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Commissioner Announces Plan to Return State-Run Districts to Local Control
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State Education Commissioner William L. Librera announced last week that he will immediately launch a corrective action plan aimed at enacting new legislation that will return the state’s three largest school districts to local control. Get the full story.
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| AG’s Office Cites Legal, Policy Problems with Anti-Subcontracting Bill |
The New Jersey School Boards Association is urging the state Senate to withhold action on the anti-subcontracting bill, A-1714/S-1537, after the state attorney general’s office yesterday alerted legislators and the governor’s office to significant legal and policy concerns with the legislation. A-1714/S-1537 would restrict local school districts’ ability to subcontract support services and thereby direct limited funding to the education program and control property taxes. Get the full story.
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| Project Labor Agreement Bill on Governor’s Desk |
Legislation authorizing any public entity that undertakes a public works project to enter into a project agreement with labor organizations has cleared the Assembly and Senate and is awaiting action by Governor James McGreevey. Get the full story.
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| NJSBA Creates Sending/Receiving Committee |
| NJSBA President Glenn B. Ewan has created the ad hoc Sending/Receiving Committee 2002, in response to action taken by delegates at the May Delegate Assembly. Get the full story. |
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| Public Sessions on Learning Centers |
| The New Jersey Department of Education has scheduled four information sessions in August to brief the public on the 21st Century Community Learning Cebters Program. This federal program will now be administered by the state as the result of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Get the full story. |
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| NJ Department of Education Launches News Service |
| The New Jersey Department of Education is inviting all board members, administrators, teachers and district staff to subscribe to gens-educators, a free e-mail news service. By subscribing, educators will receive the latest news and information from the Department of Education automatically e-mailed as soon as it is released to the media. Get the full story. |
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Critical Policy Reference Manual One of the most difficult tasks for boards to accomplish is developing and revising policies that keep up with law and the changing educational scene. NJSBA has developed the Critical Policy Reference Manual to assist boards and administrators in maintaining a set of workable, usable policies to apply to all areas of board operations.
The Critical Policy Reference Manual is a collection of legal reference pages and sample policies that are important for a number of reasons, including the following: some policies are mandated by statute or administrative code; some policies are on subjects addressed in state monitoring; and some policies are critical for various other reasons, such as extensive case law, implied by a requirement for procedures or regulations, or sensitive subject matter that could cause the board problems if it did not have policy. Altogether, the CPRM contains nearly 200 policies.
The CPRM is reviewed and revised at least once a year. All material in it receives a thorough legal review before it is published, but it is always a good idea to have the board attorney review your policy before final adoption by the board.
Click here to access the online version of the CPRM. It is accessible with a username and password. It is also available for purchase in hard copy or can be sent as a zipped file via e-mail. To obtain a copy, call 1-888-886-5722. |
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| School Board Notes Summer Schedule |
This issue of School Board Notes marks the beginning of our summer publication schedule. Publication dates for the summer are July 11 and 25, and August 8 and 22. SBN will resume its regular weekly schedule on September 6.
As a reminder, SBN is now on our Web site. Click here to access it.
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