Notice: NJSBA Executive Committee Meeting

In accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, notice is hereby provided of a meeting of the New Jersey School Boards Association’s Executive Committee. The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2006 at NJSBA Headquarters, 413 West State St., Trenton. The meeting is open to the public.

The tentative agenda includes a discussion and/or approval of the minutes of the committee’s July 26, 2006 planning meeting (continued from June 24, 2006), vouchers past 60 days, ratification of officers’ vouchers, travel reimbursement for officers, Board of Directors - outstanding districts’ dues, proposed agenda for the Sept. 15, 2006 Board of Directors meeting, facility update-action plan, NJSBA representation on statewide panels, 2006-2007 budget update, committee calendar/agenda/purpose, Bylaws-officers, Oct. 14, 2006 Board of Directors Retreat, NSBA Presidents’ Retreat and Executive Directors’ Summer Institute debriefing, and 2006 Workshop and advocacy updates.

The Executive Committee will enter into closed session to conduct the Executive Director’s evaluation.

For further information, contact Mary Alice Durham at (609) 278-5206.

Notice: NJSBA Legislative Committee Meeting

In accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, notice is hereby provided of the New Jersey School Boards Association’s Legislative Committee meeting. The meeting will be held at 9 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 9, 2006 at the Holiday Inn Conference Center, 399 Monmouth St., East Windsor.

The meeting is open to the public.

The agenda will include approval of minutes of the March 4, 2006 meeting and of Legislative Committee meeting dates for 2006-2007, a discussion about Legislative Conference 2006-2007, Legislative Agenda Action Plan mid-year evaluation, member orientation and tool kit, Legislative Special update, NJQSAC and Special Education Code, Federal update and Workshop 2006.

For further information, contact Katy Hague at (609) 278-5215.

NJSBA Needs You

Do you want to help shape NJSBA’s legislative agenda and advocacy action plan?

If so, there are several openings left on NJSBA’s Legislative Committee for board members who want to volunteer their time to communicate with state and federal lawmakers about critical issues to New Jersey’s school districts.

The committee meets approximately six times a year to review and to adopt positions on state legislative proposals affecting boards of education. The committee also is responsible for promoting grassroots advocacy networks on local, county and state levels.

Committee members are an important part of these networks and are often called upon to testify at hearings before the Legislature and the New Jersey Board of Education.

NJSBA needs your support more than ever as it tackles tough issues like school regionalization, property tax reform, and unfunded mandates.

Openings are available in the following areas: 

Members are needed in District 4 – parts of Camden and Gloucester counties, District 9 – parts of Atlantic, Ocean and Burlington counties, District 16 – parts of Somerset and Morris counties, District 19 – Middlesex County, and District 27 – Essex County. 

Alternate members are needed in District 6 – Camden County, District 9 – parts of Atlantic, Ocean and Burlington counties, District 10 – parts of Ocean and Monmouth counties, District 15 – Mercer County, District 16 – parts of Somerset and Morris counties, District 17 – parts of Middlesex and Somerset counties, District 27 – Essex County, District 31 – Hudson County, and District 34 – Essex and Passaic counties. 

Those interested in serving on NJSBA’s Legislative Committee should contact Katy Hague at (609) 278-5215, or send her a fax at (609) 394-0753.