Lawmakers Approve Teachers’
‘Giveaway’
Deal Would Foster Labor
Unrest and Hurt Taxpayers
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Despite strong opposition by
education management and
business organizations, the
Senate Labor Committee on June 9
released a school labor bill
that critics say will
drastically tilt the balance in
favor of the teachers’ union.
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Back to the
Drawing Board
for Unsafe
School Policy |
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The clock
continues to
tick as the July
1 deadline looms
for approval of
the Unsafe
School Option
Policy by the
state Board of
Education.
Commissioner
Librera,
however, told
the state board
last week that
he is directing
the
Department of
Education to
make major
revisions to its
proposed policy.
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story. |
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Department of
Education
Launches 12th
Grade Pilot
Program |
Commissioner of
Education
William L.
Librera
officially
launched the
12th Grade
Option Pilot
Program on May
27. It is an
initiative that
allows students
in their senior
year of high
school the
flexibility to
further enhance
their education
after completing
the high school
graduation
requirements and
passing the High
School
Proficiency
Assessment.
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story.
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NJSBA Compiles
School Election
Rulings |
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NJSBA is
currently
resurveying its
membership in an
effort to update
its database of
school election
decisions for
the 2002 and
2003 election
years. The
Association has
been compiling
this information
since 2001 via
annual surveys
to chief school
administrators,
school business
officials, and
school board
attorneys.
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story. |
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Resolutions
Cutoff for Delegate Assembly |
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The next NJSBA Delegate Assembly
to consider resolutions will be
held on November 22. The cutoff
date for submission of
resolutions to this Delegate
Assembly is September 9.
Resolutions to be considered for
the agenda must be received in
the Association office by the
close of business on that date.
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June 5 Legislative Action:
A3029 (S. Kean,
Wolfe)—Prohibits requiring
school and county college
employees to search for or
handle explosive devices. NJSBA
did not take a position on the
bill but expressed concerns that
any excess security costs
incurred by a school district be
paid for by the state. The bill
was reported out of the Assembly
Education Committee and moves to
the Assembly floor.
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| Department
Releases Character Education
Report |
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The
Department of Education last
week released the first New
Jersey Character Education
Commission Report. Over the last
year, the Commission collected
information on best practices
and other efforts in character
education from five different
public hearings throughout the
state. They then submitted their
recommendations to Governor
McGreevey in this report.
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Commissioner’s Equivalency or
Waivers Bill Released |
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A
bill that would require the
state commissioner of education
to grant an equivalency or
waiver under certain conditions
was unanimously voted out of the
Assembly Education Committee on
June 5.
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The Association for Children of
New Jersey and the Public
Education Institute will be
holding a forum on June 23 on
School Readiness: The Building
Blocks to a Child’s Success. The
forum will focus on the elements
that influence a child’s
readiness for school, including
preschool, child-care, and
health and safety issues.
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Special Election
July 19
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A special meeting of the
NJSBA Delegate Assembly will
be held on July 19 to conduct an
election for the unexpired term
of vice president of county
activities. The meeting will be
held at the Ramada Inn/National
Conference Center in East
Windsor from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
To register, or for more
information,
click here, or call Cindy
Stanhope at 609-278-5254.
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June 3 |
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Urgent
Legislative
Alert—all
e-mail
addresses. |
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June 4 |
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Spring School
Law Forum—all
e-mail addresses
for school
business
administrators
and board
attorneys. |
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June 6 |
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School Board
Notes—all
e-mail addresses
and mailing
addresses. |
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Public
Relations
Mini-Workshop
Program—all
e-mail addresses
for board
presidents,
superintendents
and school
business
administrators. |
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NJSBA Executive Committee
Meeting |
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, Route 1 North,
Princeton, New Jersey on Friday,
June 20, at 5:45 p.m. The
meeting is open to the public.
The agenda, to the extent
known at this time, will include
discussion and/or action on the
minutes of the May 6, 2003
meeting; ratification of
officers’ vouchers and telephone
expenses; approval of vouchers
past 60 days; completion of
conflict of interest statements;
Executive Committee meeting
dates for 2003-04; review of
Association initiatives and
activities for 2003-04;
Delegate Assembly
debriefing; pending actions for
Executive Committee
consideration; procedure for
orientation of the new Vice
President for County Activities;
updates on the November reports
to the Delegate Assembly; ad hoc
Dues Reassessment Committee and
School Finance Committee
reports; Bylaws adoption at the
Delegate Assembly; and reports
of the Executive Director,
AED/Membership Development, and
General Counsel (AED); update on
Workshop-related expenses;
ACES update; and discussion of
plans for 2003 Northeast Region
meeting.
In addition, the Executive
Committee may enter into closed
session to discuss personnel
matters.
For further information,
contact Mary Alice Durham at
609-278-5206.
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