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Republican Reform Plan Would Affect School Districts
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| In response to Governor James E. McGreevey’s proposed FAIR Act for property tax relief and the Democrats’ 25 Points for Ethics Reform, the Republicans have announced their own plan. Last week, Senate Minority Leader Leonard Lance presented A Republican Plan To Provide Property Tax Relief, Restore Fiscal Responsibility and Return Ethical Integrity To New Jersey. Get the full story. |
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| Board Members Named to Committee on State Testing and Standards |
| Eleven school board members have been named to a New Jersey School Boards Association committee that studies issues related to New Jersey’s standardized testing program. Get the full story. |
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| Delegate Assembly Resolutions Cutoff Notice |
The next NJSBA Delegate Assembly meeting to consider resolutions will be held on November 20. The cutoff date for submission of resolutions to this meeting is September 7. Resolutions must be received by the close of business on that date.
On June 8, the Association submitted a notice about the resolutions cutoff date to school business administrators, board presidents and county association presidents. This mailing also included the resolutions format. The format calls for each resolution submitted by an authorized body to recommend specific policy language in a broad belief statement for adoption by the Delegate Assembly and inclusion in NJSBA’s Manual of Positions and Policies on Education.
Recommended policy language may be submitted as an NJSBA belief statement only, NJSBA support for a belief only, or both, depending on the nature of the issue and/or the existence of related NJSBA policy. Example policy proposals were attached to the resolutions format. A final resolved clause should request that the resolution be placed on the agenda for consideration at the November 20 Delegate Assembly.
Resolutions submitted for the Delegate Assembly must be mailed to: Resolutions, November 2004 Delegate Assembly, C/O Edwina M. Lee, Executive Director, New Jersey School Boards Association, 413 West State Street, P.O. Box 909, Trenton, NJ 08605-0909.
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June 3 Legislative Action
Hazardous Routes NJSBA supported A860 (Barnes, Diegnan), which requires school districts to provide transportation to public school pupils living along hazardous routes and entitles districts to 100 percent funding. The bill was reported out of the Assembly Education Committee with amendments. The amendments added non-public school students and also provided 100 percent funding for them. The bill now goes to the Assembly Appropriations Committee for fiscal review. Get the full update.
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Click here for a pdf version of this issue of School Board Notes.
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Meeting Notice—
NJSBA Executive Committee
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In accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, notice is hereby provided of the planning meeting of the NJSBA Executive Committee. The meeting will be held at the Doral Forrestal in Princeton on June 25 at 5:45 p.m. This meeting is open to the public.
The agenda, to the extent known at this time, will include discussion and/or action on minutes of the May 4 meeting; ratification of officers’ vouchers; approval of vouchers past 60 days; completion of the conflict of interest statements; the Executive Committee meeting dates for 2004-05; a review of Association initiatives and activities for 2004-05; pending actions for Executive Committee consideration; orientation/ protocols for the 2004-05 NJSBA officers; a review of the Board of Directors agenda format and Board of Directors overnight accommodations for the Delegate Assembly; and reports of the executive director, the assistant executive director/membership development, and the general counsel. In addition, the Executive Committee may enter into closed session to discuss personnel matters.
For further information, contact Mary Alice Durham at 1-888-886-5722, extension, 5206 or mdurham@njsba.org.
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The Somerset County Business Partnership will hold a Shared Services—Best Practices Forum on June 22 at the Raritan Valley Community College from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The program will highlight successful shared services programs initiated by counties, municipalities, school districts and educational institutions. Edwina M. Lee, executive director for NJSBA, and William Dressel, executive director for the New Jersey State League of Municipalities, will present the keynote addresses. Topics will include:
- Successful Shared Services Initiatives in New Jersey
- Cooperative Initiatives— Educational Institutions & Agencies
- Sharing Resources—Counties, Towns and Schools
- Statewide Technology Consortium
The cost of the program is $25 for SCBP members and $35 for nonmembers. Click here to register or call 908-218-4300.
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