TO: Members, State Board of Education s4

April 19, 2017

TO: Members, State Board of Education

FROM: Mark Biedron President State Board of Education

SUBJECT: Resolution to Adopt the Calendar of State Board Meetings - July 2017 - June 2018

Attached is a chart and draft resolution of meeting dates which lists the public meeting dates and public testimony sessions scheduled for July 2017 through June 2018. The resolution will be presented at both the May 3, 2017 public meeting at discussion level and again at the June 7, 2017 public meeting at adoption level.

The State Board Office considered the following dates to determine which Wednesday of each month is most suitable:

EVENTS NASBE New State Board Members Institute, Washington, DC June 9-10, 2017 Rosh Hashanah (begins sundown Sept. 20) Sept. 20-22, 2017 Yom Kippur (begins sundown Sept. 29) Sept. 29-30, 2017 NASBE Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2017 NJ School Boards Workshops, Atlantic City Oct. 23-26, 2017 NJ Principals and Supervisors Conf., Atlantic City Oct. 19-20, 2017 NJ Education Assoc. Convention, Atlantic City Nov. 9-10, 2017 Hanukkah (begins sundown Dec. 12) Dec. 12-20, 2017 Passover (begins sundown March 30) March 20-April 7, 2018 NJ Administrators and Supervisors Assoc. Spring Conf. May 16-18, 2018 STATE HOLIDAYS Fourth of July July 4, 2017 Labor Day Sept. 4, 2017 Columbus Day Oct. 9, 2017 Election Day Nov. 7, 2017 Veteran’s Day Nov. 10, 2017 Thanksgiving Nov. 23, 2017 Christmas Dec. 25, 2017 New Years Day Jan. 1, 2018 Martin Luther King’s Birthday Jan. 15, 2018 President’s Day Feb. 19, 2018 Good Friday March 30, 2018 Memorial Day May 28, 2018

Please note that the three open topic public testimony sessions are scheduled for September 2017 January 2018 and May 2018.

Please review these dates in anticipation of our discussion at the May 3, 2017 board meeting and let Diane Shoener know if a date should be changed for this schedule of meetings and testimony sessions.

D:\Docs\2018-04-05\02f8e8749f55dbbb555fe60595a87904.doc Discussion Resolution May 3, 2017

RESOLUTION ANNUAL CALENDAR OF STATE BOARD MEETING DATES

WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 18A:4-7 states that, the State Board of Education shall hold public meetings at least once each month at such times as its rules may prescribe and at such other times and such places within the state as in its judgment may be necessary, but no meeting may commence later than 8:00 p.m.; and

WHEREAS, N.J.A.C. 6A:1-2.2 requires that such meetings be held at such time, place, and on such dates as established by the State Board, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 10:4-6 et seq., Open Public Meetings Act, and notice of such meetings shall be made in a manner consistent with the law; now therefore be it

RESOLVED, that the State Board establishes the following dates for its monthly business meetings and public hearings for the 2017-2018 school year, and directs that a copy of the dates be sent to the Governor, the Secretary of State, the news media, the county superintendents, and the state board agenda subscribers.

PUBLIC BUSINESS/WORK SESSION MEETINGS 2017-2018

July 12 November 1 March 7 August 2 December 6 April 4 September 13 January 3 May 2 October 4 February 7 June 6

PUBLIC HEARING SESSIONS 2017-2018

July 12 November 1 March 7 August 2 December 6 April 4 September 13* January 3* May 2* October 4 February 7 June 6

*Open Topic Sessions

Notice of changes in the above will be made in compliance with the requirements of the Open Public Meetings Act.

______Kimberley Harrington, Acting Commissioner Mark W. Biedron Acting Secretary, N.J. State Board of Education President, N.J. State Board of Education