State Board Acts on Numerous Items at December Meeting
At its December meeting, the New Jersey State Board of Education heard updates and acted on numerous items.
12/13/2022
NJSBA’s Executive Director to Serve on Statewide Task Force on Public School Staff Shortages
Dr. Timothy Purnell, executive director of the New Jersey School Boards Association, has been appointed to serve on the Task Force on Public School Staff Shortages.
12/13/2022
Topics: Student Learning and Education
State Teacher of the Year Has Always Been ‘Smartest Person in the Room,’ Says Board Member Cousin
Dave Ytreboe, director of personnel at Stafford Township School District and the vice president of the Berkeley Township School District’s Board of Education, says his cousin – New Jersey's 2022-2023 State Teacher of the Year – has always been the...
12/10/2022
Three Assemblywomen Headline Legislative Committee Meeting
The New Jersey School Boards Association held a Legislative Committee meeting Dec. 10, hearing from three state assemblywomen on a variety of topics.
12/12/2022
Topics: Advocacy
SDA and NJDOE Announce $75 Million for Emergent and Capital Maintenance Needs (Dec. 13, 2022)
New Jersey’s fiscal year 2023 budget includes a direct appropriation of $75 million to the New Jersey Schools Development Authority to provide funding for projects related to emergent and capital maintenance needs.
12/10/2022
Reimbursement Application for Special Education, Related Services Is Available
The application for seeking reimbursement for providing additional or compensatory special education and related services for students with disabilities who were 21 as of July 1, 2022, is now available on the New Jersey Department of Education’s Homeroom webpage.
12/10/2022
Mandated Training Compliance Deadline Approaching (Dec. 31, 2022)
New Jersey state law requires school board members and charter school trustees to attend training in the first, second and third years of a first term, and in the first year of a reelected or reappointed term.
12/13/2022
NJSBA Staff Explore the Role of New Board Members in 3 Rs Podcast
New board members can get valuable information about what it means to be a board member in a podcast featuring two veteran field service representatives with the New Jersey School Boards Association and Ray Pinney, the Association’s director of county...
12/10/2022
Bound Brook Honored with School Leader Award
The Bound Brook School District was honored at the Somerset County School Boards Association meeting on Dec. 8 at the Somerset County Vocational and Technical High School for being a recognized program in the 2022-2023 School Leader awards.
12/12/2022