New Jersey Statutes Title 39. Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation 39 § 12-2.1

Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a person who is employed as a driving instructor in a public or non-public secondary school shall receive hour-for-hour credit from the Division of Motor Vehicles for the person's behind-the-wheel instructional experience towards the fulfillment of any behind-the-wheel hourly instructional requirement necessary to obtain a drivers' school license. The principal of the high school or superintendent of the school district shall affirm, in the form of an affidavit, the person's total number of hours of behind-the-wheel instructional experience.

For the purposes of this act, behind-the-wheel instructional experience for courses taught only on public highways and streets is applicable to fulfillment of any behind-the-wheel hourly instructional requirement. Instructional experience using simulator devices and driving ranges shall not be applicable to the provisions of this act.