employees of a local school district....

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employees of a local school district, 1 regional school district,
2 county vocational school district, county special services school
3 district, jointure commission, educational services commission,
4 State-operated school district, charter school, county college, any
5 officer, board, or commission under the authority of the
6 Commissioner of Education or of the State Board of Education, and
7 any other public entity which is established pursuant to authority
8 provided by Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes; or
9 employees of a State public institution of higher education, other
10 than employees of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New
11 Jersey shall contribute 5.5% of compensation to the system, and all
12 such members described above enrolled in the system prior to July
13 1, 2007 shall contribute 5.5% of compensation to the system
14 effective with the payroll period for which the beginning date is
15 closest to July 1, 2007.
16 Members enrolled in the retirement system on or after July 1,
17 2008, other than those described in the paragraph above, shall
18 contribute 5.5% of compensation to the system. Members enrolled
19 in the system prior to July 1, 2008, other than those described in the
20 paragraph above, shall contribute 5.5% of compensation to the
21 system effective with the payroll period that begins immediately
22 after July 1, 2008.
23 (3) Members of the retirement system shall contribute 6.5% of
24 compensation to the system on and after the effective date of P.L. ,
25 c. (pending before the Legislature as this bill), with an additional
26 contribution of 1% to be phased-in in equal increments over a
27 period of seven years commencing with the first year following that
28 effective date.
29 c. The retirement system shall certify to each State department
30 or subdivision thereof, and to each branch of the State service not
31 included in a State department, and to every other employer, the
32 proportion of each member's compensation to be deducted and to
33 facilitate the making of deductions the retirement system may
34 modify the deduction required by a member by such an amount as
35 shall not exceed 1/10 of 1% of the compensation upon the basis of
36 which the deduction is to be made.
37 If payment in full, representing the monthly or biweekly
38 transmittal and report of salary deductions, is not made within 15
39 days of the due date established by the retirement system, interest at
40 the rate of 6% per annum shall commence to run against the total
41 transmittal of salary deductions for the period on the first day after
42 such fifteenth day.
43 d. Every employee to whom this act applies shall be deemed to
44 consent and agree to any deduction from his compensation required
45 by this act and to all other provisions of this act. Notwithstanding
46 any other law, rule or regulation affecting the salary, pay,
47 compensation, other perquisites, or tenure of a person to whom this
48 act applies, or shall apply, and notwithstanding that the minimum
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1 the payroll of each new member
2 initially enrolled on or after January 1, 1996, in the retirement
3 system, 3% of the salary for the judicial position held by the
4 member. There shall be deducted from the payroll of each member
5 of the system on and after the effective date of P.L. , c. (pending
6 before the Legislature as this bill) an additional 9% of the salary for
7 the judicial position held by the member phased-in in equal
8 increments over a period of seven years.
9 Every judge of the several courts to whom this amendatory and
10 supplementary act applies shall be deemed to consent and agree to
11 any deduction from his compensation required by this act and to all
12 other provisions of this act. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or
13 regulation affecting the salary, pay, compensation, other
14 perquisites, or tenure of person to whom this amendatory and
15 supplementary act applies, or shall apply, and notwithstanding that
16 the minimum salary, pay, or compensation or other perquisites
17 provided by law for him shall be reduced thereby, payment, less
18 such deductions, shall be a full and complete discharge and
19 acquittance of all claims and demands for service rendered by him
20 during the period covered by such payment

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8. N.J.S.18A:66-29 is amended to read as follows:
6 18A:66-29. Members enrolled in the retirement system on or
7 after July 1, 1994 shall contribute 5% of compensation to the
8 system. Members enrolled in the system prior to July 1, 1994 shall
9 contribute 5% of compensation to the system effective with the
10 payroll period for which the beginning date is closest to July 1,
11 1995, provided, however, that any member enrolled before July 1,
12 1994, whose full contribution rate under the system prior to the
13 revisions by this act was less than 6%, shall pay 4% of
14 compensation to the system effective with the payroll period for
15 which the beginning date is closest to July 1, 1995, and 5% of
16 compensation to the system effective with the payroll period for
17 which the beginning date is closest to July 1, 1996.
18 Members enrolled in the retirement system on or after July 1,
19 2007 shall contribute 5.5% of compensation to the system.
20 Members enrolled in the system prior to July 1, 2007 shall
21 contribute 5.5% of compensation to the system effective with the
22 payroll period for which the beginning date is closest to July 1,
23 2007.
24 Members of the retirement system shall contribute 6.5% of
25 compensation to the system on and after the effective date of P.L. ,
26 c. (pending before the Legislature as this bill), with an additional
27 contribution of 1% to be phased-in in equal increments over a
28 period of seven years commencing with the first year following that
29 effective date.
30 (cf: P.L.2007, c.103, s.1)
31
32 9. Section 26 of P.L.1981, c.470 (C.43:6A-34.1) is amended to
33 read as follows:
34 26. a. The annuity savings fund shall be the fund to which shall
35 be credited aggregate contributions made by members or on their
36 behalf to provide for their allowances. The aggregate contributions
37 of a member withdrawn by him or paid to his estate or his
38 designated beneficiary in the event of death as provided by this
39 amendatory and supplementary act shall be paid from the annuity
40 savings fund. Upon the retirement of a member where the aggregate
41 contributions of the member are to be provided in the form of an
42 annuity, the aggregate contributions of the member shall be
43 transferred from the annuity savings fund to the retirement reserve
44 fund.
45 b. There shall be deducted from the payroll of each member of
46 the system 3% of the amount of any difference between the salary
47 on or after January 19, 1982 for any judicial position held by the
48 member and the salary for that position on January 18, 1982, except

New Jersey Amistad for History classes 2012

Greetings Scholars:

 

The New Jersey Amistad Commission would like to extend to you an invitation to submit your application to our 5th Annual Summer Institute at Montclair State University - August 2-4, 2011.

During the 3 days, 50 educators will have the opportunity to work in collaboration with knowledgeable historians and scholars, receive training and extensive tutorial with the on-line textbook for Educators – the Amistad web-based curriculum resource, as well as experience multimedia historic presentations by “Living Voices”.  The sessions will be highlighted with thematic multimedia presentations which will be accompanied with historical lectures, so that participants can craft unit and lesson plans, study texts, topics, and ideas central to elementary and secondary social studies/ humanities education. Selected fellows will have access to Montclair State University’s library collections, with time reserved to pursue individual research. Further, the Institute aims to prepare participants to return to their classrooms with a deeper knowledge of current scholarship in American History with an understanding of the significant contributions of African-Americans.This summer, the central focus for the Summer Institute will be thematic historical periods with an extensive tutorial with the Amistad web-based curriculum resource units that support those time periods.  The four historic themes for this year will be:

 

·         The Revolutionary War (African American soldiers and the question of freedom)

 

·         Immigration and Industrialization (Great Migration, Ellis Island, Industrialization, child labor, Triangle Factory fire)

 

·         Nativism and the American Identity (Americanization schools, Westward expansion)

 

·         Peaceful discourse and the Struggle for Civil Rights (Suffrage, Farm Workers Movement and   the Civil Rights Movement)

 

The Amistad Institute at Montclair State University will allow Educators a unique opportunity to be trained on the utilization of our web-based curriculum resource, a premier multimedia resource for teachers in the state but also allow a venue to receive professional development credit hours by enhancing their content knowledge and teaching methodology in areas of specific historical emphasis. The Amistad Summer Institute wants to guarantee opportunities for the multitude of district curriculum specialists and classroom teachers that will require training for statewide compliance with the Amistad legislation as well as the new Social Studies standards adoptions in 2012.

Completed applications should be submitted to the New Jersey Amistad Commission and should be postmarked no later than Friday, July 15, 2011. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis and applicants will be notified of their acceptance no later than 1 week after deadline.

Upon notification of acceptance to the institute, applicants need to submit an e-mail by Monday, July 18, 2011 to Glender Terrell at glender.terrell@doe.stat.nj.us , which indicates whether or not they accept the offer. Please contact 609-984-6428 with any questions about the application process.

I look forward to receiving your applications-

In the Service of our Children -

Stephanie James Wilson

 

Stephanie James Wilson, M.A.

Executive Director

Amistad Commission - NJ Department of Education

Public Speaking workshop offered by the Center for American Women and Politics

The Center for American Women and Politics invites you to...

Special Workshop Series
We are pleased to present a special workshop series as part of our Ready to Run™ Campaign Training for Women. The sessions in this series are designed to provide more in-depth training than is possible at the larger conference.
Workshop Series Session #2:
Public Speaking: Effective Presentation and Communications

Thursday, July 14th, 9:00 am to Noon

Eagleton Institute of Politics
191 Ryders Lane
New Brunswick, NJ 08091

The registration fee is $40.00. Fee includes workshop materials and breakfast.
Space is limited to the first 40 registrants, so sign up now!

Session Description: This interactive workshop will focus on effective public speaking and presentation skills. You'll learn how to deliver your message more powerfully and how to identify your authentic style of presentation. Find out the secrets of verbal and nonverbal communications techniques to capture and maintain any audience's interest, as well as specific strategies for dealing with speech anxiety and practice tips.

Workshop Presenter:
Karla Jackson-Brewer, Communications and Public Speaking Expert

Karla Jackson-Brewer is an entrepreneur and the co-founder of Sine Qua Non: Allies in Healing, a therapy practice in New York City. She has been serving clients in the area of personal emotional growth for the past 27 years and more recently has become an emotional intelligence coach for Star Factor, Inc. She is a fellow and vice president of the board of the Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership. Jackson-Brewer has consulted with numerous organizations in the areas of organizational and staff development, communications, public speaking, curriculum development, women's issues, issues of diversity in the workplace and in schools, and issues of violence in communities. She currently teaches on and provides personal coaching in public speaking. She is an adjunct professor in the Women's and Gender Studies Department and the Africana Studies Department at Rutgers.
For more information about this workshop, please contact Deanna-Marie Norcross at (732) 932-9384, x223 or dnorcros@eagleton.rutgers.edu.
Center for American Women and Politics Eagleton Institute of Politics
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
191 Ryders Lane, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901 732-932-9384

Free summer program sent by Leah Owens

The Center for Sustainable Development
Free Summer Program

Dear All,
During the summer of 2011, The Center for Sustainable Development is seeking to implement a comprehensive Back to College Summer Program specifically designed for the young adults of Newark aged 19 and above.
The Back to College Summer Program represents the cornerstone of the Center’s work with Newark Youths. The model features a six week, three days a week program. Students will be taught Essay Writing, Math and Life Skills. The program is designed to challenge our youth to confront the never ending journey of adulthood and the responsibility of creating our lives by design, not by default.
The program focuses on our youth who have dropped out of high school together with those who have dropped out of college and are looking to get back into college but need some form of educational assistance or a kick up the rear.
The program is designed to prepare our youth to meet the challenges of a college education through a coordinated, progressive series of classroom lectures, activities and experiences which will help them become socially, morally, emotionally, physically, and cognitively competent to successfully withstand the rigors of a two or four year college.
The program will also include a mentor paring partnership initiative; the partnership is designed to equip the mentors and mentees with the tools and skills needed to become an effective mentor mentee paring. This section of the program focuses on encouraging a better understanding of youth culture and trends to assist the adult mentor in developing a sound, productive and fruitful relationship with the mentee.
Registration and more information on the program, an Open House will be held at Room 237, Conklin Hall, University Avenue, Rutgers University, Newark, at 2:00pm prompt.
Date of Open House: June 24th 2011.

Program Start Date: 11th July 2011 and end 18th August 2011.
All participating students will be required to report to Room 313, Bradley Hall, Rutgers University, Newark, at 10:00am prompt on the start day – 11th July 2011.

Respectfully,
Obi C. Ene. ene.obi@gmail.com

New York Times article on pension reform bill for New Jersey

New Jersey Legislature Approves Deep Cuts in Benefits to Public Workers

New Jersey lawmakers on Thursday approved a broad rollback in benefits for three-quarters of a million government workers and retirees, the deepest cut in state and local costs in memory, in a major victory for Gov. Chris Christie and a once-unthinkable setback for the powerful public employee unions.The Assembly passed the bill as Republicans and a few Democrats defied raucous protests by thousands of people whose chants, vowing electoral revenge, shook the State House. Leaders in the State Senate said their chamber, which had already passed a slightly different version of the bill, would approve the Assembly version on Monday, and Mr. Christie, a Republican, was expected to quickly sign the measure into law.