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New Jersey State Board of Education

The New Jersey Board of Education has 13 members who are appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the New Jersey State Senate. These members serve without compensation for six-year terms. By law, at least three members of the State Board must be women, and no two members may be appointed from the same county.

The State Board sets the rules needed to implement state education law. Such rules cover the supervision and governance of the state’s 2500 public schools, which serve 1.34 million students. In addition, the State Board reviews educational policies proposed by the Commissioner and confirms appointments by the Commissioner of Education to the New Jersey Department of Education. A major function of the State Board is the consideration and adoption of administrative code which contains the rules for implementing education laws.

New Jersey Department of Education
State Board Office
P.O. Box 500
Trenton, NJ 08625-500
Phone: (609) 292-0739
Fax: (609) 633-0267

Members

Josephine E. Hernandez, President
Appointed in 2004
Fanwood, Union County
Arcelio Aponte, Vice President
Appointed in 2005
Piscataway, Middlesex County
Ronald K. Butcher
Appointed in 1990
Pitman, Gloucester County
Kathleen A. Dietz
Appointed in 2002
Hillsborough, Somerset County
Edithe Fulton
ppointed in 2007
Toms River, Ocean County
Robert P. Haney
Appointed in 2008
Holmdel, Monmouth County
Ernest P. Lepore
Appointed in 2004
West New York, Hudson County
Florence McGinn
Appointed in 2008
Flemington, Hunterdon County
Ilan Plawker
Appointed in 2009
Englewood Cliffs, Bergen County
Dorothy Strickland
Appointed in 2008
West Orange, Essex County