In the Matter of the Certificates of Daniel Coviello, Board of Education of the Borough of Mendham, Morris County, 6/22/21, (#130-21)

Agency Dkt. No. 40-3/21
New Jersey Commissioner of Education
Final Decision
In the Matter of the Teaching Certificates of
Daniel Coviello, Board of Education of the
Borough of Mendham, Morris County.
The record of this matter has been reviewed. The Mendham Borough Board of
Education filed a petition seeking the suspension of respondent Daniel Coviello’s teaching certificates
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:28-8 because he resigned without providing the Board with the requisite
statutory notice. The Commissioner issued an Order to Show Cause on March 12, 2021, which the Board
served on respondent on March 19, 2021. Respondent did not respond to the Order to Show Cause,
despite being given multiple opportunities to do so. Accordingly, the Commissioner finds that the
respondent’s certificates should be suspended pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:28-8, and further finds that a one-
year suspension of the respondent’s certificates is the appropriate penalty.
Accordingly, the respondent’s teaching certificates are suspended for a period of one year
from the filing date of this decision, a copy of which shall be forwarded to the State Board of Examiners
for implementation of the suspension.
IT IS SO ORDERED.1
ACTING COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
Date of Decision:
Date of Mailing:
1 This decision may be appealed to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:6-9.1.
Under N.J.Ct.R. 2:4-1(b), a notice of appeal must be filed with the Appellate Division within 45 days from the date
of mailing of this decision.
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June 22, 2021
June 22, 2021