Table County Pilot Plan—NJSBA
NJSBA is urging the state’s legislative leadership to table bills that would create a single pilot county administrative school district, noting that the legislation would do nothing to reduce property taxes and could wipe out savings already achieved by local school districts.

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Alert! 'Super' County Superintendent, November Election on Monday's Senate Agenda
On Monday, Jan. 22, the state Senate is scheduled to act on bills that would create the position of “super” county superintendent and which would move school board member elections to November.

Comptroller Bill Moves in Assembly
A proposal to create a governor-appointed state comptroller, who would conduct financial audits and performance reviews of state and local governments, including school districts, passed the Assembly on Jan. 8.

Report: Flat Funding Impacts Taxes
For the past four years, the New Jersey Legislature has essentially frozen public school funding at 2001-2002 levels, regardless of changes in enrollment, cost or need.

In Middle Township, ‘Age is No Barrier to Leadership’
Calvin Back has served for 45 consecutive years on the Middle Township Board of Education. Matthew Buesing is in his sixth year on the same board, after being elected as a teenager.

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MVC Chief Talks about Importance of Driver Education
The recent tragedy in Freehold Borough once again reinforces the magnitude of motor vehicle safety, particularly when it comes to young people.

PR Forum to Highlight Budget Elections
Want to learn how to build public support for your district’s financial proposals, how to create innovative shared services with municipal government, and how to become an effective advocate for public schools?

Local School Officials to Visit D.C.
The theme for this year’s National School Boards Association-sponsored Federal Relations Network Conference in Washington, D.C., Jan. 28-30, is Pledge to America’s Schoolchildren.

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State Schedules More School Funding Hearings
The state education department has scheduled three additional hearings about its School Costs Report released in December. 

High School Reform Meetings Slated
Our world is changing – but are New Jersey’s high schools changing with it?

Obituary: Frank Cicarell, Rahway Board President
Frank J. Cicarell, president of the Rahway Board of Education and president of the Union County Educational Services Commission, died on Jan. 8. He was 56.

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