{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-18a-27-2.2","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 18A:27-2.2","heading":"Employment of teachers from foreign countries under certain conditions","body":"3.  a.  A board of education may employ a teacher from a foreign country who is enrolled with an approved international agency which operates a teacher placement program in a subject area in which the State Board of Education has determined there is a contemporaneous critical shortage of certified teachers.  Prior to the employment of a teacher from a teacher placement program in a subject area of critical shortage, the board of education shall first make a good faith effort to employ a State certified teacher and shall document its inability to hire an appropriately certified teacher with the Department of Education.\nb.\tA board of education may employ a teacher from a foreign country who is enrolled with an approved international agency which operates a teacher exchange program, permitting a teacher from a foreign country to directly substitute for the services of a permanently employed State certified teacher.\nL.2002,c.9,s.3.","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":"21af4596c14ec4ce5aec5a6c3c4a2698bc615a6815243c06a2dfdfc215906ef1","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-18a-27-2.1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-18a-27-2.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}