New Jersey § 18a:66-14

§ 18a:66-14.

a. Any person who serves, while on an approved leave of absence from regular duties

as a teacher, as an officer of a local, county or State labor organization which represents,

or is affiliated with an organization which represents, teachers as defined in N.J.S. 18A:66-2 , shall receive credit in the retirement system for the service. The person receiving the credit shall be liable, with respect to the service to

be credited, for payment to the retirement system of both the contributions that would

have been required under N.J.S. 18A:66-29 and N.J.S. 18A:66-31 and the contributions that would have been required under N.J.S. 18A:66-33 if that service had been rendered as regular teaching service to the employer granting

the leave of absence. The contributions shall be based upon the compensation that would have been received

by the person under the locally negotiated salary guide had that person remained in

regular teaching service. b. Any person who, prior to the effective date of this 1989 amendatory and supplementary

act, has rendered service as defined in subsection a. and who has not received credit

in the retirement system for that service may elect, within one year after that effective

date, to purchase credit for the service. The cost of the purchase shall be computed by applying the factor, supplied by the

actuary as being applicable to the member's age at the time of the purchase and necessary

to provide for the full cost, as considered in developing the purchase factors for

military service, attributable to the purchased credit, to the member's salary at

that time for a member in regular teaching service or the salary the member would

be receiving at that time on the locally negotiated salary guide for a member serving

as an officer of a local, county or State labor organization. All other terms of the purchase and the credit granted shall be as stipulated for

the purchase of previous membership service by N.J.S. 18A:66-9 .