N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:9B-4.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 6A:9B-4.3 - School district and candidate reporting responsibility

(a) The chief school administrator shall notify the Board of Examiners when:

1. Tenured teaching staff members who are accused of criminal offenses or unbecoming conduct resign, retire, are suspended, or are placed on administrative leave from their positions;

2. Nontenured teaching staff members, including substitute teachers and any certificate holders working in school buildings as volunteers or as employees of a third-party vendor, who are accused of criminal offenses or unbecoming conduct resign, retire, or are removed from their positions;

3. A teaching staff member fails to maintain any license, certificate, or authorization that is mandated pursuant to this chapter for the holder to serve in a position;

4. The chief school administrator becomes aware that a teaching staff member has been convicted of a crime or criminal offense while in the school district's employ; or

5. The chief school administrator receives a report from the Department of Children and Families substantiating allegations of abuse or neglect, or establishing "concerns" regarding a teaching staff member.

(b) A school district shall cooperate with the Board of Examiners, as requested, to assist the Board of Examiners in executing its functions. Cooperation shall include, but not be limited to, providing documents, videos, emails, and investigative notes.

(c) School districts shall notify all employees new to the school district and shall notify annually all employees of the following reporting requirements. Failure to comply with this subsection may be deemed "just cause," pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:9B-4.4.

1. All certificate holders shall report to their chief school administrator their arrest or indictment for any crime or offense within 14 calendar days of the arrest or indictment. The reporting certificate holder shall provide the date of arrest or indictment and any charge(s) filed against the certificate holder.

2. Certificate holders arrested or indicted for any crime or offense shall report to their chief school administrator the disposition of any charge within seven calendar days of disposition.

3. A certificate holder shall report to their chief school administrator the suspension or revocation of any other license, certificate, or authorization issued to the certificate holder by a state or Federal agency or body. Such a report shall be made within seven calendar days of the notification date of the suspension or revocation of the license, certificate, or authorization.

N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:9B-4.3

Amended by R.2008 d.7, effective 1/7/2008.
See: 39 N.J.R. 3441(a), 40 N.J.R. 113(b).
In (a), inserted "or foreign jurisdiction".

Amended and recodified from 6A:9B-4.4 by 47 N.J.R. 2989(a), effective 12/7/2015

Amended by 55 N.J.R. 853(a), effective 5/1/2023