In the Matter of Zandile Nkabinde, Jersey City Community Charter School, Hudson County, 10/18/19, (#277-19SEC)

277-19SEC
(SEC Decision: https://www.state.nj.us/education/legal/ethics/disclosure/D03-19%20-
%20Z.%20Nkabinde.pdf)
SEC Dkt No. D03-19
Agency Dkt. No. 245-9/19
New Jersey Commissioner of Education
Final Decision
In the Matter of Zandile Nkabinde,
Jersey City Community Charter School,
Hudson 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 file her Personal/Relative and Financial Disclosure Statements (“Disclosure
Statements”) in accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A:12-25, N.J.S.A. 18A:12-26, and N.J.A.C. 6A:28-
3.1. 	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 advises that respondent did
not file her Disclosure Statements until after the issuance of its July 23, 2019 Order to Show
Cause. 	Respondent has neither filed exceptions to the recommended penalty, nor has she
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 school officials by law.
Because respondent has previously received a thirty-day suspension for failure to complete ethics
training in 2017, a suspension of sixty days for this second violation of the School Ethics Act is
appropriate. Additionally, respondent is admonished for causing the unnecessary expenditure of
administrative and adjudicative resources at both State and local levels.

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Accordingly, respondent is hereby suspended for sixty (60) days – effective from
the date of this decision – as a school official found to have violated the School Ethics Act for
failure to file her Disclosure Statements.
IT IS SO ORDERED.1
COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
Date of Decision: 	October 18, 2019
Date of Mailing: 	October 18, 2019
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)