GOVERNOR CORZINE SIGNS LEGISLATION

TRENTON – Governor Jon S. Corzine today signed the following bills into law:

A-45/S-1912 (Cryan, Rumana, Moriarty, Malone/Turner) - Eliminates role of State Board of Education in the appeal of Commissioner of Education decisions in disputes arising under the State school laws

A-2965/S-1911 (Moriarty, Wolfe/Turner) - Establishes Commissioner of Education as the rule-making authority under several school district accountability statutes

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