Provides seniority service credit to educational support professionals for military service.
This bill (A4941) provides educational support professionals in New Jersey school districts - non-teaching staff like paraprofessionals or administrative workers - with seniority credit for military service. It allows them to count up to four years of active U.S. military service toward seniority, as if they were continuously employed, if they qualify for federal veterans' benefits. The credit applies to all military service, including time served before their current school district employment. This extends an existing benefit currently available to teaching staff to support staff.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2024
Committee Review
Dec 2025
General Assembly Passage
Dec 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Oct 21, 2024
Last action Dec 15, 2025
Floor votes · General Assembly Dec 8, 2025
How they voted
113–0
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 120
Dec 8, 2025
D
Democratic81
93% Yea
R
Republican39
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Dec 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
Dec 11, 2025
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee
upper
Dec 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (76-0-0)
lower
Dec 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
lower
Oct 21, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee
lower
3 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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