{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-18a-26-1","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 18A:26-1","heading":"Citizenship requirement for teachers, exceptions","body":"Every permanent teaching staff member employed in any of the free public schools for nine months or more, in any year shall be a citizen of the United States, except that any citizen of any other country, who has declared his intention of becoming a United States citizen and to whom there has been issued a teaching certificate in accordance with law, may be employed as a teacher so long as he holds a valid teacher's certificate and a teacher of foreign languages who has been a resident of the United States for less than 10 years and who is not a citizen of the United States may be employed in such capacity.\nThe requirement of citizenship shall not be construed to apply to a teacher from a foreign country who is enrolled with an approved international agency which operates a teacher placement program or teacher exchange program.\nL.1967, c.271; amended 2002,c.9,s.1.","path":["TITLE 18A EDUCATION"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"9555bf519950d95c034785333e5857ca482070e5913e9b36901534a005006e88","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-18a-25-7","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-18a-26-1.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}