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$2000 Credit Opens Door to Wide Range of Services

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$2000 Credit Opens Door to Wide Range of Services

NJSBA will provide each local school board with a $2,000 service credit for use in the next fiscal year. A part of the Association’s 2010-2011 budget approved last month, the service credit reflects the Board of Directors’ desire to give school boards the ability to receive advanced training and fee-based services in areas that are critical in the current economy.

The $2,000 credit, provided to boards of education of regular public school districts only, may be applied to any fee-based training program or service, including –

  • Customized policy writing services
  • Superintendent search services
  • Strategic planning
  • Negotiations training
  • Non-mandatory Board Member Academy training
  • Salary guide services
  • Online subscription services, such as Negotiations Advisor, the PERC Index, and Index to School Law Decisions
  • Online policy services
  • Association publications

Goal: Effective Governance “The service credit represents the NJSBA Board of Directors’ desire to reduce the Association’s surplus in a way that will promote effective local school board governance,” explained Marie S. Bilik, NJSBA executive director. The issuance of the service credits will reduce the undesignated surplus by 47.3 percent.

In addition to the $2,000 per district service credit, boards will also experience a reduction in NJSBA dues of up to 5 percent. NJSBA’s 2010-2011 budget reflects a 6.2 percent reduction in operating expenditures, a 6.7 percent cut in staffing, and a salary freeze for employees.

“The vast majority of NJSBA services are dues based,” said Bilik. “These dues-based services include the on-site mandatory training, provided by the Association under the School District Accountability Act, which will be provided free of charge in 2010-2011.”

For information about how your board can use its $2,000 service credit, talk to your NJSBA Field Service Representative. To find the name of your representative, contact Cathy Ewart at (888) 886-5722, ext. 5255 or cewart@njsba.org.

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