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WHEREAS, excessive
and unnecessary State mandates force school districts to incur considerable
costs which are not necessary to ensure educational opportunity,
to safeguard the health and safety of pupils or to guarantee accountability;
and
WHEREAS, overly
prescriptive rules and regulations may also inhibit the initiative
of teachers and administrators and dilute accountability for local
decision making; and
WHEREAS, the
State Board of Education has demonstrated its leadership role in
this area by initiating a comprehensive study of unnecessary and
overly prescriptive regulations pertaining to education; and
WHEREAS, these
efforts of the State Board of Education should be encouraged and
facilitated;
NOW, THEREFORE,
I, CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN, Governor of the State of New Jersey,
by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
by the Statutes of this State, do hereby ORDER and DIRECT:
1. The Department
of Education (the Department) shall complete a comprehensive and
thorough review of all current administrative regulations by December
31, 1995. All regulations which are not necessary or which promote
inefficiency or are overly prescriptive shall be identified and
referred to the State Board of Education for review, and, if warranted,
further action.
2. In order
to facilitate the Department's review of its regulatory code,
the sunset provisions now in effect in each of the regulations
of the Department are hereby extended, respectively, by eighteen
(18) months from the date of this Order. During the period of
review, all such regulations shall remain in full force and effect
and may be modified or repealed at any time by the State Board
of Education pursuant to the "Administrative Procedures Act."
3. The Department
shall invite the input of the public and shall hold at least two
public hearings in order to receive testimony concerning regulations
of the Department.
4. This
Order shall take effect immediately.
GIVEN,
under my hand and seal
this 25th day of August in the Year
of Our Lord, One Thousand Nine
Hundred and Ninety-Four and of the
Independence of the United States,
the Two Hundred and Eighteenth.
/s/
Christine Todd Whitman
Governor
Attest:
/s/ Peter Verniero
Chief Counsel to the Governor
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