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June 4, 2008 • Vol. XXXI • No. 41

Legislators No Closer to Budget Deal

Bill Calls for $2.5 Billion in School Construction

Superintendent Contracts at Issue: An Update

Education Legislation Moves in Senate Ed Committee

November Elections, Administrative Cuts Stall

Schools Wait for Accountability Regs

Notice of NJSBA Strategic Plan Meeting

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Legislators No Closer to Budget Deal
With the end of the state’s June 30 fiscal year looming, New Jersey lawmakers are still in negotiations on Gov. Jon Corzine’s proposed $33 billion budget.
Bill Calls for $2.5 Billion in School Construction
Speaking at a May 28 tour of Newark’s Oliver Street School, Gov. Jon Corzine said he wants the Legislature to approve a measure allowing the state to borrow $2.5 billion to build schools in the state’s Abbott school districts.
Superintendent Contracts at Issue: An Update
Attorney General Anne Milgram announced on Friday, May 30 that her office has filed a complaint in Superior Court seeking to have declared “null and void” a $556,290 severance payout by the Keansburg Board of Education to Superintendent Barbara Trzeszkowski.
Education Legislation Moves in Senate Ed Committee
The Senate Education Committee was slated on Thursday to discuss—and likely release for a vote by the full Senate—the following bills.

November Elections, Administrative Cuts Stall
The bill to move school board member elections to November appears to have stalled in the Senate.

Schools Wait for Accountability Regs
The second draft of the state Department of Education’s Accountability Regulations, which were expected to be released last week, still have not been issued.
Notice of NJSBA Strategic Plan Meeting
In accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, notice is hereby provided of the NJSBA Strategic Plan Convocation.
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