18A:30-2.2 Leave of absence for school employee for purpose of donating organ, bone marrow.
2. An employee holding any office, position, or employment in local school district, regional school district, or county vocational school of the State who is steadily employed by the board of education or who is protected by tenure in the office, position, or employment under the provisions of any law, except a person in the classified service of the civil service under Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes, shall be granted a leave of absence with pay and without loss of rights, privileges or benefits, for the purpose of donating one or more of their human organs, or a part thereof, or bone marrow to another human for human organ transplantation. The paid leave shall be up to 30 days for the donation of an organ or a part of an organ and up to five days for the donation of bone marrow, and shall be in addition to any other type of leave to which an employee may be entitled.
L.2019, c.444, s.2.