School Takeover Law a 'Stranglehold' ; Paterson Officials Call Reform Bill a Mixed Blessing
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › September 23, 2004
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PATERSON - School officials and community leaders are calling for state law to permit partial - not just total - state takeovers of problem-plagued districts, and quick turnarounds to local control.
"Put as simply as possible ... what we must have is a more reasonable approach to state intervention," said state Commissioner of Education William Librera, addressing Assembly Education Committee members in John F. Kennedy High School's auditorium on Tuesday.See the full content of this document
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School Takeover Law a 'Stranglehold' ; Paterson Officials Call Reform Bill a Mixed Blessing
"It began with the idea that state takeover would be a temporary thing," Librera said.
Under proposed state legislation, the school takeover law would be altered in an effort to return ...See the full content of this document
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