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| September 17, 2008 • Vol. XXXII • No. 7 |
 Judge Orders DOE to Revise Adminstrator Contract Regulations For Board Member of Year, A Tradition of Service Governor Appoints NJSBA Counsel to School Employees' Health Benefits Commission Networking Opportunities at Workshop Report Shows Continued Trend Toward Safe Schools New Jersey’s Teachers are Highly Qualified NJSBA At Your Service: Legislative Day NJSBA Board of Directors, Audit Committee to Meet Click here for a pdf version of this issue of School Board Notes |
Web Extra Legislative Update On Monday, Sept. 15, the Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee sent three bills that affect local school district operations to the full Assembly. |
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| Judge Orders DOE to Revise Adminstrator Contract Regulations A judge has ordered the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) to work with the Association of School Administrators (NJASA) to revise recently adopted fiscal accountability regulations. |
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| For Board Member of Year, A Tradition of Service Cynthia Auberger, a 15-year veteran of the Vernon Township Board of Education in Sussex County, is New Jersey’s School Board Member of the Year. |
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| Governor Appoints NJSBA Counsel to School Employees' Health Benefits Commission Cynthia J. Jahn, NJSBA’s assistant executive director/general counsel, was recently appointed by Gov. Jon Corzine to the School Employees’ Health Benefits Commission, the executive body established by state law to be responsible for the operation of the state’s new health program for school employees. |
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| Networking Opportunities at Workshop Workshop 2008 has more content sessions than ever, but it also features several opportunities for members to network with other board members, administrators, and the officers and staff of all three sponsoring organizations—New Jersey School Boards Association, the New Jersey Association of School Administrators and the New Jersey Association of School Business Officials. Workshop Room Rate Drop |
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| Schools Harness the Sun Heating oil and natural gas prices in the New Jersey region have skyrocketed over 30 percent in the past three years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
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| NJSBA Meets with Legislators NJSBA lobbyist Barbara Horl held meetings with two New Jersey legislators recently to update them on concerns that school board members around the state have with specific pieces of proposed legislation. |
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| Report Shows Continued Trend Toward Safe Schools A state report released Monday found the number of incidents of violence, vandalism and substance abuse in New Jersey schools declined slightly from the previous report, reflecting a continued decline over the years. |
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| New Jersey’s Teachers are Highly Qualified The fifth annual survey of teacher content expertise showed that 99 percent of New Jersey’s teachers meet the federal “highly qualified teacher” criteria in the No Child Left Behind Act, according to an announcement by the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE). |
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| NJSBA At Your Service: Legislative Day NJSBA At Your Service is a regular feature that spotlights some of the free services that are available to members from the Association |
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| NJSBA Board of Directors, Audit Committee to Meet In accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, notice is hereby provided of meetings of the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors of the New Jersey School Boards Association. |
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