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| August 22, 2007 • Vol. XXXI • No. 4 |
 State Explores Linking Special-Ed Funding to Community Wealth Most New Jersey Schools Make Adequate Yearly Progress Two NJ Charter Schools Among Nation’s Best Workshop Offers Abundant Learning Opportunities Search Committee Getting Closer to New Executive Director NJSBA Executive Committee Meeting Notice Hunterdon Board Member Served 15 Years Position Available: Negotiator Click here for a pdf version of this issue of School Board Notes |
State Explores Linking Special-Ed Funding to Community Wealth The Commissioner of Education is exploring a special-education funding method that would take into account a district’s ability to pay—a concept that’s termed “wealth equalized funding.” |
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| Most New Jersey Schools Make Adequate Yearly Progress Three-fourths of New Jersey’s 2,430 public schools met the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) standards under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, the state Department of Education recently announced. |
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| Cyber Bullying Law Enacted Gov. Jon S. Corzine signed legislation (S-993) on Aug. 6 that expands New Jersey’s anti-bullying laws to include threats made by e-mail, text messages or instant messaging. |
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| Two NJ Charter Schools Among Nation’s Best The Center for Education Reform has named the Hoboken Charter School and the Princeton Charter School among the best charters in the nation. |
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| Justices to Discuss Abbott Five former Supreme Court justices will discuss the impact of the landmark Abbott v. Burke decision during a Sept. 19 program in New Brunswick. |
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| Workshop Offers Abundant Learning Opportunities Workshop 2007, to be held Oct. 24-26 in Atlantic City, will feature 180 training programs for local school officials – including 25 group sessions and 42 action labs. |
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Search Committee Getting Closer to New Executive Director NJSBA Executive Committee Meeting Notice |
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| Hunterdon Board Member Served 15 Years Theresa DeLorenzo, a member of the Bethlehem Township Board of Education from 1992 to 2007, died Aug. 15 after a battle with cancer. She was 64. |
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| Backpack Brigade Edwina M. Lee, NJSBA Executive Director, and Kimberly Blum, NJSBA Human Resources Manager stand behind 33 backpacks that Association staff and officers collected for the annual United Way back-to-school drive. |
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| Position Available: Negotiator NJSBA seeks a Senior Consultant/Negotiator to provide: assistance in bargaining preparation; on-site representation of the local board in the negotiation of salary guides, mediation, fact-finding, strikes and job actions; and analysis of labor contracts, legislative proposals and salary guides. |
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