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Home › Board Office › Board Policies › ASSIGNMENT/TRANSFER

ASSIGNMENT/TRANSFER

FILE CODE: 4113-4213
X Monitored
X Mandated
X Other Reasons

The superintendent shall make certified staff assignments in the manner best calculated, in his/her judgment, to enhance the educational program.

The basic consideration in the assignment of professional personnel in the Warren Township schools is maximizing of educational opportunities for children.  The Board recognizes that the appropriateness of the assignment will have a significant impact on the morale of the professional staff and, consequently, the effectiveness of the total educational program.

Assignments shall operate within the parameters of law and negotiated agreement.  Instructional personnel shall be assigned on the basis of their qualifications, the needs of the district, and their expressed desires.  When it is not possible to meet all three considerations, personnel shall be assigned first in accordance with the need of the district, second, where the administrator feels the employee is most qualified to serve, third, as to expressed preference of employees in seniority rank---all other things being equal.

Teaching, supervisory, administrative and support personnel are subject to assignment and transfer after recommendation of the superintendent and approval by the board of education.  Procedures for such assignments and transfers shall comply with provisions of current negotiated agreements and state and federal law.  Disciplinary transfers are prohibited.  Particular attention shall be paid to ensuring that there shall be equivalence of teachers and administrative staff among the schools.

Date: December 18, 1989
Revised: August 26, 2002
NJSBA Review/Update: March 2008
Readopted: August 25, 2008

Key Words

Personnel Assignment, Personnel Transfer, Assignment and Transfer, Assignment, Transfer

N.J.S.A. 18A:25-1 Transfer of teaching staff members
N.J.S.A. 18A:27-4 Power of boards of education to make rules governing employment of teacher, etc.; employment thereunder
N.J.S.A. 18A:27-4.1 Appointment, transfer, removal, or renewal of officers and employees; exceptions
N.J.S.A. 18A:59-1
through -3 Apportionment and distribution of federal funds; exceptions
N.J.S.A. 34:13A-1 et seq. New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act
See particularly:
N.J.S.A. 34:13A-23, -25, -27, -29
N.J.A.C. 6A:7-1.1 et seq. Managing for Equality and Equity in Education
N.J.A.C. 6A:30-1.1 et seq. Evaluation of the Performance of School Districts
N.J.A.C. 6A:32-14.1 Review of mandated programs and services

42 U.S.C.A. 2000d - 2000d4 - Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

20 U.S.C.A. 1681 - Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972

29 U.S.C.A. 794 et seq. - Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

20 U.S.C.A. 1401 et seq. - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

Hawkins-Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of
1988 (P.L. 100-297)

34 CFR 200.1 to 200.89 - Part 200

34 CFR Part 204

Ridgefield Park Education Association v. Ridgefield Park Board of Education, 78
N.J. 144 (1978)

The Comprehensive Equity Plan, New Jersey State Department of Education Division