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GARDEN STATE COALITION OF SCHOOLS/GSCS
EMAILNET FYI 6-17-08
STATE BUDGET AGREEMENT, SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION…
GSCS QUICK FACTS: Next Board of Trustees Meeting is July 16, 9:30 a.m. at the East Brunswick Board of Education. Please RSVP gscs2000@gmail.com with your attendance plans.
6-17-08 Legislature and Governor agree on State Budget FY09
'A public hearing will be held on the spending plan at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Statehouse Annex. It is on track for final passage by Monday [Ledger]'.The state constitution requires that a budget be in place by July 1.’
Assembly Budget Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - 9:30 AM Meeting - Committee Room 11, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ The committee will take public testimony on Assembly Bill No. 2800, the appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2008-2009.
The Ledger – ‘Gov, Dems shake on a $32.8B budget ‘…Gov. Jon Corzine and legislative leaders Monday agreed on a $32.8 billion state budget that the governor said will include "unprecedented" spending cuts and a new way to help New Jersey pay down its debt.'
Asbury Park Press – ‘Budget agreed to in principle; details to come’....GANNETT STATE BUREAU "Legislative leaders and Gov. Jon S. Corzine reached an agreement in principle Monday on a new state budget that the governor said will reduce spending by about $600 million." More...
6-17-08 School Facilities funding bill scheduled for hearing Thursday in Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, Room 4 in the Statehouse Annex, 2p.m.
Bill S1457Rice-Turner would provide 2.5B for Abbott schools, 750M for regular operating districts, and 250M for county technical schools....In 2000, the school construction law provided 6B for Abbott districts, 2.5B for regular operating districts, and 100M for county technical schools.....
Another facilities bill that is in the wings is A2873 Coutinho, which "Increases EDA bonding limit by $2.5 billion for State share of School Development Authority district school (Abbott)facilities projects and specifies that debt service for these bonds shall first be payable from revenues received from gross income tax." These bills remain a 'work in progress' and will likely be amended and/or combined this Thursday. GSCS is watching the bills and will keep you informed. More...
6-17-08 School bills passed in Assembly yesterday…At this time there are no more Senate or assembly Education Committee hearings scheduled prior to the summer break. See below here for vote tallies and disposition of these bills.
June 16 2008 Assembly Voting Session, disposition of school bills
A1113 Reduces notice that school district is required to give superintendent of schools if district determines not to reappoint. *
Education (5-12-08 The committee amended the bill to require that a board of education must provide a superintendent notice equal to 30 days for each year of the current contract term if it does not intend to reappoint the superintendent at the end of the current contract.)
6/16/2008 Passed by the Assembly (80-0-0)
6/16/2008 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee (Matching bill in the Senate is S1898.)
A2965 Establishes Commissioner of Education as the rule-making authority under several school district accountability statutes
6/16/2008: Passed by the Assembly (64-12-4); Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading (Matching bill in the Senate is S1911).
A2895 Provides DOE statutory authority for State-issued high school diplomas and rulemaking authority in regard to not for profit third parties that administer General Educational Development (GED) testing.
Substituted by another (companion) Bill, S1910
6/16/2008 S1910/Turner- Substituted for A2895; Passed Assembly 79-0-1 (Passed Both Houses). Goes to Governor’s desk for either signature/[or]veto/[or]conditional veto.
A2975 Includes limitations on amount of retirement compensation which may be provided by a school board in the employment contracts of superintendents of schools, assistant superintendents of schools, and school business administrators.
Education
6-16-08: Passed 76-4-0; Sent to Senate, referred to Senate Education Committee. There is no matching bill in the Senate to A2975.
6-13-08 News on Education Committee actions yesterday in Trenton
'Fight over school funding... head of education Committee wants suburban schools included in $2.5 billion construction plan.' Friday, June 13, 2008, The Express-Times.
June 13, 2008'Bill would limit superintendent payout' GANNETT STATE BUREAU Reacting to news of school superintendents receiving huge severance packages, the Assembly Education Committee unanimously passed a measure Thursday limiting the retirement compensation a local school board can put into contracts for school superintendents, assistant superintendents and school business administrators. More...