"Empower the Principal Act"; eliminates local school superintendents and prohibits schools from having more than one assitant or vice-principal.
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The "Empower the Principal Act" seeks to restructure New Jersey’s school system by eliminating the positions of local school superintendents and assistant superintendents. It limits schools to having only one vice-principal or assistant principal, and designates the executive county superintendent to handle many of the responsibilities currently held by superintendents. The bill aims to shift more authority to school principals and boards of education.
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