IN THE MATTER OF THE TENURE HEARING OF ELLEN TAUSSI, SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE TOWNSHIP OF FAIRFIELD, ESSEX COUNTY, 2/19/08, (#84-08)

#84-08 (OAL Decision not available online)
IN THE MATTER OF THE TENURE 	:
HEARING OF ELLEN TAUSSI, SCHOOL 	: 	COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
DISTRICT OF THE TOWNSHIP OF 	: 	DECISION
FAIRFIELD, ESSEX COUNTY. 	:
SYNOPSIS
Petitioning Board filed tenure charges of unbecoming conduct and insubordination against
respondent, a tenured secretary, and sought her removal from employment in the Township of
Fairfield School District. Respondent filed an answer to the charges, but subsequently submitted
an irrevocable letter of resignation dated January 7, 2008. 	On January 8, 2008, the petitioning
Board issued a resolution accepting respondent’s resignation and withdrawing the tenure
charges.
The ALJ found that the respondent resigned from her tenured employment, and holds no
certificate issued by the New Jersey Department of Education. Accordingly, the ALJ concluded
that the matter should be dismissed as moot.
The Commissioner concurred with the ALJ, and dismissed the petition as moot.
This synopsis is not part of the Commissioner’s decision. It has been prepared for the convenience of the
reader. It has been neither reviewed nor approved by the Commissioner.
February 19, 2008

OAL DKT. NO. EDU 11415-07
AGENCY DKT. NO. 299-10/07
IN THE MATTER OF THE TENURE 	:
HEARING OF ELLEN TAUSSI, SCHOOL 	: 	COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
DISTRICT OF THE TOWNSHIP OF 	: 	DECISION
FAIRFIELD, ESSEX COUNTY. 	:
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The record of this matter and the Initial Decision of the Office of Administrative
Law (OAL) have been reviewed. 	The Commissioner concurs with the Administrative Law
Judge’s (ALJ) determination that the irrevocable resignation of the respondent from her position
with the petitioner – and the petitioner’s resolution accepting same – has rendered moot the
petitioner’s appeal to the Commissioner requesting the respondent’s removal for unbecoming
conduct. No notification to the Board of Examiners is necessary under N.J.A.C. 6A:9-17.11, as
the respondent does not a hold a certificate issued by the New Jersey Department of Education.
Accordingly, the petition is hereby dismissed as moot.
IT IS SO ORDERED.1
COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
Date of Decision: February 19, 2008
Date of Mailing: 	February 21, 2008
1 This decision may be appealed to the State Board of Education pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:6-27 et seq. and
N.J.A.C. 6A:4-1.1 et seq.