Bill Text: NJ S250 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes school district hiring preference for veterans.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-14 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee [S250 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-S250-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 250

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  JEFF VAN DREW

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Authorizes school district hiring preference for veterans.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

  

An Act concerning a school district hiring preference for veterans and supplementing chapter 28 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a.  A board of education may adopt a resolution providing hiring preference to veterans, as defined in N.J.S.11A:5-1, provided that in all measurable criteria, the veteran and nonveteran are equally qualified for the position.

     b.    In the case of any school district that has adopted Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes, the provisions of chapter 5 of Title 11A shall supersede the provisions of this section for those persons in the classified service of the civil service.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill would provide a school district with the ability to provide a hiring preference to veterans.  In order to be eligible for the preference under the bill when applying for employment with a school district, a veteran must be equally qualified in all measurable criteria with all other candidates for the position.  The bill specifies that in the case of a school district that has adopted Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes (approximately ten school districts) the veteran preference provisions of that chapter for those persons in the classified service of the civil service will supersede the bill's provision.