Executive Order 119
, effective immediately - extends the Public Health Emergency declared on March 9, 2020 through
Executive Order 103
. Under the Emergency Health Powers Act, a declared public health emergency expires after 30 days unless renewed. Executive Order 119 extends all Executive Orders issued under the Governor’s authority under the Emergency Health Powers Act. It also extends all actions taken by any Executive Branch departments and agencies in response to the Public Health Emergency presented by the COVID-19 outbreak.
Executive Order 116,
effective immediately - Extends Statutory Deadlines for School Districts Whose Elections Were Moved from April to May
Extends deadline for certifying tax levy to county tax board:
If a proposed school budget is rejected by the voters on May 12, the May 19 deadline for presenting and certifying the tax levy to the county board of taxation is extended by three weeks to June 9. This gives the municipal government the same amount of time that it would normally have to respond to the vote and make adjustments to the budget.
Extends deadline for notifying nontenured staff:
For districts with elections being moved from April 21 to May 12, their deadline to give notice to nontenured teaching staff members about their employment for the following year is extended by three weeks from May 15 to June 5. This will give districts time, following a budget vote on May 12, to plan for the following year and set employment levels accordingly. The deadline for nontenured teaching staff members to accept such an offer of employment will be changed from June 1 to June 22.
Extends school board terms: School board members whose statutory terms were set to expire following the April election will have their terms extended until the election in May.
NJDOE will be providing additional guidance to districts re:
Executive Order 117
,
effective immediately - waives 2019-2020 statutory school year assessment requirements for eighth grade students and twelfth grade students who have not yet met the graduation assessment requirement due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The executive order waives the graduation assessment requirement for twelfth grade students who have not yet met the assessment requirement and planned to submit a portfolio appeal. These students no longer have to submit such an appeal in order to graduate. Approximately 13,000 students were expected to submit portfolio appeals this year.
The order also waives the statutory requirement that a statewide assessment be administered to all eighth-grade students to assess progress toward mastery of graduation proficiency standards. Additionally, the order prohibits the use of student growth data as an evaluation tool for educators and waives the statutory requirement of three observations and evaluations for all non-tenured teaching staff for the 2019-2020 school year.
Executive Order 117 follows the federal government's waiver on March 24, 2020 of a federal requirement that New Jersey administer annual statewide assessments. After the federal waiver was granted, Governor Murphy announced that all statewide assessments in New Jersey would be cancelled for the 2020 spring testing window.
Executive Order 118
, effective 8pm April 7th - closes state and county parks to further social distancing.
NJASA is here to help. The Association’s staff members are available to assist individual members with questions or issues they might be experiencing. Email the appropriate
staff member
as you need assistance. If you are unsure of whom to contact, email
njasanews@njasa.net
. Please be aware that when receiving telephone calls from NJASA staff members that phone numbers will be different than the office phone numbers posted in the staff directory as they call from remote locations.
