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UPDATE (11/1/2017): The School Board released a revised invoice on 8/23/2017 but has refused to release the original invoice issued by the vendor in June 2017. A court hearing on the OPRA complaint is scheduled for January 9, 2018. — (original post) The Wall Township School Board claimed an unapproved yearbook invoice is deliberative and Read More …
On June 16, 2017, a Bergen County Court found that a March 2016 joint meeting of the Lyndhurst Township Commission and Board of Ed. was not properly noticed and issued a consent order requiring that a shared service agreement be rescinded. A re-vote is required for the agreement, which included construction of a new school. Read More …
NJFOG v. West Windsor-Plainsboro Board of Education, filed 3/17/17, is the latest effort by NJFOG to increase OPMA/OPRA compliance. The suit follows others in Mercer County against the Trenton Board of Ed. in 2015 and the Lawrence Township Council & Board of Ed. in 2016. See our case summary for more detail. Read More …
Case Name: NJFOG v. West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional Board of Education et al. Docket Number: MER-L-000562-17 County / Vicinage: Mercer Filing Date: March 17, 2017 Judge: Jacobson, Mary C. Status: Closed, disposed 11/08/2017 Overview: This case is an OPRA/OPMA lawsuit brought as part of NJFOG’s affirmative litigation initiative to better define the requirements under these Read More …
PRESS RELEASE For immediate release January 20, 2017 Judge rules Spotswood School Board violated Meetings Act In a January 7, 2017 court order, Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Lisa M. Vignuolo ruled that the Spotswood Board of Education violated the Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA) in five different ways. Vignuolo found that the Read More …