New Jersey Statutes

N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-10 (2026)

Dismissal and reduction in compensation of persons under tenure in public school system

✓ current as of May 2026
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No person shall be dismissed or reduced in compensation,

(a) if he is or shall be under tenure of office, position or employment during good behavior and efficiency in the public school system of the state, or

(b) if he is or shall be under tenure of office, position or employment during good behavior and efficiency as a supervisor, teacher or in any other teaching capacity in the Marie H. Katzenbach school for the deaf, or in any other educational institution conducted under the supervision of the commissioner;

except for inefficiency, incapacity, unbecoming conduct, or other just cause, and then only after a hearing held pursuant to this subarticle, by the commissioner, or a person appointed by him to act in his behalf, after a written charge or charges, of the cause or causes of complaint, shall have been preferred against such person, signed by the person or persons making the same, who may or may not be a member or members of a board of education, and filed and proceeded upon as in this subarticle provided.

Nothing in this section shall prevent the reduction of the number of any such persons holding such offices, positions or employments under the conditions and with the effect provided by law.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 46 cases (16 in the last 5 years), 1977–2026 · leading case: Wichert v. Walter, 606 F. Supp. 1516 (D.N.J. 1985).
Wichert v. Walter, 606 F. Supp. 1516 (D.N.J. 1985). · cites it 6× “On March 8, 1985, defendant Bruce Walter, the President of the Board of Education, filed written tenure charges with the Secretary of the Union City Board of Education pursuant to N.J.Stat.Ann. § 18A:6-10 et seq. Specifically, Walter charged that Wichert had intentionally and…”
Felicia Pugliese v. State-Operated Sch. Dist. of The City of Newark, 114 A.3d 786 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2015). · cites it 3× “The following procedures are contained within the Tenure Employees Hearing Law, N.J.S.A. 18A:6-10 to -18.1. A tenured 10 A-0857-13T2 teacher shall not "be dismissed or reduced in compensation .”
Belleville Educ. Ass'n v. Belleville Bd. of Educ. (In re Belleville Educ. Ass'n), 190 A.3d 487 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2018). “2015), under the Tenure Employees Hearing Law, N.J.S.A. 18A:6-10 to -18.1, the OAL no longer has any role to play in this process.”
Ipcia M. Kercado-Melendez v. Awilda Aponte-Roque, Etc., 829 F.2d 255 (1st Cir. 1987). “Code §§ 44932-44945 ; NJ.Stat. Ann. §§ 18A:6-10 to -27; Wash.Rev.”
Mozier v. Bd. of Ed. of Tp. of Cherry Hill, Etc., 450 F. Supp. 742 (D.N.J. 1977). · cites it 2× “N.J.S.A. § 18A:6-10. Plaintiff's one year contract provided: "It is hereby agreed by the parties hereto that this contract may at any time be terminated by either party given to the other sixty (60) days notice in writing of intention to terminate the same, but that in the…”
Bound Brook Bd. of Educ. v. Glenn Ciripompa, 124 A.3d 1205 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2015). “N.J.S.A. 18A:6-10. Any charge made against a tenured teacher must be filed in writing with the secretary of the employing board of education, and a written statement of evidence under oath to support such charge must be presented to the board.”
Pugliese v. State-Operated Sch. Dist. of Newark, 186 A.3d 313 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2018). “The arbitrations are held pursuant to the Tenure Employees Hearing Law (TEHL), N.J.S.A. 18A:6-10 to -18.1, as amended by the Teacher Effectiveness and Accountability for the Children of New Jersey Act (TEACHNJ), N.”
Clark v. Bd. of Educ. of Tp. of Neptune, 907 F. Supp. 826 (D.N.J. 1995). · cites it 2× “On February 20, 1992, the Board initiated a state administrative tenure proceeding to terminate plaintiff’s employment by filing charges, pursuant to the New Jersey Tenure Employees’ Hearing Law, N.J.S.A. § 18A:6-10, et seq., with the New Jersey Commissioner of Education.”
Williams v. Red Bank Bd. of Educ., 502 F. Supp. 1366 (D.N.J. 1980). · cites it 2× “New Jersey has established, in compliance with the state constitutional mandate of a thorough and efficient public education, an extensive regulatory scheme by which charges against a tenured teacher may be brought, initially before the Commissioner of Education and subsequently…”
Christine Gillespie v. Clifford Janey, 441 F. App'x 890 (3rd Cir. 2011). “Citing N.J. Stat. Ann. § 18A:6-10, she asserts that the tenure charges should have been certified by the local school board of education, rather than Superintendent Bol-den.”
Christopher Luskey Vs. Carteret Bd. of Educ. (c-000009-18, Middlesex Cnty. & Statewide), 208 A.3d 33 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2019). “See also N.J.S.A. 18A:6-10 (stating tenured employees may only be dismissed after a hearing "pursuant to A-3035-17T2 5 this subarticle"); N.”
Emri v. Evesham Twp. Bd. of Educ., 327 F. Supp. 2d 463 (D.N.J. 2004). · cites it 2× “See N.J.S.A. 18A:6-10. 11 Indeed, the Board of Education was required by statute to conduct the initial Board hearing, where Ms.”
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