Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes > Title 18A > Chapter 28 - Definition of "Position"

• Academic year: means the period between the time school opens in any school district or under any board of education after the general summer vacation until the next succeeding summer vacation. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Board: means the board of education. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Education. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
• County superintendent: means the County Superintendent of Schools. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
• Department: means the State Department of Education. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• District: means a school district. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
• Employee: includes the holder of any position or employment. 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
• Residence: means domicile, unless a temporary residence is indicated. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
• School nurse: shall mean and include any school nurse, school nurse supervisor, head school nurse, chief school nurse, school nurse coordinator or any other nurse performing school nursing services in the public schools. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
• State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
• State board: means the State Board of Education. 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
• territory: extends to and includes any territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.