Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:17-13

  • Board: means the board of education. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • Employment: includes employment in a position. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
The board may, by a recorded roll call majority vote of its full membership appoint an assistant secretary who may be chosen from among its members and may fix his term of employment and compensation.

An assistant secretary shall assist the secretary in the performance of his duties and perform such other duties as the board may from time to time prescribe.

An assistant secretary shall act as secretary of the board and perform all duties and be subject to all of the obligations of the secretary during the secretary’s absence or inability to act or during a vacancy in the office of secretary, unless or until the board shall, by a like vote, designate another person to act as secretary during such time.

An assistant secretary or an acting secretary shall, if so required by the board, give bond for his faithful performance of his duties as secretary in the same manner and in the same amount as is required of the secretary and the payment of the premium thereon may be paid by the board as in the case of a secretary.

No assistant secretary or acting secretary shall acquire tenure of office, position or employment as secretary.

L.1967, c.271.