New Jersey § 34:15c-18

§ 34:15c-18.

a. There is created within the State Employment and Training Commission, established

pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1989, c. 293 ( C.34:15C-2 ) in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, a State Council for Adult

Literacy Education Services. b. The 27-member council shall consist of the following ex officio members: the Commissioners

of Labor and Workforce Development, Human Services, Education, Community Affairs and

Corrections, the Executive Director of the New Jersey Commerce Commission, the Executive Director of the Commission on Higher Education, and the

Executive Director of the State Employment and Training Commission. The council shall also include one member of the Senate appointed by the President

thereof and one member of the General Assembly appointed by the Speaker thereof, who

shall serve during the two-year legislative session in which the appointment is made

and who shall not be of the same political party; and 17 public members as follows:

five public members appointed by the Governor including a member of a Workforce Investment

Board literacy committee, a State or national adult education expert and three representatives

of the business community, at least one of whom shall represent a small business;

six public members appointed by the President of the Senate including a student or

former student who received adult literacy services and a representative from each

of the following: a county college, a four-year institution of higher education,

the State Library or a local library, a Department of Education-funded adult education

provider of adult basic education programs, general educational development programs

or English as a second language programs and a community-based organization which

is an adult education provider; and six public members appointed by the Speaker of

the General Assembly including a representative from each of the following: a vocational

school providing adult academic education programs, a trade union, the New Jersey

Network, the New Jersey Association of Lifelong Learning, the Literacy Volunteers

of America and the New Jersey Education Association. c. The public members shall serve for terms of three years, but of the public members

first appointed, six shall serve a term of three years, six shall serve a term of

two years and five shall serve a term of one year. Each member shall hold office for the term of appointment and until his successor

is appointed and qualified. A member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring in the membership of the board for

any reason other than the expiration of the term shall have a term of appointment

for the unexpired term only. All vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. A member may be appointed for any number of successive terms. A member may be removed from office by the Governor, for cause, after a hearing

and may be suspended by the Governor pending the completion of the hearing. d. The members shall select annually a chairperson and a vice-chairperson, who shall

be nongovernmental members of the council, and shall appoint an executive director. The executive director shall report to the chairperson of the council and be responsible

for administering the daily operations of the council. The executive director shall serve in the State unclassified service. The council may call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of the employees

of any State, county or municipal department, board, bureau, commission or agency

as it may require and as may be available to it for its purposes. e. Members of the council shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed

for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as members, within

the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the council for its

purposes. Actions may be taken and motions and resolutions may be adopted by the council by

an affirmative vote of a majority of the members.