New Jersey § 18a:12-33
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§ 18a:12-33.
a. Each newly elected or appointed board member shall complete during the first year
of the member's first term a training program to be prepared and offered by the New
Jersey School Boards Association, in consultation with the New Jersey Association
of School Administrators, the New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association, and
the Department of Education, regarding the skills and knowledge necessary to serve
as a local school board member. The training program shall include information regarding the school district monitoring
system established pursuant to P.L.2005, c. 235, the New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum, and the five key components
of school district effectiveness on which school districts are evaluated under the
monitoring system: instruction and program; personnel; fiscal management; operations;
and governance. The board member shall complete a training program on school district governance in
each of the subsequent two years of the board member's first term. b. Within one year after each re-election or re-appointment to the board of education,
the board member shall complete an advanced training program to be prepared and offered
by the New Jersey School Boards Association. This advanced training program shall include information on relevant changes to
New Jersey school law and other information deemed appropriate to enable the board
member to serve more effectively. c. The New Jersey School Boards Association shall examine options for providing training
programs to school board members through alternative methods such as on-line or other
distance learning media or through regional-based training. d. Within one year after being newly elected or appointed or being re-elected or re-appointed
to the board of education, a board member shall complete a training program on harassment,
intimidation, and bullying in schools, including a school district's responsibilities
under P.L.2002, c. 83 ( C.18A:37-13 et seq. ). A board member shall be required to complete the program only once. e. Training on harassment, intimidation, and bullying in schools shall be provided
by the New Jersey School Boards Association, in consultation with recognized experts
in school bullying from a cross section of academia, child advocacy organizations,
nonprofit organizations, professional associations, and government agencies.
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