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NJSBA Partnership With Business Aims to Close Achievement Gap
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Dear School Board Member,
NJSBA is working with the Business Coalition for Educational Excellence at the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce on an exciting Web-based program—Just for the Kids-New Jersey. The effort is designed to help our public schools enhance student achievement by identifying and implementing successful practices.
Read the full letter.
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| Subcontracting Bill in Position for Full Senate Vote |
| When the state Senate reconvenes, it could vote anytime on a bill already approved by the General Assembly that would effectively end a school board’s ability to control costs by subcontracting non-instructional services. Get the full story. |
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| Legislative Leadership Selected |
Beginning in January, Democrats will control the governor’s office and both houses of the Legislature for the first time in 14 years. What the political shift will mean for public education, state aid and property tax reform is uncertain. Get the full story.
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| NJSBA Officer Application Guidelines |
| School board members, interested in interviewing for candidacy for NJSBA office before the Association’s Nominating committee, can click here to download an application. Completed applications must be received at NJSBA headquarters by December 11, 2003. Get the full story. |
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| Click here for a pdf version of this issue of School Board Notes. |
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NJSBA Board of Directors to Meet
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In accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, notice is hereby provided of a meeting of the NJSBA Board of Directors. The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn in Jamesburg on November 21 at 7:30 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 the minutes of the open and closed sessions of the October 10 meeting; presentation of Board Certification awards; revisions of Governance and Operations personnel policies; and a Workshop debriefing.
In addition, the Board of Directors will hear a presentation on School Board Governance Under the Massachusetts Model presented by Massachusetts Executive Director Glenn Koocher.
For further information, contact Mary Alice Durham at 609-278-5206.
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| Emergency Resolution |
At a meeting of the NJSBA Executive Committee on November 12, an emergency resolution addressing school district leadership and governance, originating from recommendations from the State Action for Education Leadership Project (SAELP), was approved for submission to the November Delegate Assembly.
In accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, notice was previously published of the meeting date of the Emergency Resolutions Subcommittee in the event an emergency resolution was received. Pursuant to that notice, a meeting will be held on November 17 at 4 p.m. at the New Jersey School Boards Association headquarters on 413 West State Street in Trenton. The meeting will be conducted by telephone conference call and is open to the public. The subcommittee will consider whether the resolution meets the criteria to be admitted as an emergency resolution.
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| NOVEMBER 19 |
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General Membership Meeting (Salem), Salem County Vocational, Woodstown, 6:30 p.m. |
| NOVEMBER 20 |
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General Membership Meeting (Cumberland), Cumberland Technical Education Center, Bridgeton, 6:30 p.m. |
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Leadership Dinner Meeting (Morris), Hunan Chinese Restaurant, Morris Plains, 6 p.m. |
| NOVEMBER 21 |
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NJSBA Board of Directors Meeting, Holiday Inn, Monroe Township, 7:30 p.m. |
| NOVEMBER 21-23 |
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NJSBA Advanced Bargaining Conference, The Sheraton Parsippany, Parsippany, 4 p.m. |
| NOVEMBER 22 |
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NJSBA Delegate Assembly, Holiday Inn, Monroe Township, 8 a.m. |
| NOVEMBER 24 |
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General Membership Meeting (Sussex), Long Pond School, Andover, 7 p.m. |
| Click here for more information on county school boards association activities. |
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