In the Matter of Zakaria Kandiel, Board of Education of the Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional School District, Bergen County, 8/10/2020, (#166-20SEC)

166-20SEC
SEC Dkt. No. T15-19 (https://www.state.nj.us/education/legal/ethics/training/2020/T15-19.pdf)
Agency Dkt. No. 149-6/20
New Jersey Commissioner of Education
Final Decision
In the Matter of Zakaria Kandiel,
Board of Education of the
Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional
School District, Bergen County.
The Commissioner has reviewed the record of this matter and the decision of the
School Ethics Commission (SEC), finding that respondent violated the School Ethics Act for
failure to timely complete board member training in accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A:12-33 and
N.J.A.C. 6A:28-4.1. 	The SEC’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 SEC
recommended a sanction of removal effective upon the adoption of the decision by the
Commissioner. 	Alternatively, if the respondent completed the required training before the
issuance of the Commissioner’s final decision, the SEC recommended that respondent be
suspended for 30 days. 	Ultimately, respondent completed the training after the SEC’s
May 19, 2020 decision. 	Respondent has neither filed exceptions to the recommended penalty
nor 	instituted 	an 	appeal 	of 	the 	SEC’s 	underlying 	finding 	of 	violation, 	pursuant 	to
N.J.A.C. 6A:4-1 et seq.
Upon review, the Commissioner concurs with the penalty recommended by the
SEC for respondent’s failure to timely honor an obligation placed upon board members by law.

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Accordingly, respondent is suspended, as of the date of this decision, from his position as a
school official for violating the School Ethics Act.
IT IS SO ORDERED.1
INTERIM COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
Date of Decision: August 10, 2020
Date of Mailing: 	August 12, 2020
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).