NJ Supreme Court: Jersey City teachers can be paid by BOE to do full-time union work
By John Heinis/Hudson County View
“We do not share the Appellate Division’s view that the Board’s agreement to the disputed provisions exceeded its statutory grant of authority. In the Education Code, the Legislature empowered boards of education to make rules governing the compensation of teachers … and to fix ‘the payment of salary in cases of absence not constituting sick leave, ” today’s unanimous ruling says.
“The Legislature thus authorized the Board to grant a paid leave to the releasees to allow them to attend to labor relations work pursuant to the CNA. Moreover, because the releasees’ efforts encourage cooperative labor relations and facilitate the early resolution of employer-employee disputes, the CNA’s release time provisions facilitate the Board’s management of the public schools pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:11-1(c).”
New Jersey Supreme Court rules Jersey City teachers can be paid for full-time union work
Updated Feb 03, 2021;
Posted Feb 03, 2021
JCEA President Ron Greco speaks at the press conference held on Monday, April 29, 2019, to announce that the JCBOE has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn dramatic cuts in state education aid. (Reena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey Journal)Reena Rose Sibayan | The Jersey Journal
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The Jersey City Public Schools can use district funds to pay for two teachers performing union work full-time, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
In an opinion delivered by Justice Anne Patterson, the high court reinstated the trial court’s initial ruling allowing the practice known as “release time.” An appellate court had reversed that decision, setting up a state Supreme Court showdown that had implications across New Jersey.