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6-10-08 Joint Committee on the Public Schools 6-12-08 Assembly Education Committee, Trenton
Committee hearings can be seen on line, go to the New Jersey legislature website for viewing. To see hearing agenda (Asm Educ. Comm.revised 6-9-08 for new bill A2975 re negotiations limitations on contracts for school supts., asst. supts., and business administrators), click on
Joint Committee on the Public Schools | ||
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 - 11:00 AM | ||
Meeting - State House Annex, Committee Room 6 | ||
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Presentation on the implementation of the articulation and transfer of credits statute and a presentation by Commissioner Davy on substitute teachers, the teacher recrutment and retention initiatives and a discussion of superintendent contracts. |
MEMORANDUM
TO: MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
FROM: ASSEMBLYMAN JOSEPH CRYAN, CHAIRMAN
SUBJECT: REVISED AGENDA FOR COMMITTEE MEETING ON THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 2008
(The public may address comments and questions to Kathleen Fazzari or Allen T. Dupree, Committee Aides, or make bill status and scheduling inquiries to Bernadette Lecato, secretary, at 609-984-6843, fax 609-984-9808, or e-mail: OLSAideAED@njleg.org <mailto:OLSAideAED@njleg.org> . Written and electronic comments, questions and testimony submitted to the committee by the public, as well as recordings and transcripts, if any, of oral testimony, are government records and will be available to the public upon request.)
The Assembly Education Committee will meet on Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 2:00 PM in Committee Room 11, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ.
The committee will receive testimony from Scott A. Weiner, Chief Executive Officer, New Jersey Schools Development Authority (SDA), on recent activities of the SDA.
The following bills will be considered:
A-267 (Vandervalk/Conners/Voss) - Requires training in diabetes care for certain school employees and use of medical management plans in schools for students with diabetes.
A-347 (Diegnan) - Abigail's Law; requires that newly-manufactured school buses be equipped with sensors.
A-414 (Handlin/Greenstein) - Requires school bus drivers to have annual physical.
A-416 (Handlin/Greenstein) - Requires establishment of prequalification process for prospective bidders on school district transportation contracts; authorizes debarment of bidders convicted of certain crimes; authorizes disqualification of bidder or termination of contract for certa
A-467 (Malone/Cryan/Voss) - Establishes Task Force to study the benefits of student recess and make recommendations on advisability of mandatory recess in school districts.
A-1262 (Moriarty) - Requires DOE to post information on website concerning incidents in which a pupil is left on a school bus at the end of a driver's route; permits commissioner to fine busing providers for such incidents.
A-1537 (Greenstein/Handlin) - Authorizes a board of education to reject the lowest bid for a school transportation contract based on the school bus safety inspection record of the bidder.
A-2895 (Cryan) - 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.
A-2965 (Moriarty) - Establishes Commissioner of Education as the rule-making authority under several school district accountability statutes.
*A-2975 (Cryan) - 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. (pending intro.& referral)
* Revised 06-09-2008 (Bill added)
Under the provisions of P.L.2007, c.63, the executive county superintendent is authorized to review and approve all employment contracts for superintendents of schools, assistant superintendents of schools and school business administrators in school districts within the county, prior to execution of the contracts. The review and approval is to be conducted according to standards adopted by the Commissioner of Education. This bill specifies that the adopted standards must include a prohibition against school boards including in one of these employment contracts any compensation upon retirement other than for the amount of accumulated unused vacation and accumulated unused sick leave permitted by law.
The purpose of this legislation is to prevent the outrageously excessive “severance” provisions that are found in some of the employment contracts of superintendents of schools, assistant superintendents of schools and school business administrators. These extravagant “severance” provisions enrich these individuals at the expense of the pupils and the taxpayers of the district and are contrary to good public policy.
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.
(OLD Assembly Education agenda- Published 6-6-08/see Revised from 6-9-08 above. | ||
Thursday, June 12, 2008 - 2:00 PM | ||
Meeting - Committee Room 11, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ | ||
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The committee will receive testimony from Scott A. Weiner, Chief Executive Officer, NJ Schools Development Authority, on recent activities of the SDA. A-416 Handlin/Greenstein is on the agenda pending referral. A-2975 was added to the agenda. |
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Current Status |
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Students w/diabetes-concerns care |
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AED |
1/8/2008 |
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Abigail's Law-concerns sch. bus safety |
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AED |
1/8/2008 |
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Sch. bus driv.-req. annual physical |
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AED |
1/8/2008 |
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Pub. contract bid-concerns elig. |
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AHO |
1/8/2008 |
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Pub. Sch. Student Recess-study benefits |
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AED |
1/8/2008 |
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Sch. bus safety-concerns |
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AED |
1/8/2008 |
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Pupil transp. svc. contracts-concerns |
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AED |
1/8/2008 |
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High sch. diplomas, cert.-concerns |
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AED |
6/5/2008 |
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Sch. dist accountability statute-concern |
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6/5/2008) |
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