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Ridgewood NJ, the Ethics Policies of the New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA) include the fact that any board member with an immediate family member or relative who is employed in the district may not participate in any aspect of negotiations, nor may that board member vote on the approval of the MOA (Memorandum of Understanding). To do so would amount to a violation of N.J.S.A.18A:12-24(b) and (c). According to the NJSBA definition, a domestic partner is considered to be a relative. A domestic partnership is a relationship, usually between couples, who live together and share a common domestic life, but are not married (to each other or to anyone else).
