SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 1409

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: JANUARY 14, 1997

      The Senate Education Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 1409.

      This bill provides that any sick leave taken by a school board employee as a result of a personal injury caused by an accident in the course of employment shall constitute satisfactory service and shall not constitute grounds for the withholding of an employee's adjustment, employment or other increment.

      As reported, this bill is identical to S-261.