Sponsored by:
Senator RAJ MUKHERJI
District 32 (Hudson)
Senator CARMEN F. AMATO, JR.
District 9 (Ocean)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Singleton
SYNOPSIS
Provides seniority service credit to educational support professionals for military service.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Higher Education Committee on December 15, 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.