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N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.14 Education leave: State service

N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.14, Education leave: State service. State service, an appointing authority may, with approval from the Chairperson or designee, grant an employee in the career, senior executive, or unclassifie Full text with 1 recorded amendment.

Leaves, Hours of Work, and Employee Development · Leaves of Absence

Current through New Jersey Register, Vol. 58 No. 14, July 20, 2026. Reviewed as of July 26, 2026.

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In plain language

Discretionary, State service only, and gated twice. An appointing authority may grant an employee in the career, senior executive or unclassified service education leave, with or without pay, but the training has to be of direct value to the State and it has to be unavailable through State inservice training programs. Both conditions, not either one. The grant also needs approval from the Chairperson or a designee, so the appointing authority cannot sign it off alone. Paying for the course is a separate question, handled by the tuition aid rules at 4A:6-4.6.

Written by the NJ Civil Service Navigator editorial team from the text of N.J.A.C. 4A:6-1.14. It is a description of the rule, not the rule itself, and not legal advice.

In State service, an appointing authority may, with approval from the Chairperson or designee, grant an employee in the career, senior executive, or unclassified service education leave with or without pay for the purpose of obtaining training that is of direct value to the State, but is not available through State inservice training programs. See N.J.A.C. 4A:6-4.6 for tuition aid programs.

Amendment history

Rule numbers, effective dates and New Jersey Register citations as published. 1 recorded change.

    1 editorial correction (punctuation and cross-reference updates)
    1. AmendedR.2016 d.171
      48 N.J.R. 5(a); 48 N.J.R. 2775(b)

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