S 4428 New Jersey Senate · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Provides seniority service credit to educational support professionals for military service.

This bill (S 4428) provides educational support professionals in New Jersey school districts (such as librarians, counselors, or administrative staff who are not teachers) with seniority credit for military service. It allows these professionals - who served in active U.S. military duty and qualify for federal veterans' benefits - to count up to four years of that service toward their seniority, as if they had been continuously employed during that time. This includes military service completed before their current school district employment. The bill extends a provision currently available to teachers to cover non-teaching school staff.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced May 19, 2025 Last action Dec 15, 2025
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Introduced Version → Reprint SHI 12/15/25 1R · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill was reprinted after Senate Higher Education Committee action with one substantive amendment: the agency responsible for declaring a veteran eligible for federal veterans' benefits was changed from the Department of Defense to the Department of Veterans Affairs. The explanatory statement section was also removed, which is standard when a bill moves past introduction.
ELIGIBILITY

The agency that must declare an educational support professional eligible for federal veterans' benefits was changed from the United States Department of Defense to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. This corrects the reference to the agency that actually administers and determines veterans' benefits eligibility.

TECHNICAL

The STATEMENT section (explanatory summary of the bill's purpose) was removed, which is typical when a bill advances past its introduced version.

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Total actions
2
Key actions
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Committee
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Dec 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
upper
May 19, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee
upper
2 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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