Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 8/22/2024 - 6:00 PM
Category: Instruction & Programs - Votes
Type: Action
Subject: 16.5 Resolution of The Board of Education of the City of Newark, County of
Essex, Approving the Guidance for Emergency Remote Instruction 2024-2025 and Directing Its Implementation
Strategic Plans:
Priority 1.1
1.1 Organize and align departments and resources to support district priorities, strategies, and initiatives.
Priority 1.7
1.7 Develop and implement a Hybrid Learning Plan that establishes policies, procedures, and practices for all areas of district operations, articulating how the district operates in-person and virtually as well as during extended closings.
Enclosure Guidance for Emergency Remote Instruction 2024 - 2025
File Attachment:
Guidance for Emergency Remote Instruction 2024-2025.pdf
Summary: Whereas, on April 14, 2020, the State and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey enacted P.L. 2020, Chapter 27, providing for continuity of instruction in the event of a public-health related district closure so that local educational agencies can utilize virtual or remote instruction to satisfy the 180-day requirement pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:7F-9(c) and N.J.A.C. 6A:32-13.1 & 13.2;

Whereas, the guidance issued by the State of New Jersey Department of Education provides that a local educational agency must annually submit its proposed program for virtual or remote instruction to the Commissioner of Education to be implemented during a district closure lasting more than three consecutive school days due to a declared state of emergency, declared public health emergency, or a directive by the appropriate health agency or officer to institute a public health-related closure;

Whereas, in accordance with such guidance, the administration has prepared the Guidance for Emergency Remote Instruction 2024-2025, and the Board of Education finds that the Guidance for Emergency Remote Instruction 2024-2025 fits the District’s needs;

Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved, the Newark Board of Education approves the Guidance for Emergency Remote Instruction 2024-2025, authorizes its submission to the Commissioner of Education, and directs its implementation.
Funding :
Recommendation to the Board: Now, therefore, be It resolved, the Newark Board of Education approves the Guidance for Emergency Remote Instruction 2024-2025, authorizes its submission to the Commissioner of Education, and directs its implementation.
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Yolonda Severe - Deputy Superintendent
Signed By:
Valerie Wilson - School Business Administrator
Signed By:
Brenda Liss - General Counsel
Signed By:
Roger León - Superintendent
Vote Results:

Original Motion
Member Kanileah Anderson Moved, Member Josephine Garcia seconded to approve the Original motion 'Now, therefore, be It resolved, the Newark Board of Education approves the Guidance for Emergency Remote Instruction 2024-2025, authorizes its submission to the Commissioner of Education, and directs its implementation.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 7 Nay: 0.
The motion Carried 7 - 0
   
Josephine Garcia     Yes
Hasani Council     Yes
Daniel Gonzalez     Yes
Crystal Williams     Yes
Allison K. James-Frison     Yes
Kanileah Anderson     Yes
Helena Vinhas     Yes