18A:27-2.2. Employment of teachers from foreign countries under certain conditions 3. a. A board of education may employ a teacher from a foreign country who is enrolled with an approved international agency which operates a teacher placement program in a subject area in which the State Board of Education has determined there is a contemporaneous critical shortage of certified teachers. Prior to the employment of a teacher from a teacher placement program in a subject area of critical shortage, the board of education shall first make a good faith effort to employ a State certified teacher and shall document its inability to hire an appropriately certified teacher with the Department of Education. b. A board of education may employ a teacher from a foreign country who is enrolled with an approved international agency which operates a teacher exchange program, permitting a teacher from a foreign country to directly substitute for the services of a permanently employed State certified teacher. L.2002,c.9,s.3.
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