A 2558 — Permits retired school business administrators to be reemployed by school districts for periods of longer than two years.*

A2558 1R [First Reprint] ASSEMBLY, No.

CARTER District 22 (Somerset and Union)         SYNOPSIS      Permits retired school superintendents,business administrators,administrators and nurses to be reemployed by school districts for periods of longer than two years.

  CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT      IntroducedAs Pendingreported Technicalby Reviewthe byAssembly LegislativeEducation Counsel.Committee on May 7, 2026, with amendments.

   An Act concerning a return to employment by retired school1[school superintendents, administrators, or nurses and amending N.J.S.18A:66-53.2.N.J.S.18A:66-53.2] school business administrators and supplementing chapter 66 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes1.

       1. 1[1.  N.J.S.18A:66-53.2 is amended to read as follows:

P.L.2021, c.296, s.1)s.1)]1        2. 11. This act shall take effect immediately.

  a.   Notwithstanding STATEMENT        This bill permits retired school superintendents, administrators, and nurses to be reemployed by a school district for longer than a two-year period without approval by the Commissionerprovisions of Education. N.J.S.18A:66-53.2      Under current law, retired school superintendents, administrators, and nurses can be hired by school districts without having to bethe reenrolledcontrary, in the Teachers’cancellation, Pensionreenrollment, and Annuityadditional Fund,retirement providedallowance thatprovisions their terms of employmentsubsection area. subject to one-year contracts which cannot be extended for more than a total of two-years without approval by the Commissioner of Education.

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    except Thisthat billthe doescancellation, notreenrollment, permitand aadditional retiredretirement certificatedallowance superintendent,provisions administrator,shall orapply certifiedif schoolthe nurseformer member becomes employed orwithin reemployed120 todays obtainof tenureretirement inwith the positionemployer andfrom anywhich tenurethe ormember seniorityretired.  rightsNothing previouslyherein obtainedshall willpreclude nota applyformer tomember theso periodreemployed with a board of employmenteducation orfrom reemployment.renewing a contract every year;

provided that no such renewal shall provide the former member an election regarding whether to be reenrolled.  A retired school business administrator reemployed pursuant to this subsection shall not obtain tenure in the position and any tenure or seniority rights previously obtained shall not apply to the period of reemployment.  This subsection shall be effective if the qualified status of the retirement system under federal law can be maintained upon its application, and such modifications to the system as may be available shall be made to allow for its application.

     b.

The superintendent of a school district having a position of critical need, as determined by the Commissioner of Education, and seeking to reemploy a former member pursuant to the provisions of subsection a.

of this section shall demonstrate to the board the need for reemploying such member prior to reemployment by the board.1        2.  This act shall take effect immediately.