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Union Township Board affirms HIB criteria met in Case No. 309414 while finding no identified perpetrator for racial comments
Summary
At its June 29 special meeting the Union Township Board of Education affirmed that HIB criteria were met in HIB Case No. 309414 despite concluding the specific allegation that a named perpetrator made racial comments was unfounded; parents will receive a written decision and appeal information.
The Union Township Board of Education on June 29 affirmed its findings in HIB Case No. 309414 while concluding the specific allegation that an identified perpetrator made racial comments was unfounded. The board resolved that the broader HIB statutory criteria were otherwise satisfied and directed that the parents be provided a written decision and information on their right to appeal to the Commissioner of Education.
The board first discussed the matter in executive session under the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act (N.J.S.A. 10:4-12 et seq.) and reconvened in public at 8:10 p.m. The motion to approve the HIB resolution (OB1) was moved by Board President Lou Palma and seconded by Dr. Christine Robitaille; the minutes record the motion as carried. The resolution text appears in the minutes and specifically references HIB Case No. 309414 and the procedures for parental notice and appeal.
