{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-18a-26-2","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 18A:26-2","heading":"Certificates required;  exception","body":"No teaching staff member shall be employed in the public schools by any board of education unless he is the holder of a valid certificate to teach, administer, direct or supervise the teaching, instruction, or educational guidance of, or to render or administer, direct or supervise the rendering of nursing service to, pupils in such public schools and of such other certificate, if any, as may be required by law.\nNotwithstanding the foregoing certification requirement, boards of education  shall be permitted to enter into contracts with properly licensed commercial  drivers' schools for the purpose of providing behind-the-wheel instruction as a  part of a regular curriculum driver education course, provided that classroom  instruction in driver education is conducted by a certified teaching staff  member.  When classroom instruction in driver education is conducted by a  certified teaching staff member, persons providing behind-the-wheel instruction  need not be certified teachers but shall be properly licensed driving  instructors under rules and regulations of the Division of Motor Vehicles.\nL.1967, c.271; amended by L.1983, c. 281, s. 4, eff. July 29, 1983.","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":"e6cadc874debacd4f46def465a16ae7e9d631cba5ecd06be1a97f146e524f111","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-18a-26-1.1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-18a-26-2a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}