ASSEMBLY, No. 4941
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED OCTOBER 21, 2024
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman ANDREA KATZ
District 8 (Atlantic and Burlington)
Assemblywoman CAROL A. MURPHY
District 7 (Burlington)
Assemblywoman TENNILLE R. MCCOY
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Sampson, Assemblywomen Dunn, Tucker, Assemblymen Singh, Peterson, Rumpf and Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson
SYNOPSIS
Provides seniority service credit to educational support professionals for military service.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee on December 4, 2025, with amendments.
An Act concerning seniority of educational support professionals 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. As used in this section, “educational support professional” means a school district employee other than a teaching staff member.
b. In computing length of service for seniority purposes, every educational support professional who has served in the active military of the United States and is declared by the United States Department of 1[Defense] Veterans Affairs1 to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits shall be entitled to receive equivalent years of employment or seniority credit, up to four years, for that service as if the professional had been employed for the same period of time at the school district. Any military service shall be credited towards this employment or seniority credit, including service that occurred prior to the professional’s employment as an educational support professional.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.