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A1429 • 2026

Permits board of education to employ certain veterans in coaching positions in school district's interscholastic athletic program.

Permits board of education to employ certain veterans in coaching positions in school district's interscholastic athletic program.

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Simonsen, Erik K.
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Permits board of education to employ certain veterans in coaching positions in school district's interscholastic athletic program.

Permits board of education to employ certain veterans in coaching positions in school district's interscholastic athletic program.

What This Bill Does

  • Permits board of education to employ certain veterans in coaching positions in school district's interscholastic athletic program.
  • Topic: Education Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Permits board of education to employ certain veterans in coaching positions in school district's interscholastic athletic program.
Topic:
Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1429

ASSEMBLY, No. 1429

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman ERIK K. SIMONSEN

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman McClellan, Assemblywoman Flynn and Assemblyman
Scharfenberger

SYNOPSIS

���� Permits board of education to employ certain veterans
in coaching positions in school district's interscholastic athletic program.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

��

An Act
concerning employment of certain veterans and
supplementing Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a.� Notwithstanding any
law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a board of education may employ an
eligible veteran who is not the holder of a New Jersey teaching certificate or
substitute credential in a full-time or part-time coaching position in the
district�s interscholastic athletic program.

���� b.��� As used in this section,
�eligible veteran� means any resident of the State who has been honorably
discharged or released under honorable circumstances from military service in
any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, or a reserve component thereof,
following at least four years of military service.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� Under current New Jersey
regulations, in order to be eligible to work in a school district�s
interscholastic athletic program, an individual is required to hold either a
New Jersey teaching certificate or a substitute credential.

���� Under this bill, a board of
education may employ an eligible veteran who does not hold a New Jersey
teaching certificate or substitute credential in a full-time or part-time
coaching position in the school district�s interscholastic athletic program.�
An eligible veteran is defined as any resident of the State who has been
honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances from military
service in any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States, or a reserve
component thereof, following at least four years of service.