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.