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A1444 • 2026

Establishes hiring preference for veterans for teaching positions.

Establishes hiring preference for veterans for teaching positions.

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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Establishes hiring preference for veterans for teaching positions.

Establishes hiring preference for veterans for teaching positions.

What This Bill Does

  • Establishes hiring preference for veterans for teaching positions.
  • 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

Establishes hiring preference for veterans for teaching positions.
Topic:
Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1444

ASSEMBLY, No. 1444

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, Assemblywomen Dunn, Flynn and
Assemblyman Scharfenberger

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes hiring preference for veterans for
teaching positions.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

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An Act
establishing
a hiring preference for veterans
for teaching positions and supplementing chapter 28 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.� A board of education
shall provide a hiring preference to veterans, as defined in N.J.S.11A:5-1, for
teaching positions, provided that in all measurable criteria, the veteran and
nonveteran are equally qualified.

���� b.��� In the case of any
school district that has adopted Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey
Statutes, the provisions of chapter 5 of Title 11A shall supersede the
provisions of this section for those persons in the classified service of the
civil service.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires a board of
education to provide a hiring preference to veterans for teaching positions.�
In order to be eligible for the preference, the bill provides that when
applying for employment with a board of education, a veteran is required to be
equally qualified in all measurable criteria with all other candidates for the
position.�

���� The bill specifies that in the
case of a school district that has adopted Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New
Jersey Statutes (approximately nine school districts), the veteran preference
provisions of that chapter for those persons in the classified service of the
civil service supersedes the bill�s provision.