Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:29A-5

  • District: means a school district. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • Teaching staff member: means a member of the professional staff of any district or regional board of education, or any board of education of a county vocational school, holding office, position or employment of such character that the qualifications, for such office, position or employment, require him to hold a valid and effective standard, provisional or emergency certificate, appropriate to his office, position or employment, issued by the State Board of Examiners and includes a school nurse and a school athletic trainer. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
Annually, the Governor shall sponsor a convocation on “Excellence in Teaching” at which time each teaching staff member who has been selected by a local school district shall be awarded a certificate of commendation. At this convocation, each teacher so selected shall be awarded a proportion of the funds provided pursuant to this act.

L. 1985, c. 322, s. 5.