18A:64O-21 Effect of establishment of body corporate and politic known as Kean University.
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21. Upon the establishment of the body corporate and politic known as Kean University:
a. all appropriations, grants, debt service, research funds, and other monies available to Kean University prior to the effective date of P.L.2021, c.282 (C.18A:64O-1 et al.) and to become available shall be transferred to the university by the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury and shall be available for the objects and purposes for which appropriated, subject to any terms, restrictions, limitations, or other requirements imposed by the State budget;
b. all other grants, gifts, other moneys, and property available to Kean University prior to the effective date of P.L.2021, c.282 (C.18A:64O-1 et al.) and to become available to or for Kean University shall be transferred to the university and shall be available for the objects and purposes of the university, subject to any terms, restrictions, limitations, or other requirements imposed by State and federal law or otherwise;
c. all employees of Kean University prior to the effective date of P.L.2021, c.282 (C.18A:64O-1 et al.) shall become employees of the university. Nothing in P.L.2021, c.282 (C.18A:64O-1 et al.) shall be construed so as to deprive any person of any right of tenure or under any retirement system or to any pension, disability, social security, or similar benefit to which the person is entitled by law or contractually. All persons employed at Kean University shall continue to be represented by the majority representative that represented them on the effective date of this act, shall continue to be represented by the executive branch Statewide collective negotiations units they were in on the effective date of P.L.2021, c.282 (C.18A:64O-1 et al.), and shall continue to be covered by the collective negotiations agreements that were in effect on the effective date of this act.
Pursuant to section 12 of P.L.1986, c.42 (C.18A:64-21.1), the Governor shall continue to function as the public employer under the "New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act," P.L.1941, c.100 (C.34:13A-1 et seq.), for persons employed at Kean University. The executive branch Statewide collective negotiations units referenced in this section are the units specified in subsection b. of section 1 of P.L.2005, c.142 (C.34:13A-5.10).
The employees of Kean University employed on the effective date of P.L.2021, c.282 (C.18A:64O-1 et al.) shall not be considered new employees for any purpose and shall retain any accrued seniority, rank, and tenure, which shall be applied when determining eligibility for all benefits, including all paid leave time, longevity increases, promotions, and health benefits. Nothing in P.L.2021, c.282 (C.18A:64O-1 et al.) shall be construed to deprive any person employed at Kean University of any tenure rights or to in any manner affect the tenure, rank, or academic track of any employees holding a faculty position.
Such tenure, rank, and academic track shall continue to be through Kean University and shall be held or granted pursuant to the authority of the board of trustees of Kean University for all current and future employees employed at Kean University. Nothing in P.L.2021, c.282 (C.18A:64O-1 et al.) shall be construed to deprive any officers or employees employed at Kean University of their rights, privileges, obligations, or status under any pension, retirement, health benefits system, civil service law, or any other law of this State;
d. all files, papers, records, equipment, and other personal property of Kean University shall be transferred to the university;
e. all orders, rules, or regulations theretofore made or promulgated by Kean University shall continue in full force and effect as the orders, rules, and regulations of the university until amended or repealed by the university; and
f. Any person who becomes an employee of Kean University or a subsidiary corporation of the university other than a subsidiary corporation expressly formed pursuant to subsection x. of section 9 of P.L.2021, c.282 (C.18A:64O-9) through a merger or consolidation with another entity shall be deemed a public employee and shall, as applicable, become a member of the Statewide collective negotiations unit which encompasses the employee's position and shall be represented by the majority representatives of that unit.
L.2021, c.282, s.21; amended 2025, c.218, s.22.