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NASSAU-SUFFOLK SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION


54TH ANNUAL DINNER MEETING

MAY 29, 2013

Guest Speaker

DAVID LITTLE
Director of Governmental Relations
New York State School Boards Association

"IT AIN'T OVER 'TIL IT'S OVER -
2013 LEGISLATION SESSION AND BEYOND"

6:30 p.m.

Woodbury Country Club

Flyer          Registration Form

 


Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Association

  YEAR 2013 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION








New York State School Boards Association

Honors
Long Island Board Member
and
Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Association's
Executive Committee Member
for


ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR

MARYANNE LEHRER
Oceanside Board of Education


Copy of N-SSBA letter to Boards of Education





LONGWOOD LEGISLATIVE BREAKFAST

February 23, 2013

PRESENTATIONS

A Game You Can't Win
Jim Kaden
N-SSBA Past President
President, South Huntington Board of Education
PDF



Advocating for Sustainability
While Preparing for an Emergency

Gary D. Bixhorn
Chief Operating Officer, Eastern Suffolk BOCES
PDF            PowerPoint



Nassau County Council of School Superintendents/
 Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Association/
Nassau Region PTA


NASSAU SCHOOLS - FINANCIAL/LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY FORUM
Held at the Leon J. Campo Center, East Meadow UFSD
Friday, February 15, 2013

                        PRESENTATIONS:

                        Welcome - It's Always Darkest Before the Dawn....Or is it After the Dawn?
                        Presented by Mary Jo O'Hagan, Nassau Vice President, Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Assoc.    
                                                                  
                        Legislative and Financial Challenges

                        Presented by John Lorentz, Superintendent, Farmingdale UFSD
                       
                        State Aid & Tax Cap 2013-2014
                        Promoting Sustainability:  The Executive Budget - One Island, One Voice
                        Presented by William H. Johnson, Ed.D., Superintendent, Rockville Centre UFSD

                        Living and Learning on Long Island
                        Presented by Dr. Joseph Famularo, Superintendent, Bellmore UFSD
                      




NASSAU-SUFFOLK SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION
NASSAU COUNTY COUNCIL OF SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS
SUFFOLK COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION


LONG ISLAND SCHOOLS - IN THE EYE OF THE STORM
HELD JANUARY 31, 2013

PRESENTATIONS

A Game You Can't Win
Jim Kaden
N-SSBA Past President
President, South Huntington Board of Education



Emergency Preparedness Kit
Facts You Need to Advocate for Your Schools

Gary D. Bixhorn
Chief Operating Officer, Eastern Suffolk BOCES


Will Long Island Schools Be Set Adrift?
Is Insolvency on the Horizon?

Dr. Roberta A. Gerold,
Superintendent, Middle Country UFSD
Charles A. Leunig, Superintendent, Copiague UFSD
Dr. Alan B. Groveman, Superintendent, Connetquot CSD
James F. McKenna, SCSSA President/Superintendent, Mattituck Cutchogue UFSD




N-SSBA ANNUAL RESOLUTIONS DINNER

HELD OCTOBER 4, 2012


SPECIAL PRESENTATION

FREEZES,CUTS, CAPS & COSTS:
TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES

(LIEC Survey of Long Island Schools)

GARY BIXHORN
Chief Operating Officer, Eastern Suffolk BOCES

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NASSAU-SUFFOLK SCHOOL BOARDS
LETTER TO MEMBER BOARDS OF EDUCATION -
CLICK HERE
2012 PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS WORKSHEET -
CLICK HERE





Long Island Education: Costs and Outcomes
Annual Report Compiled by Long Island Education Coalition & Long Island Association
September 2012  




NEW YORK STATE BUDGET - WHAT'S AT STAKE FOR LONG ISLAND?

N-SSBA Letter sent to New York State Long Island Senate & Assembly Delegations
March 23, 2012





NASSAU-SUFFOLK SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION

NASSAU COUNTY COUNCIL OF SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS
SUFFOLK COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION

THE BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF OUR SCHOOLS
COMMUNITIES vs. STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Conference Held at the Huntington Hilton
 January 31, 2012


PRESENTATIONS

Who is Running Our Schools?  You or SED? - Dr. Lorna Lewis

Keeping Your Eye on the Ball - Mr. Peter Dion

Advocating for Long Island - Mr. Gary Bixhorn,
Dr. Alan Groveman, Dr. Joseph Famularo and Dr. Thomas Rogers


CONFERENCE MATERIALS


2012 Executive Budget Ten Point Analysis

NCCSS/SCSSA Advocacy Agenda for 2012 and Beyond

Understanding New York's Property Tax Levy Cap


Directory of Long Island State Legislators - Members of the Senate

Directory of Long Island State Legislators - Members of the Assembly






N-SSBA ANNUAL RESOLUTIONS MEETING
Held September 27, 2011

Critical Issue Presentation:  Education "Reform" in a Post-Tax World

Dr. Thomas Rogers, District Superintendent and CEO, Nassau BOCES



Tax Cap Scenarios w/Executive Budget State Aid Numbers - Suffolk School Districts  (Click Here)
LATEST NEWS!
 
N-SSBA LEGISLATIVE MEMOS ON SCHOOL LEVY CAP
Sent to the Long Island NYS Senate & Assembly Delegations
Click Here:  June 22, 2011          June 24, 2011
 
   UPDATED JUNE 15, 2011 - TAX CAP BY THE NUMBERS
 
Tax Cap Scenarios w/Executive Budget State Aid Numbers - Nassau School Districts  (Click Here)
 
"Not Just a Fair Share, A Fair Shake" - PowerPoint Presentation on Tax Cap Issues & the Executive Budget (Click Here)
 
Testimony - New York State Assembly Public Hearing - 2011-12 Executive Budget, March 11, 2011 (Click Here)
Invited Testimony give by Jim Kaden, Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Association Immediate Past President
 
Testimony - NYS Senate Hearing on Mandate Relief and Real Property Tax Caps, February 17, 2011 (Click Here)          Invited Testimony given by Lorraine Deller, Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Association Executive Director 


NEW YORK - 34th IN EDUCATION? - NOT SO GOVERNOR CUOMO  (Click Here)

 

MESSAGE TO NASSAU COUNTY:
DON'T PASS THE BUCK -
DON'T ROB THE SCHOOLHOUSE TO FIX YOUR HOUSE!
Letter to Nassau Boards of Education - March 21, 2012
 
Letter to Long Island New York State Senate & Assembly Delegations
 
LETTER TO THE NASSAU COUNTY LEGISLATURE - October 27, 2010
 
COURT DECISIONS: 
  Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appellate Division:  Second Judicial Department

Opinion & Order
Invalidating Nassau County's
"Common Sense Act of 2010"
February 27, 2013
Provided by Hamburger, Maxson, Yaffe, Knauer & McNally LLP.

Supreme Court of the State of New York
Roger Corbin v. County of Nassau
Provided by Guercio & Guercio, LLP. & Ingerman Smith, LLP.

 Appellate Division:  Second Judicial Department

New York Telephone Company v. Supervisor of Town of North Hempstead, et al
Provided by Jaspan Schlesinger, LLP.
 
          HISTORY OF THE GUARANTY - Provided by Jaspan Schlesinger, LLP.
 
          TESTIMONY - October 29, 2010 - Nassau County Legislature -
                                 "Nassau County Tax Certiorari"

                                 presented by Mary Jo O'Hagan, N-SSBA Vice President
 
          TESTIMONY - October 18, 2010 - Nassau County Legislature -
                                 "Nassau County Tax Certiorari"

                                 presented by Mary Jo O'Hagan, N-SSBA Vice President
 
          TESTIMONY - October 18, 2010 - Nassau County Legislature -
                                
"Nassau County Tax Certiorari"
                                 presented by Lorraine Deller, N-SSBA Executive Director
 
               TESTIMONY - October 4, 2010 - Nassau County Legislature -
                                  "Nassau County Tax Certiorari"
                                  presented by Mary Jo O'Hagan, N-SSBA Vice President
 
          LETTER TO THE EDITOR - October 2010 - Nassau County Tax Certiorari
                                                    Submitted by Jay L.T. Breakstone, N-SSBA President
 
          COVER LETTER - To Nassau County Boards of Education and Superintendents
 
          RESOLUTION - For Adoption by Nassau County Boards of Education
          The following Boards of Education have adopted the Resolution or have it on a board agenda:
         
Baldwin, Bellmore, Bellmore-Merrick CHSD, Carle Place, East Meadow, East Rockaway, East Williston, Elmont,
             Farmingdale, Floral Park-Bellerose, Franklin Square, Freeport, Garden City, Great Neck, Herricks,
             Hewlett-Woodmere, Island Park, Island Trees, Jericho, Lawrence, Levittown, Locust Valley, Long Beach, Lynbrook,
             Malverne, Manhasset, Massapequa, Merrick, Mineola, Nassau BOCES. New Hyde Park-Garden City Park,
             North Bellmore, North Merrick, North Shore, Oceanside, Oyster Bay-East Norwich, Plainedge,
             Plainview-Old Bethpage, Port Washington, Rockville Centre, Roosevelt, Roslyn, Seaford, Sewanhaka CHSD,
             Uniondale, Valley Stream 13, Valley Stream 24, Valley Stream 30, Valley Stream CHSD, Wantagh,
             West Hempstead, Westbury          
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          TESTIMONY - October 18, 2010 - Nassau County Legislature -
                                "Nassau County to Impose New Fees on Schools"
                                presented by Mary Jo O'Hagan, N-SSBA Vice President

 

N-SSBA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
  •   N-SSBA YEAR 2013 - LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION  
  • LEGISLATION - Key Letters sent by N-SSBA

  • LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY:

    Directories of Long Island State Legislators:     Senate          Assembly 

    LETTER to Governor Cuomo - Temporary State Energy and Utility Service Conservation Assessment (aka 18-a Assessment) - February 7, 2013

    LETTER to Governor Cuomo - Request to Veto Payments for Private School Placements - June 29, 2012

    LETTER To Long Island NYS Senate and Assembly Delegation - End of Session - STOP THE MANDATE MADNESS - June 21, 2012

    LETTER To Long Island NYS Senate and Assembly Delegation - Payments for Private School Placements - June 21, 2012

    LETTER To Long Island NYS Senate and Assembly Delegation - Technical Amendment Section 2023-1 of Education Law -
    June 15, 2012


    LETTER To Long Island NYS Senate and Assembly Delegation - New York State Budget - What's at Stake for Long Island? -
    March 23, 2012


    LETTER To Long Island NYS Senate and Assembly Delegation - Request for Technical Amendment - Section 2023-a of Education Law -          March 21, 2012

    LETTER To Long Island NYS Senate and Assembly Delegation - MTA PAYROLL TAX - December 7, 2011

    LETTER  To Long Island NYS Senate and Assembly Delegation - NYS Local School Levy Cap - June 24, 2011

    LETTER
      To Long Island NYS Senate and Assembly Delegation - NYS Local School Levy Cap - June 22, 2011
    LETTER  To Long Island NYS Senate and Assembly Delegation - Employee Benefit Accrued Liability Reserve Fund -
    May 11, 2010


    LETTER  To Regent Tilles, Commissioner Steiner & Chancellor Tisch - Special Education Mandates - April 16, 2010

    LETTER  To L.I. Assembly Delegation - Mandate Relief Act 2010 - March 22, 2010 

    NCCSS/N-SSBA/Nassau PTA - Information Forum on School Finance - February 5, 2010                                     
    Presentations by:  Mary Jo O'Hagan     Dr. William Johnson     Dr. Kishore Kuncham  


    NASSAU COUNTY TAX CERTIORARI COURT PROCEEDINGS:  Letter         Court Decision 10/13/09         N-SSBA Press Release 
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    N-SSBA - Publications        

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    N-SSBA UPDATE:                                      

      Nassau Schools - Financial/Legislative Advocacy Forum - February 15, 2013:  Welcome by Mary Jo O'Hagan, N-SSBA Vice President  "IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST BEFORE THE DAWN.....OR IS IT AFTER THE DAWN?"          

    Suffolk County Council of School Superintendents PowerPoint Presentation - "Growing the Gap with the Cap"

    "Education:  An Economic Powerhouse - School District Operations and Long Island's Economy"                                                             Press Release          Executive Summary          Full Report         

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    STATEMENT - February 25, 2013 - Long Island NYS Assembly Minority Delegation - Press Conference (presented by James S. March, President )

    TESTIMONY - May 15, 2012 - Suffolk County Legislator Kate Browning - Public Forum "Mayday for Mandate Relief" (presented by James March, N-SSBA President)                       

    TESTIMONY - March 2, 2012 - New York State Assembly - Nassau & Suffolk Republican Delegation Public Hearing, 2012-13 Executive Budget (presented by James March, N-SSBA President & Jim Kaden, N-SSBA Past President)

    TESTIMONY - February 10, 2012 - New York State Mandate Relief Council Public Hearing (presented by James March, N-SSBA President; Mary Jo O'Hagan, N-SSBA Nassau Vice President; Jim Kaden, N-SSBA Past President)

    TESTIMONY - March 11, 2011 - NYS Assembly Public Hearing - 2011-12 Executive Budget (presented by Jim Kaden, N-SSBA Immediate Past President)                    

    TESTIMONY - February 17, 2011 - NYS Senate Hearing on Mandate Relief and Real Property Tax Caps (presented by Lorraine Deller, N-SSBA Executive Director)

    TESTIMONY - October 4, 2010 - Nassau County Legislature - "Nassau County Tax Certiorari" (presented by Mary Jo O'Hagan, N-SSBA Vice President)

    TESTIMONY - June 8, 2010 - Suffolk County Legislature - "Resolution 15-7 - Increasing accountability of schools on bullying behavior"  (presented by Lorraine Deller, N-SSBA Executive Director)
                 

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