Delegate Assembly Elects Dan Sinclair as NJSBA President
Lakeland Regional Board of Education member Daniel Sinclair was elected president of the New Jersey School Boards Association during the organization’s semi-annual Delegate Assembly on…
School Board Notes
New Jersey's weekly education report offers up-to-date information on legislation, court decisions and other developments affecting school districts.
May 23, 2017 • Vol. XL No. 40
Articles
Rocker Steven Van Zandt, NJSBA Collaborate on Free Arts Curriculum
Steven Van Zandt’s Rock and Roll Forever Foundation and the New Jersey School Boards Association last week announced a collaborative effort to provide teachers and…
Legislative Update: NJSBA-Backed Bill, that Increases Voting Rights of Sending Districts, Advances
Several legislative committees, including both houses’ education committees, met last week. Among the various measures that advanced was an NJSBA initiative that would expand the…
Board Member Testifies at Senate Education Committee
Eileen Miller (at microphone) of the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional Board of Education testified before the Senate Education Committee on May 18 in support of bill S-3191,…
School Law Today: A Special Education Discussion on FAPE, IDEA, and the Courts
Special education is an area of public education which can often lead to legal entanglements. Federal and state court decisions – reaching as far as…
Group Meets to Discuss Equity and Excellence in Education
NJSBA hosted a meeting of the New Jersey Coalition for Excellence and Equity in Education at its Trenton headquarters on May 23. Participants included (clockwise…
NJSBA Welcomes New Field Service Representative
The New Jersey School Boards Association recently announced that Mary Walter has joined the staff as a field service representative. She will provide services, programs…
Upcoming NJSBA TEC Webinars Span Range of School Technology Topics
As part of the NJSBA TEC program, New Jersey School Boards Association is offering webinars this on a wide range of school technology topics this June. NJSBA’s…
NJSBA/Fusfoo Partnership to Offer Future Ready Digital Learning Opportunities to N.J. High Schools
The New Jersey School Boards Association has partnered with Fusfoo.com to offer New Jersey schools a no-cost website that allows high schools to combine all of their…
County Scenes: Union, Burlington, Cumberland
Discussions with legislators, presentation of awards, and a heartfelt “thank you” highlighted recent meetings of the Union, Burlington and Cumberland county school boards associations. [caption…
NJSBA Board of Directors Highlights
The NJSBA Board of Directors met on Friday, May 19, 2017, at the Association’s headquarters in Trenton. The board: Approved $225,000 to replace a 20-year…
NJSBA Awards E-rate Contract
The New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA) has awarded a competitive contract to E-Rate Consulting, Inc., Montclair, New Jersey, (N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-4.1), whose proposal is the…
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