[Third Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 1019

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

208th LEGISLATURE

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 1998 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman CHARLES "KEN" ZISA

District 37 (Bergen)

Assemblyman ALAN M. AUGUSTINE

District 22 (Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman LeFevre and Senator Palaia

SYNOPSIS

Requires school district buildings and grounds supervisors to be a certified educational facilities manager.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

As amended by the Senate on November 15, 1999.

(Sponsorship Updated As Of: 11/16/1999)

An Act concerning public school facilities and supplementing chapter 17 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

1. As used in this act, "Buildings and grounds supervisor" means a person employed by a school district who performs administrative and supervisory duties relating to the structural, mechanical and physical maintenance and repair of public school facilities and who consults with contractors and school district officials to ensure proper compliance and administration of the various laws, regulations, technical practices, operations and management techniques with regard to the maintenance and repair of public school facilities or assists in planning, organizing and directing all undertakings relating to the structural, mechanical and physical maintenance and repair of public school facilities, or a combination thereof.

"Certified educational facilities manager" means a person who meets any one of the following criteria:

i. has served as a buildings and grounds supervisor in a school district continuously for the five years prior to September 1, 2002; or

ii. ³is a code enforcement official licensed by the Department of Community Affairs and is serving as a building and grounds supervisor on the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (now pending before the Legislature as this bill); or

iii.³ has a minimum of ²[three] two² years of experience in the field of buildings and grounds supervision and has graduated as a certified educational facilities manager from the New Jersey Educational Facility Management Program at Rutgers, The State University ¹or has graduated from an equivalent program offered at either an accredited institution of higher education or an approved post-secondary institution located within or outside of the State¹.

2. Commencing September 1, 2002, no person shall be employed by a board of education of a school district as a buildings and grounds supervisor unless he is a certified educational facilities manager; except that when a vacancy occurs in a position in which the duties of a buildings and grounds supervisor are performed, a board may select, for a period not to exceed two years and commencing on the date of the vacancy, a person who is not a certified educational facilities manager to perform on an interim basis, the duties of a buildings and grounds supervisor.

3. A board of education shall require any applicant for a permanent position as a buildings and grounds supervisor to provide documentation that he is a certified educational facilities manager.

4. The State Board of Education shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.

5. This act shall take effect immediately.