TRENTON — As Gov. Chris Christie campaigned against teacher raises during his first six months in office, unions and school districts agreed to the lowest pay hikes in more than three decades, according to a survey released Thursday by the New Jersey School Boards Association.
TRENTON — It’s not clear whether salary caps that Gov. Chris Christie wants for New Jersey’s school superintendents would apply to private schools funded with tax dollars. An analysis by The Record newspaper found more than 60 administrators for the state’s 171 private special education schools earn more than the $175,000 cap.
Democrats in Washington scrambled Tuesday to muster 60 Senate votes behind a nationwide state and local aid package that would funnel about $2 billion to New York to save 7,100 teacher jobs. A Senate vote was expected Wednesday on the $26 billion package after last-minute tweaks to satisfy Congressional Budget Office complaints that the costs [...]
A mixed bag ruling from a state appeals court on pay limits for school administrators. Bottom line: Rules restricting pay for superintendents are fine. They sign contracts and don’t have tenure. But assistant superintendents who get tenure can’t have their pay reduced.
The Christie administration is worried that school district chiefs will try to skirt a new salary cap by extending their old contracts Education Commissioner Bret Schundler told county superintendents to start imposing the cap on new contracts now rather than waiting until the new rules are formally in place. Last week the governor announced that [...]
The Christie administration’s plan to impose a hard salary cap on the pay of New Jersey’s public school superintendents and top administrators has definitely caught the attention of Board of Education members in Montclair. Shelly Lombard, president of the seven-member panel, said officials watched Gov. Chris Christie’s announcement with great interest and are anxious to [...]
Gov. Chris Christie, left, and Education Commissioner Bret Schundler announced their plan to cut the pay of school superintendents during a press conference held at the E. Raymond Appleby Elementary School in Spotswood. School superintendents earn some of the highest salaries paid by taxpayers, and the recession hasn’t even been a speed bump on their [...]
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie Thursday revealed a plan to end the bidding wars that have fattened school superintendents’ salaries, saying he will limit their pay based on how many students they serve and offer bonuses tied to student achievement.