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Public commenter says State School Ethics Commission transmitted complaints against board members to OAL
Summary
Resident Alex Hayes told the board during public comment that the State School Ethics Commission had transmitted certain complaint counts against several board members to the Office of Administrative Law.
During public comment at the Township of Ocean Board of Education meeting, resident Alex Hayes told the board that the State School Ethics Commission had found sufficient grounds to transmit parts of recent complaints against several board members to the Office of Administrative Law (OAL).
Hayes said the commission determined there was probable cause to proceed with alleged prohibited-act counts and that the matters would be prosecuted by an attorney for the State School Ethics Commission at the OAL. Hayes reported specific counts by name: “Six counts are moving forward” against Jeffrey Weinstein; three counts are moving forward against Irene Gilman; and one count is moving forward against Denise Parlamas, according to the statement Hayes made from the public-comment podium.
The remarks came during the public-comment portion of the meeting and were presented by Hayes as an update for board members and the public. The transcript records Hayes’s account of the State School Ethics Commission actions; the board took no formal action during the meeting in response to that report and did not provide comment in the record.
Because Hayes presented these details as information reported to him, this article attributes the described findings and next steps to Hayes’s public comment. The official status of any ethics complaints and any hearings before the Office of Administrative Law should be confirmed with the State School Ethics Commission and the OAL.
