Paid Family Leave Moves Through Legislature

Bill Would Expand Treatment of Substance Abuse, Alcoholism

Legislation Addresses Emergency Diabetes Situations

Parents Could Decide Twins’ Placement

Assembly Committee Releases Internet-Notice Bill

Workshop Forms Coming in May

National Report Examines States’ Standards  

NJSBA Fights Supermajority Requirement

NSBA’s Call to Action: Federal Funding

Innovations in Special Education: Opportunity Awaits for Recognition

New Date Announced for Salary Guide Program

Budget Training for the Media

Members Invited to Networking Breakfast at NSBA Conference

NJSBA Board of Directors to Meet

Audit Committee Meeting Slated for March 14

Calendar

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NJSBA Fights Supermajority Requirement

NJSBA has partnered with other educational groups to mount a campaign to inform legislators that the supermajority requirement on additional ballot questions poses real harm to education. To date, 96 school boards have approved resolutions calling for elimination of the 60-percent approval requirement for second questions.

The school budget cap law (A-1), enacted in April 2007, requires 60 percent of the voters participating in the Annual School Election to approve second ballot question for it to become effective.

NJSBA has made a sample resolution available on its Web site.

In last year's Annual School Election, school districts proposed 87 second questions statewide. Voters approved 46 percent of the questions. If the 60-percent requirement had been in place last year, the approval rate would have decreased to 25 percent.