By Jessica Calefati/The Star-Ledger

After 18 years of state oversight, Newark’s advisory school board will soon regain control of its fiscal operations and could begin voting on district contracts as early as this summer, an assistant state attorney general said yesterday.

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State acting Education Commissioner Chris Cerf speaks at the Lewis Library at Princeton University in this February file photo. Later this month, Cerf is expected to return control of Newark Public Schools' fiscal operations to the district's advisory school board Cie Stroud/For The Star-Ledger
The announcement is considered the first step toward returning total control to the district.

Within the next 30 days, state Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf will issue a letter to the city school board detailing the transition, Assistant Attorney General Michael Walters said.

“I hope this opens the door to further discussions on the return of full local control,” said Antoinette Baskerville-Richardson, chairwoman of the Newark Public Schools Advisory Board. “We understand the difference between partial return and complete control.”

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