IN THE MATTER OF KRISTEN SIGLER, MERIT PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL OF NEWARK, ESSEX COUNTY, 8/21/17, (#246-17SEC)

246-17SEC (SEC Decision: http://www.state.nj.us/education/legal/ethics/training/T14-16.pdf)
AGENCY DKT. NO. 147-7/17
IN THE MATTER OF KRISTEN SIGLER, 	:
MERIT PREPARATORY CHARTER 	: 	COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
SCHOOL OF NEWARK, ESSEX COUNTY. : 	DECISION
:
The Commissioner has reviewed the record of this matter and the decision of the
School Ethics Commission – finding that respondent violated the School Ethics Act for failure to timely
complete charter school trustee training in accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A:12-33. 	The Commission’s
decision was forwarded to the Commissioner on July 11, 2017, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:12-29, for the
Commissioner’s final determination on the recommended penalty. 	The Commission advises that the
respondent ultimately completed training after the issuance of its March 28, 2017 Order to Show Cause,
but prior to the Commission’s April 25, 2017 meeting; the Commission therefore recommends a penalty
of reprimand. 	Respondent has neither filed exceptions to the recommended penalty nor instituted an
appeal, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:4, of the Commission’s underlying finding of violation.
Upon review, the Commissioner concurs with the penalty recommended by the
Commission in consequence of respondent’s failure to timely honor an obligation placed upon charter
school trustees by law. Additionally, respondent is admonished for causing the unnecessary expenditure
of administrative and adjudicative resources at both State and local levels.
Accordingly, respondent is hereby reprimanded as a school official found to have violated
the School Ethics Act.
IT IS SO ORDERED.*
COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
Date of Decision: 	August 21, 2017
Date of Mailing: 	August 21, 2017
* 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)