Up To $55 million in School Improvement Grant Funds To Help Improve Nine Low Performing Schools

Trenton, NJ – Acting Education Commissioner Christopher D. Cerf announced today the selection of nine low-performing schools that will be eligible for up to $55 million in federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) dollars. These funds are in addition to more than $850 million that Governor Christie added to district budgets across the state this year. These nine schools will each implement a federally-approved school improvement model. Final award amounts will be negotiated and announced in August

http://www.state.nj.us/education/news/2011/0727sig.htm

Information is Key

At the risk of sounding redundant. The New Jersey Department of Education's official Web site is the gateway to NJ information and services for parents, educators, students, teachers, superintendents, businesses and other taxpaying public. ...

It has the information we ALL need to battle bullying, poor teachers, poor administrators, poor board members, and poor government involvement in education in a righteous effort to uphold the constitution of the state of NJ and of the United States of America..

Please visit often and spend more time there. And yes, I'm so glad to be an American.

Are Our Schools In Crisis?: Putting It On the Line

"While there has been a litigation movement aimed at integrating the schools, there never has been a Civil Rights Movement around the issue of public education in this nation. We have struggled and died for equal toilets and lunch counters, the right to sit where we want on public conveyances and the right to vote, but never have we put it all on the line for the right of our children to be humanely and decently educated." 

Rose Sanders

http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/care.html

Does the District have a Highly Qualified Athletic Director?

Yvonne Sheard, AD

The New Jersey Administrative Code

The supervisor endorsement is required for both supervisors of instruction and

athletic directors who do not hold a standard principal’s endorsement. The

supervisor shall be defined as any school officer who is charged with authority

and responsibility for the continuing direction and guidance of the work of

instructional personnel. This endorsement also authorizes appointment as an

assistant superintendent in charge of curriculum and/or instruction.

http://www.state.nj.us/education/code/current/title6a/chap9.pdf

All Public NJ Employees must now live in New Jersey

For Your Information...Just doing my part as a member of  the Village.

S-1703/A-2478 is a bill which requires all new public employees in New Jersey to live in the state of New Jersey. An Act concerning residency requirements for public officers and employees and amending R.S.52:14-7. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2010/Bills/PL11/70_.HTM

Revised state aid for NJ counties.

http://www.state.nj.us/educati​on/stateaid/1112/county.pdf

  

NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, DIVISION OF FINANCE
2011-2012 PROJECTED SFRA REVISED TOTAL K-12 STATE SCHOOL AID http://www.state.nj.us/educati​on/stateaid/1112/district.pdf

NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, DIVISION OF FINANCE
PROJECTED 2011-12 PRESCHOOL EDUCATION AID

http://www.state.nj.us/educati​on/stateaid/1112/preschool.pdf

‎2010-11 Special Education Extraordinary Aid
http://www.state.nj.us/educati​on/stateaid/1112/specialed.pdf

 

How are the children?

Battleground:Education - Who's 'The Decider' for Public Schools? http://bigthink.com/ideas/39350

School Politics: Who Speaks for the Children? http://bigthink.com/ideas/39064

Governor Christie's Reorganization of the NJ State Department of Education

Department of Education Adopts New Organization Structure
Signaling Focus on Comprehensive Reform

http://www.nj.gov/education/news/2011/0713sboe.htm

NEW JERSEY STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

The New Jersey State Board of Education has 13 members who are appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the New Jersey State Senate. These members serve without compensation for six-year terms. By law, at least three members of the State Board must be women, and no two members may be appointed from the same county

http://www.state.nj.us/education/sboe/

New Jersey State Board of Education Agenda

http://www.state.nj.us/education/sboe/meetings/agenda.shtml

Office of the Commissioner, Acting Commissioner Cerf

The Commissioner of Education is the chief executive school officer of New Jersey and supervises all public schools. The Commissioner also has the following responsibilities:

http://www.state.nj.us/education/genfo/overview/commiss.htm

• serves as secretary to the State Board of Education;
• develops code proposals for state board discussion and consideration;
• apportions state aid to local districts;
• administers regulations for classifying students with disabilities;
• ensures that local districts adhere to all legal and state board requirements relating to school district operation; and conducts statewide tests.

Commissioner's Code

NJ Department of Education Organization Strategy

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