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May 26, 2010 • Vol. XXXIII • No. 39

Schundler: Regionalization Not Moving Race to the Top Update Students Struggle with Alternative Graduation Test Governor Vetoes Millionaires’ Tax State Budget Gap Widens Legislative Update Policy Q&A Union County School Boards Association Meets Milestones in Cumberland Obituary: Frank Giordano, Longtime Vineland Board President NJSBA Renovations Nearing Completion Summary of May 15 Delegate Assembly Board of Directors Highlights Calendar Click here for a pdf version of this issue of School Board Notes	Schundler: Regionalization Not Moving The state’s plan to propose regionalized school districts to voters this fall, a centerpiece of 2007 legislation, is effectively on hold, Commissioner of Education Bret Schundler told local school officials gathered for NJSBA’s southern New Jersey Town Hall meeting at Glassboro High School on Saturday.

	Web Extra Race to the Top Update The deadline for school boards to sign on to Race to the Top is extended.

	Students Struggle with Alternative Graduation Test As many seniors face the possibility of not graduating this year, state Department of Education officials promised special summer remediation programs for students who failed New Jersey’s revamped second-chance diploma test.

	Governor Vetoes Millionaires’ Tax On May 20, in a vote along party lines, the Democratic-controlled state Assembly and Senate passed A-10, a measure to increase taxes on income in excess of $1 million.

	Web Extra State Budget Gap Widens With less than five weeks until the end of the budget year, state officials are working to plug a $325 million gap in the state’s fiscal 2010 budget.

	Legislative Update Legislators pass a bill to make the position of treasurer of school monies optional for school districts.

	Policy Q&A How to handle notice for a superintendent who may retire next year

	Union County School Boards Association Meets Sen. Thomas H. Kean Jr. meets with local officials for the Union County School Boards meeting.

	Milestones in Cumberland Two Cumberland County board members receive 20-Year Milestone Awards

	Obituary: Frank Giordano, Longtime Vineland Board President Frank Giordano, former president of the Vineland Board of Education, died Sunday.

	NJSBA Renovations Nearing Completion Renovation work on NJSBA’s Trenton headquarters is proceeding on-time and within budget.

	Summary of May 15 Delegate Assembly NJSBA’s Delegate Assembly met May 15 in Plainsboro to elect officers and to consider two resolutions. Board of Directors Highlights The meeting of NJSBA’s Board of Directors took place on Friday, May 14, 2010 at the Wyndham Princeton Forrestal Conference Center/Hotel, Plainsboro, New Jersey.

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