mvc Jquery asp.net

$(function () {

var dialog, form,

// From http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/states-of-the-type-attribute.html#e-mail-state-%28type=email%29

emailRegex = /^[a-zA-Z0-9.!#$%&'*+\/=?^_`{|}~-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?(?:\.[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]{0,61}[a-zA-Z0-9])?)*$/,

eid = $("#txtId"),

name = $("#name"),

email = $("#email"),

password = $("#password"),

sal = $("#salary"),

deptName = $("#deptname"),

job = $("#job"),

status = $("#cbChecked").prop('checked'),

allFields = $([]).add(name).add(email).add(password),

tips = $(".validateTips");

function updateTips(t) {

tips

.text(t)

.addClass("ui-state-highlight");

setTimeout(function () {

tips.removeClass("ui-state-highlight", 1500);

}, 500);

}

function checkLength(o, n, min, max) {

if (o.val().length > max || o.val().length < min) {

o.addClass("ui-state-error");

updateTips("Length of " + n + " must be between " +

min + " and " + max + ".");

return false;

} else {

return true;

}

}

function checkRegexp(o, regexp, n) {

if (!(regexp.test(o.val()))) {

o.addClass("ui-state-error");

updateTips(n);

return false;

} else {

return true;

}

}

function addUser() {

var valid = true;

allFields.removeClass("ui-state-error");

valid = valid && checkLength(name, "username", 3, 16);

valid = valid && checkLength(email, "email", 6, 80);

valid = valid && checkLength(password, "password", 5, 16);

valid = valid && checkRegexp(name, /^[a-z]([0-9a-z_\s])+$/i, "Username may consist of a-z, 0-9, underscores, spaces and must begin with a letter.");

valid = valid && checkRegexp(email, emailRegex, "eg. [email protected]");

valid = valid && checkRegexp(password, /^([0-9a-zA-Z])+$/, "Password field only allow : a-z 0-9");

if (valid) {

$("#users tbody").append("" +

"" + eid.val() + "" +

"" + name.val() + "" +

"" + email.val() + "" +

"" + password.val() + "" +

"" + sal.val() + "" +

"" + deptName.val() + "" +

"" + status.html() + "" +    //Error is "Uncaught TypeError: status.html is not a function"..

"");

dialog.dialog("close");

}

return valid;