State Board Honors Local Colleagues

The New Jersey State Board of Education approved a resolution commending the efforts of the state’s 4,800 local school board members. The state board’s action, on January 4, followed Acting Governor Richard Codey’s recent proclamation, declaring January 2006 as “School Board Recognition Month in New Jersey.”

NJSBA Vice President for Finance Tanya M. Dickerson accepted the resolution from the state board, thanking it for its support of School Board Recognition Month for the fifth consecutive year. The state board was the first public body in New Jersey to recognize the event, in 2002. School Board Recognition Month helps to inform New Jersey citizens about the essential role that local boards of education play in the governance of public schools. It also gives communities the opportunity to thank their local school board members for the time and effort they dedicate to education.