SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE, Nos. 1170 and 1171

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: OCTOBER 28, 1996

      The Senate Education Committee reports favorably a committee substitute for Senate Bill Nos. 1170 and 1171.

      This committee substitute requires a board of education to notify the State Board of Examiners whenever a non-tenured, certificated employee is dismissed for cause, and requires the State board to maintain a list containing the name of the employee and the reason for the dismissal for cause. A board of education or the superintendent of a school district could then submit to the State board the name of a person who has applied for a position in the district, and the State board would indicate to the board or superintendent whether the person has been previously dismissed for cause and the reason for the dismissal. The provisions of the substitute do not apply to a school board employee whose contract is not renewed.