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NJ S482
NJ S482Directs executive county superintendent of schools to void as contrary to public policy any provision of school administrator contract that provides payment in event of district consolidation.
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2010-2011 Regular Session
Bill Summary
In April of 2007, the Legislature enacted the CORE package of legislation that implemented various oversight and accountability measures for public school districts and administrators in those districts. One of the provisions of that legislation directed the executive county superintendent of schools to recommend to the Commissioner of Education a school district consolidation plan to eliminate all districts, other than county-based districts or kindergarten through grade 12 districts, through the establishment or enlargement of regional school districts. Another provision of that law directed the executive county superintendent to review the employment contracts of superintendents of schools, assistant superintendents of schools, and school business administrators, in accordance with standards developed by the commissioner, prior to the execution of those contracts. This bill directs the executive county superintendent to review the employment contracts of school district administrators, entered into prior to or following the enactment of the CORE legislation, and void as contrary to public policy any provision of a contract which provides for a payment in the event of the early termination of the contract due to the dissolution or regionalization of the school district.
AI Summary
This bill directs the executive county superintendent of schools, who is responsible for overseeing local school districts within a county, to invalidate any clause in a school administrator's contract that promises payment if the administrator's contract is terminated early due to the school district being dissolved or merged with another district (regionalization). This applies to contracts entered into before or after the 2007 CORE legislation, which aimed to improve oversight and accountability in public schools and included provisions for school district consolidation. The bill specifically targets payments made upon early termination resulting from district consolidation, deeming such provisions contrary to public policy.
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Education
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Last Action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee (on 01/12/2010)
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| Document Type | Source Location | Created |
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| Bill | https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2010/Bills/S0500/482_I1.HTM | 05/28/2012 |
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