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August 4, 2005 • Vol. XXIX • No. 3

State Board
Hears from School Boards
on S-1701

Librera Resigns

Construction Funds Dwindling
NJSBA Urges State Action

Department of Education Releases Adequate Yearly Progress Data on Secure Web Site

New Jersey Department of Education Releases NCLB-Required Teacher Content Expertise Data

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State Board Hears from School Boards
on S-1701
Testifying before the State Board of Education last month on the proposed regulations to implement S-1701 , Nancy Stern, president of the Fort Lee Board of Education, identified numerous problems the law has caused school districts throughout the state. Get the full story.

Librera Resigns
Edwina M. Lee, executive director of the New Jersey School Boards Association, issued the following statement in response to Commissioner of Education William L. Librera’s resignation announcement last week. Get the full story.

Construction Funds Dwindling NJSBA Urges State Action
Rapid depletion of the state’s $8.6 billion school construction fund warrants the state’s immediate attention, according to NJSBA. Get the full story.

Department of Education Releases Adequate Yearly Progress Data on Secure Web Site
According to the Department of Education, public release of the 2005 Adequate Yearly Progress data will take place August 10. To allow time to review the reports, chief school administrators were given information last week on how to access their specific school data on a secure Department Web site. Get the full story.

New Jersey Department of Education Releases NCLB-Required Teacher Content Expertise Data
According to the results of the New Jersey Department of Education’s second annual survey required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act, 95.6 percent of the teachers at the elementary level meet the federal definition of “highly qualified” in every core subject they teach. Get the full story.

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