18A:6-39 - Issuance of certificates to noncitizens - New Jersey Statutes

18A:6-39.  Issuance of certificates to noncitizens
    The board may, with the approval of the commissioner, issue a teacher's certificate to any citizen of any other country, who has declared his intention  of becoming a United States citizen and who is otherwise qualified but any such  certificate shall be void, and shall be canceled by the board, if the holder  thereof shall not become a United States citizen within five years of the date  of its issuance, and it may be revoked within said period by the board, if the  board is satisfied that the holder thereof has abandoned his efforts to become  a United States citizen or has become disqualified for such citizenship but no  teacher certified, pursuant to this section, shall acquire tenure unless and  until United States citizenship shall have been granted to him.
 
L.1967, c.271
 
18A:6-40  "Qualifying academic certificate" defined.
 
18A:6-40.  For the purposes of this article, the term "qualifying academic certificate" shall be deemed to be any certificate issued by the commissioner certifying that the person to whom the same is issued has had the preliminary academic education required by the rules of the supreme court or by any law of this State at the time the certificate is issued for admission to an examination for license to practice law, medicine, dentistry, podiatric medicine, pharmacy, or for license as a certified public accountant, and for any other profession or vocation for which a certificate of academic education, issued by the commissioner, is now or may hereafter be required by law or by the rules of the supreme court or certifying that the person to whom the same is issued has had the education required for high school graduation in this state, as the case may be.

L.1967, c.271; amended 2005, c.259, s.29.