• Arts Ed NJ Lists Key Principles for School Administrators to Consider This Fall

  The arts group released a resource guide last week.

• Share Your Input: Help Form New STEAM Initiatives

  Please complete a five-minute survey by Aug. 31.

• Acting Commissioner Upholds the Unfettered Discretion of BOEs to Dismiss Non-Tenured Employees

  The judge concluded that a non-tenured teacher is only entitled to litigate his termination where the facts constitute a violation of constitutional or legislatively conferred rights.

• Districts Must Meet Aug. 13 Deadline to Qualify for Emergency Connectivity Funds

  The NJSBA is urging its members to meet this deadline so that they can be reimbursed for the technology they will need for their digital instruction programs.

• Safe Schools Program Offers Advice on Reopening Schools

  Program recommends increased air ventilation for schools instead of purchasing expensive new equipment.

• Sept. 10 Deadline to Nominate the New Jersey School Board Member of the Year

  Nominees must have five consecutive years of experience as a board of education member and must hold the NJSBA Certified Board Member designation.

• Assessments, Homeless Students, Charter Schools Discussed at State Board Meeting

  The State Board adopted, without changes, the regulations concerning charter schools.

• Educators and Health Officials Support Executive Order to Wear Masks When School Begins

  Executive Order 251, requiring masks with exceptions for students with physical or emotional health concerns, went into effect on Aug. 9.

  

• Five Districts, Two Charter Schools Receive Lighthouse Awards

  NJDOE honored the districts for showing substantial improvement in advancing educational equity.

• Obituary: Dennis Schmidt, Former NJSBA Labor Relations Negotiator

  Before working at the NJSBA, Schmidt was a school teacher and vice principal in Merchantville, N.J.