, he shall
notify the board of education of such
acceptance, in writing, on or before
June 1, in which event such employment
shall continue as provided for
herein. In the absence of such notice
of acceptance, the provisions of this
article shall no longer be applicable.
18A:13-64 Employees of
Regional District; Continuance
in Positions and Rights
All employees of the regional district
shall continue in their respective positions
in the withdrawing district,
or in each of the constituent districts
in the event of a dissolution, and all
of their rights of tenure, seniority,
pension, leave of absence, and other
similar benefits shall be recognized
and preserved and any periods of
prior employment in the regional
district
Salaries
18A:29-1 Uncertified Teacher
Denied Salary
No staff member shall be entitled to
any salary unless he/she is the holder
of an appropriate certificate.
18A:29-3 Summer Payment
Plan; continuance of plan to
raise funds
Whenever persons employed for
an academic year by a board of
education shall indicate in writing
their desire to participate in a
summer payment plan, and such
board of education approves such
participation, then, and thereupon,
the proper disbursing officer of the