Records between the district BOE and state BOE - Covid Testing Funding
Dear Gloucester Township Board of Education,
This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:
Contact between the Gloucester Township public schools board of education/superindent and the state department of health and the state department of education in regards to the following:
- Allocation of funds to the district related to EO 253 testing mandate - when were they received?
- What guidance was the district given to provide testing at no cost to their employees?
- The plan the district provided the state DOE and/or DOH to test unvaccinated employees
Yours faithfully,
A member of the GTEA
Good Morning,
Please see below in response to your Opra request.
Contact between the Gloucester Township public schools board of
education/superintendent and the state department of health and the state
department of education in regards to the following:
- Allocation of funds to the district related to EO 253 testing mandate -
when were they received? No funds were received in relation to testing
mandated by EO 253.
- What guidance was the district given to provide testing at no cost to
their employees? The district elected to use the State vendor for testing
and is awaiting guidance and scheduling for implementation from the
vendor.
- The plan the district provided the state DOE and/or DOH to test
unvaccinated employees A plan was not required to be submitted and
therefore no record exists.
This completes your Opra request.
Thank you,
Janice Grassia, CPA
School Business Administrator/Board Secretary
Gloucester Township Board of Education
17 Erial Road
Blackwood, NJ 08012
(856) 227-1400 ext. 2200