2023 New Jersey Statutes 18A:37-2.1. Suspension, expulsion of pupil for assault, appeal; report
b. Whenever a teacher, administrator, board member, other employee of a board of education or a labor representative on behalf of an employee makes an allegation in writing that the board member or employee has been assaulted by a pupil, the principal shall file a written report of the alleged assault with the district‘s superintendent of schools. The superintendent to whom the alleged assault is reported or, if there is no superintendent in the district, the principal who received the allegation from the board member, employee, or labor representative shall report the alleged assault to the board of education of the district at its next regular meeting; provided that the name of the pupil who allegedly committed the assault, although it may be disclosed to the members of the board of education, shall be kept confidential at the public board of education meeting.
Any person who fails to file a report of an alleged assault as required pursuant to this subsection may be liable to disciplinary action by the board of education of the district.
L.1979,c.189,s.2; amended 1995, c.128, s.5; 1997, c.372.