Rita Spiewak, Peggy Dabinett, Patricia O’reilly and the Rutherford Education Association, Respondents v. Board of…

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey overruled Point Pleasant Beach Teachers’ Ass’n v. Callam and held that remedial, supplemental and Title I teachers acquire tenure if they satisfy the statutory criteria of N.J.S.A. 18A:28‑5. The Court applied the rule prospectively to non‑parties but retroactively to the teachers before it, affirming the Appellate Division’s judgments in Spiewak and Hamilton Township and reversing the State Board’s decision in Anderson.