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| July 11, 2007 • Vol. XXXI • No. 1 |
 DOE Official: ‘Super’ Superintendents Will Help Education U.S. Supreme Court Rejects School Integration Plans Poll Shows Voters Back November Referendum Save Money through Group Purchasing Corzine Approves New Teacher Health Plan Byron Baer, Father of ‘Sunshine Law,’ Dies at 77 Workshop Housing Deadline Nears Children’s Health and Safety Conference Click here for a pdf version of this issue of School Board Notes |
DOE Official: ‘Super’ Superintendents Will Help Education The new ‘super’ executive county superintendent structure promises to benefit the education community if the state recruits the best people possible to serve in the 21 positions, a state education official recently told school board members. |
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| U.S. Supreme Court Rejects School Integration Plans The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to strike down voluntary integration plans in public schools of Seattle and Louisville, Ky. |
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| Poll Shows Voters Back November Referendum A recent Quinnipiac University poll shows that a majority of New Jersey voters plan to support a November statewide referendum that calls for using 100 percent of the latest sales tax revenue increase for property tax relief. |
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| Save Money through Group Purchasing The New Jersey School Boards Association and its partners in the Alliance for Competitive Energy Services (ACES) began a natural gas purchasing program last year and want to encourage all public school districts to participate. |
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| Corzine Approves New Teacher Health Plan Gov. Jon S. Corzine recently signed a bill into law that gives public school employees their own new state-run health benefits program, beginning July 1, 2008. |
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| Byron Baer, Father of ‘Sunshine Law,’ Dies at 77 Byron M. Baer, a Bergen County legislator for 33 years and father of the state’s “Sunshine Law,” died June 24. He was 77. |
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| Workshop Housing Deadline Nears Hotel reservations for Workshop 2007 are being handled by AC Central Reservations and the deadline for reservations is Aug. 31. Volunteers Needed |
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| Children’s Health and Safety Conference “Caring for Our Children’s Health and Safety: Schools and Communities Strengthening Families” will be the topic of a seminar from 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, July 19 in Princeton. |
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| Board Census Reports Due School board census reports containing information for NJSBA’s annual membership are needed. |
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| Look for NJSBA Survey Throughout July, a select number of school board members will receive a survey from NJSBA. |
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| SBN on Summer Schedule School Board Notes is being published bi-weekly this summer, with editions on July 12, July 26, Aug. 9 and Aug. 23. |
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