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Princeton board receives annual School Ethics Act briefing on limits, recusal and social media
Summary
An outside attorney briefed the Princeton Board of Education on the School Ethics Act, covering board duties, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, recusal rules and recent commission decisions.
Mr. Lapura, an attorney from Freudian Harrah, delivered the Princeton Board of Education’s annual training on the School Ethics Act, reviewing board members’ duties, confidentiality obligations and recent advisory opinions and commission decisions.
Lapura told the board that members’ powers come from state law and the New Jersey State Board of Education’s rules, and emphasized that board action should be limited to policy-making, planning and appraisal rather than day-to-day administration. “You don’t run the school district — you act on recommendations of the superintendent,” he said.
He reviewed key ethical limits: preserving confidentiality for executive-session matters and personnel…
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