18A:27-2.2 - Employment of teachers from foreign countries under certain conditions

18A:27-2.2.  Employment of teachers from foreign countries under certain conditions3.  a.  A board of education may employ a teacher from a foreign country who is enrolled with an approved international agency which operates a teacher placement program in a subject area in which the State Board of Education has determined there is a contemporaneous critical shortage of certified teachers.  Prior to the employment of a teacher from a teacher placement program in a subject area of critical shortage, the board of education shall first make a good faith effort to employ a State certified teacher and shall document its inability to hire an appropriately certified teacher with the Department of Education.

b.A board of education may employ a teacher from a foreign country who is enrolled with an approved international agency which operates a teacher exchange program, permitting a teacher from a foreign country to directly substitute for the services of a permanently employed State certified teacher.

L.2002,c.9,s.3.