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June 23, 2010 • Vol. XXXIII • No. 43

Alternative Proposal Would Place 2.9% Cap on Taxes NJ Adopts National Core Standards Legislators OK Summer School, Background Check Bills Substitute Teacher Bill Moves Trenton Reaches Budget Accord Low-Achieving Schools Awarded $45.3 Million in Federal Grants Bilik’s Speech Earns National Recognition NJSBA Executive Committee Schedules Meetings Click here for a pdf version of this issue of School Board Notes	Alternative Proposal Would Place 2.9% Cap on Taxes Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney has proposed legislation to create a 2.9 percent cap on property taxes.

	NJ Adopts National Core Standards The State Board of Education is calling for New Jersey’s curriculum standards to be aligned with national Common Core Standards in math and language arts literacy.

	Legislators OK Summer School, Background Check Bills State legislators on Monday acted on one bill that would allow districts to charge tuition for summer school, and another that calls for criminal background checks of school board members.

	Substitute Teacher Bill Moves The Senate Education Committee approved on June 17 a bill that limits the amount of time a substitute teacher can serve in a temporary capacity to 60 days.

	Trenton Reaches Budget Accord It appears that state legislators and the administration have reached an agreement for the 2010-2011 state budget, although no appropriations bill has yet been unveiled.

	Low-Achieving Schools Awarded $45.3 Million in Federal Grants The state awarded $45.3 million in federal grants to 12 low-performing districts that agreed to dramatic action to improve their schools.

	Bilik’s Speech Earns National Recognition NJSBA earned a distinguished honor this month with the publication in Vital Speeches of the Day of the address by executive director Marie Bilik to the May 15 Delegate Assembly.

	NJSBA Executive Committee Schedules Meetings NJSBA provides notice of two meetings of the Executive Committee in July.


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