IN THE MATTER OF CHERYL ARNEDT, MERIT PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEWARK, ESSEX COUNTY, 8/17/17, (#230-17SEC)

230-17SEC (SEC Decision: http://www.state.nj.us/education/legal/ethics/training/T11-16.pdf)
AGENCY DKT. NO. 145-7/17
IN THE MATTER OF CHERYL ARNEDT, 	:
MERIT PREPARATORY CHARTER 	: 	COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
SCHOOL OF NEWARK, ESSEX COUNTY. 	: 	DECISION
:
The Commissioner has reviewed the record of this matter and the decision of the
School Ethics Commission (Commission) – finding that respondent violated the School Ethics Act
for 	failure 	to 	timely 	complete 	the 	charter 	school 	trustee 	training 	in 	accordance 	with
N.J.S.A. 18A:12-33. 	The Commission’s decision was forwarded to the Commissioner for final
determination on the recommended penalty pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:12-29(c). The Commission
advises that respondent ultimately completed her training after the issuance of the Commission’s
March 29, 2017 Order to Show Cause. 	Respondent has neither filed exceptions to the
recommended penalty nor instituted an appeal, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:4-1 et seq., of the
Commission’s underlying finding of violation.
Upon review, the Commissioner concurs with the penalty recommended by the
Commission for respondent’s failure to timely honor an obligation placed upon charter school
trustees by law. Additionally, respondent is admonished for causing the unnecessary expenditure
of administrative and adjudicative resources at both State and local levels.
Accordingly, respondent is hereby reprimanded as a school official found to have
violated the School Ethics Act.
IT IS SO ORDERED.1
COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
Date of Decision: 	August 17, 2017
Date of Mailing: 	August 21, 2017
1 This decision may be appealed to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court pursuant to P.L. 2008, c. 36.
(N.J.S.A. 18A:6-9.1)