New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 17 - TREASURY - GENERAL
Chapter 3 - TEACHERS' PENSION AND ANNUITY FUND
Subchapter 4 - MEMBERSHIP
Section 17:3-4.3 - School year members; 10 and 12 months

(a) Members whose salaries for a school year are considered as a full year's compensation shall be given service credit in the proportion that the time employed bears to the duration of the school year, but not more than one year's salary credit shall be given during any consecutive 12 months.

(b) Members whose contracts require them to work 10 months of the year and who are employed and are compensated for employment for the full normal school year by the board of education are entitled to receive 12 months of service credit. Members will not receive service credit for months during the normal school year when they are not actively employed and did not receive salary.

(c) A 12-month member is presumed to work each month of the fiscal year. Members shall not receive service credit for a month that a member does not work and is not on an approved paid leave of absence.

(d) If a member terminates a position that requires less than 12 months to constitute one full year of service at the end of the normal academic school year and accepts a 12-month position with the same employer or another employer that participates in the TPAF and begins employment on or before the date that was established by the previous year's contract position, such member will receive service credit within the TPAF for the period between the end of the previous contract and the employment date of the new 12-month position.