New Jersey School Boards Association

, 2008

Maintain Non-Partisan School Boards, Oppose November Board Elections — NJSBA
Trenton, May 19, 2008—Legislation before the Assembly today would have the unintended impact of magnifying party influence over local school district policies and educational decisions, according to the New Jersey School Boards Association .....Full Story

School Board Delegates Oppose Supermajority Vote Requirement
Trenton, May 19, 2008—The state’s association of local school boards on Saturday called for the repeal of a recent law that requires an unprecedented 60-percent supermajority voter approval for additional school-spending ballot questions. .....Full Story

13 Schools Honored for Innovations in Special Education
Trenton, April 28, 2008—Thirteen New Jersey schools will be recognized for creative special education programming through the seventh annual Innovations in Special Education program next month......Full Story

Voters OK Three-Quarters of Proposed School Budgets
Trenton, April 16, 2008—Voters approved approximately 74 percent of the proposed school budgets during the April 15 school elections, according to unofficial results compiled by the New Jersey School Boards Association. .....Full Story

New Law Stymies Approval of Most Schools’ Second Ballot Questions
Trenton, April 16, 2008—While a wide majority of proposed school district base budgets gained voter approval on Tuesday, only four (or 12 percent) of the 33 proposed second-ballot finance questions were successful, according to the New Jersey School Boards Association.....Full Story

NJSBA: State Budget Will Ease Property Tax Burden, Improve Education
Trenton, March 20, 2008—The governor’s recommended $533-million increase in school funding for 2008-2009 moves New Jersey closer to the goal of school property tax stabilization, a New Jersey School Boards Association official told the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee today.....Full Story

NJSBA Training Enters New Era
Trenton, January 17, 2008—Last evening, more than two dozen New Jersey school board members attended an NJSBA training session on the the state’s new school-monitoring process. Ordinarily, board members receiving training would not be remarkable—but in this case, each participated from the comfort of his or her home.....Full Story

NJSBA Commends Governor, Legislators for School-Construction Bill
Trenton, N.J., July 9, 2008—The New Jersey School Boards Association today thanked the Governor and Legislature for enacting A-2873, the $3.9 billion school-construction bill. The bill was signed into law today by Gov. Jon Corzine............Full Story

NJSBA’s New President Calls on Board Members to ‘Set the Record Straight’
Trenton, N.J., May 19, 2008—A 13-year veteran of the South Brunswick Board of Education in Middlesex County was elected president of the New Jersey School Boards Association at the organization’s annual meeting on Saturday. ...........Full Story

Governor Proclaims May 11-17 ‘Special Education Week in New Jersey’
Trenton, N.J., April 25, 2008—Governor Jon S. Corzine has proclaimed May 11-17 as Special Education Week in New Jersey 2008...........Full Story

Proposed H.S. Changes Deserve Immediate Attention—NJSBA
Wayne, N.J., April 25, 2008—The executive director of the New Jersey School Boards Association today applauded the work of the New Jersey High School Redesign Steering Committee and said the panel’s recommendations deserve “immediate attention.”...........Full Story

Voters Approve $73 Million in School Construction Proposals on April 15
Trenton, April 16, 2008—Voters approved 12 of the 15 referendums on Tuesday’s ballot, for a total of $73.75 million in school construction, the New Jersey School Boards Association reported today...........Full Story

NJSBA's Annual School Election Information
Trenton, April 9, 2008—NJSBA annual package of statistics, backgrounders and resources for the Annual School Election contains information on school budgets, candidates and school ballot questions..........Full Story