New Jersey § 18a:26-26

§ 18a:26-26.

For the purposes of the Alternate Route Interstate Reciprocity Pilot Program established

pursuant to section 1 of this act, 1 the State Board of Examiners shall issue an instructional certificate of eligibility

to an out-of-State candidate who: a. holds the equivalent of a valid certificate of eligibility or a valid provisional

certificate issued by another state in a subject or grade level also offered in New

Jersey; b. has passed a subject-matter test to receive the candidate's out-of-State endorsement

or passed the appropriate New Jersey subject-matter test; c. has passed a performance assessment that is approved by the state in which the

certificate was issued, or, if the out-of-State candidate did not take or pass a state-approved

performance assessment, the candidate shall be issued an instructional certificate

of eligibility but shall pass a New Jersey approved performance assessment prior to

the issuance of a standard instructional certificate; d. has at least one year of effective teaching experience as documented by a letter

from the candidate's former supervisor, principal, or employing school district's

human resource officer; and e. has been in good standing during the candidate's teaching experience under the

out-of-State certificate as documented in such manner as determined by the State Board

of Education. 1

L.2021, c. 57 (N.J.S.A. § 18A:26-25).