schools

CRYAN: KOLLURI 'MULTI-TALENTED MANAGER'
WHO CAN GET THE JOB DONE
Assembly Education Committee Chair Applauds Choice to Head
School Construction Agency

(UNION TWP.) - Assembly Education Committee Chairman Joseph Cryan today applauded Governor Jon Corzine's appointment of Kris Kolluri - currently state Department of Transportation commissioner - to take over as chief executive officer of the Schools Development Authority (SDA).

ROBERTS COMMENDS KOLLURI APPOINTMENT
TO HEAD-UP SCHOOLS CONSTRUCTION EFFORT

(TRENTON) - Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, Jr. today applauded the appointment of state Transportation Commissioner Kris Kolluri to be the new chief executive officer of the Schools Development Authority - the state's $12.5 billion school construction program.

ROBERTS: EXPEDITE SCHOOL SUPER CONTRACT AUDITS
Speaker Says County Superintendents Should Review Benefits Pacts In Every District

(TRENTON) - Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, Jr. today said executive county superintendents should undertake expedited audits of the pay and benefits packages in every administrative contract in every school district in New Jersey.

Corzine Should Keep Pledge to Seek Voter Approval for New Debt

CRYAN CALLS ON ATTORNEY GENERAL TO HALT
'OBSCENE' KEANSBURG SUPERINTENDENT BONUS
Assembly Education Chair Calls on Attorney General to Take Tough Stance
On $750K Retirement Bonus; Proposes New Law to Cap Retirement Benefits

(TRENTON) - Responding to reports that the outgoing superintendent of the Keansburg school district will be rewarded a three-quarters-of-a-million-dollar retirement bonus, Assembly Education Committee chairman Joseph Cryan today called on state Attorney General to immediately freeze the payout and investigate it as a "crime against New Jersey taxpayers."

BIPARTISAN BILLS FOR NOVEMBER SCHOOL ELECTIONS,
SLASHING SCHOOL OVERHEAD COSTS CLEAR COMMITTEE
Measures Aim to Enhance Accountability at School Board Level,
Clamp Down on Non-Classroom Administrative Costs

(TRENTON) - Two bipartisan measures Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, Jr. is championing to enhance local voters' ability to hold elected school board members accountable for their fiscal and policy decisions and to slash inefficient non-classroom administrative spending in public schools were released today by the Assembly Education Committee.

ROBERTS: MOVE SCHOOL ELECTIONS TO NOVEMBER
Speaker Says Low-Turnout Proves April Votes Fail to Resonate With Voters;
Aims for June Vote on Measure to Put School Board Members on November Ballot

(TRENTON) - Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, Jr. today said the expectedly low statewide voter turnout for Tuesday's annual school board elections proves that the traditional April votes fail to resonate with voters and should be scrapped in favor of November balloting.

PENNSVILLE – State Senator Stephen M. Sweeney and State Assemblymen John J.  Burzichelli and Douglas H. Fisher announced today they have received the endorsement of the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA).