SENATE, No. 285

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 1996 SESSION

By Senators EWING and McGREEVEY

An Act concerning certain supplemental compensation for school administrators and supplementing chapter 29 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

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

    1. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.18A:27-4 or any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, no school board shall pay supplemental compensation in excess of $15,000 to an employee who holds an administrative position for any accumulated sick leave which is credited to the employee at the time of termination of employment or retirement.

    2. For the purposes of this act, an administrative position shall mean any of the following positions: superintendent of schools, assistant superintendent of schools, secretary of a board of education, assistant secretary of a board of education, school business administrator, business manager of a board of education, administrative principal, principal, vice-principal, assistant principal, director, supervisor, and any other position requiring the supervisory endorsement.

    3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to policies adopted or contracts entered into by a school board on and after the effective date of this act.

STATEMENT

    This bill provides that no school board shall pay supplemental compensation in excess of $15,000 to a school administrator for any unused sick leave which is credited to the employee at the time of termination of employment or retirement. A cap of $15,000 is currently applicable to the unused sick leave of State employees who retire from a State-administered retirement system. The bill applies to policies adopted or contracts entered into on an after the effective date of the act.

Caps supplemental compensation for unused sick leave for school administrators at $15,000.