... State facilities." L. 1979, c. 207, ยง 15, codified as N.J.S.A. 18A:7B-11. However, because the military service credit in N.J.S ... of Human Service were eligible to acquire tenure pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:7B-11. The Court noted that when the Garden State School District ... the district prior to its abolition. The Court held that N.J.S.A. 18A:7B-11 was only intended to preserve the rights already enjoyed by ... Id. at 132. The Lukas opinion therefore makes clear that N.J.S.A. 18A:7B-11 was not intended to provide an independent statutory source of ...