[First Reprint] ASSEMBLY, No. 3864 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 221st LEGISLATURE INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 27, 2024
[First Reprint]
ASSEMBLY, No. 3864
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Sponsored by: Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer) Assemblyman BENJIE E. WIMBERLY District 35 (Bergen and Passaic) Assemblywoman ANNETTE QUIJANO District 20 (Union) Co-Sponsored by: Assemblyman Sauickie, Assemblywoman Speight and Assemblyman Sampson SYNOPSIS Requires Commissioner of Education to establish and maintain educator common application and web portal. CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT As reported by the Assembly Education Committee on December 12, 2024, with amendments.
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblyman BENJIE E. WIMBERLY
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblywoman ANNETTE QUIJANO
District 20 (Union)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Sauickie, Assemblywoman Speight and Assemblyman Sampson
SYNOPSIS
Requires Commissioner of Education to establish and maintain educator common application and web portal.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Education Committee on December 12, 2024, with amendments.
An Act concerning employment opportunities in 1[the]1 public schools and supplementing chapter 6 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. a. The Commissioner of Education shall establish and maintain an educator common application and web portal 1[, which shall be fully operational within 90 days of the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill)]1. The web portal shall allow 1[an educator] candidates who have been issued a certificate necessary to seek employment in a public school, including a substitute teacher credential,1 to submit a single common application to apply for employment at the public schools of the State. b. The common application and web portal established 1[under] pursuant to1 subsection a. of this section shall: (1) maximize the ability of educators to connect with public schools that have employment openings; (2) increase the degree of information sharing regarding employment opportunities for educators; and (3) maintain high standards for data privacy and security. c. The commissioner may contract with a private vendor to effectuate the purposes of this section. d. 1The commissioner may reconstruct an existing Internet website or web portal operated by the Department of Education to meet the requirements established pursuant to subsection a. of this section. e.1 Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a school district or public school employer from using its own application process or web portal or from requiring additional materials from applicants who apply for employment using the common application and web portal established pursuant to this section. 2. This act shall take effect 1[immediately] on the first day of the eighth month next following the date of enactment, except that the commissioner may take any anticipatory action necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act1.
An Act concerning employment opportunities in 1[the]1 public schools and supplementing chapter 6 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The Commissioner of Education shall establish and maintain an educator common application and web portal 1[, which shall be fully operational within 90 days of the effective date of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill)]1. The web portal shall allow 1[an educator] candidates who have been issued a certificate necessary to seek employment in a public school, including a substitute teacher credential,1 to submit a single common application to apply for employment at the public schools of the State.
b. The common application and web portal established 1[under] pursuant to1 subsection a. of this section shall:
(1) maximize the ability of educators to connect with public schools that have employment openings;
(2) increase the degree of information sharing regarding employment opportunities for educators; and
(3) maintain high standards for data privacy and security.
c. The commissioner may contract with a private vendor to effectuate the purposes of this section.
d. 1The commissioner may reconstruct an existing Internet website or web portal operated by the Department of Education to meet the requirements established pursuant to subsection a. of this section.
e.1 Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a school district or public school employer from using its own application process or web portal or from requiring additional materials from applicants who apply for employment using the common application and web portal established pursuant to this section.
2. This act shall take effect 1[immediately] on the first day of the eighth month next following the date of enactment, except that the commissioner may take any anticipatory action necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act1.