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| March 26, 2008 • Vol. XXXI • No. 31 |
 NJSBA: State Budget Will Ease Property Tax Burden, Improve Education State Seeks to End Abbott Designation State Board Keeps SRA Alternative Graduation Test Commissioner Clarifies Travel Regulations for Schools Proposal Would Expand Voter Approval for State Debt NSBA Joins ‘Class of One’ Lawsuit Ten States to Get NCLB Flexibility Free Forum on Recycling in K-12 Schools Salem Vo-Tech Earns National Honors Click here for a pdf version of this issue of School Board Notes |
NJSBA: State Budget Will Ease Property Tax Burden, Improve Education The governor’s recommended $532 million increase in school funding for 2008-2009 moves New Jersey closer to the goal of school property tax stabilization, NJSBA Executive Director Marie S. Bilik told the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee last week. |
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| State Seeks to End Abbott Designation With a new school-funding law in place, the Corzine administration is asking the state Supreme Court to deem the formula as constitutional and end the “Abbott” designation. |
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| State Board Keeps SRA Alternative Graduation Test State Board of Education unanimously voted last week to continue the Special Review Assessment (SRA), but the state will closely regulate schools that heavily use the alternate graduation test. |
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| Commissioner Clarifies Travel Regulations for Schools Commissioner of Education Lucille E. Davy recently provided clarification of the School District Accountability Act’s requirement that school board members and school district employees follow the travel and meal regulations set by the New Jersey Office of Management and Budget (OMB). |
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| Proposal Would Expand Voter Approval for State Debt The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee recently approved legislation that would require voter approval before the state could use independent authorities to issue public debt. |
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| WEB EXTRA NSBA Joins ‘Class of One’ Lawsuit The National School Boards Association on Tuesday filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Engquist v. Oregon Department of Agriculture—a case that could affect all public employers in the nation, including school districts. |
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| Ten States to Get NCLB Flexibility U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings announced last week that 10 states will take part in a pilot program to allow greater flexibility for rating schools under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).” |
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| Free Forum on Recycling in K-12 Schools Many New Jersey schools lack an effective recycling system or fail to make their system visible to students. As a result, a valuable opportunity is lost—the chance to reinforce some of the key scientific and environmental concepts being taught in schools today. |
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| Salem Vo-Tech Earns National Honors Salem County Vocational Technical Schools received first place honors in the American School Board Journal’s 14th annual Magna Awards program. |
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