During this hectic budget week, NJPSA reached out to you to assist in our advocacy efforts fighting legislation that would have eliminated a current benefit of NJPSA members in retirement. Thanks to our collective […]
Action Alert for Retired NJPSA Members on Medicare: Budget Talks Include Potential Elimination of IRMAA Reimbursements!
June 30 is the constitutional deadline for the passage of a balanced state budget. With that deadline only days away, it is our understanding that last minute budget negotiations have included discussions about the […]
Action In Trenton: It’s Budget Week (We Hope!), the NJ Universal Preschool and Kindergarten Act and NJPSA Supervisor Mentoring Initiative Move Forward
The final weeks of June are always a busy time in Trenton. This year is no exception with a flurry of legislation being considered alongside the constitutionally-mandated balanced budget proposal due June 30th. Lawmakers […]
Weekly Trenton Wrap Up
-Chris Nelson, Assistant Director of Government Relations June 6, 2025 This week, the full Senate met for a voting session and the Senate Education Committee met to consider bills related to public education in […]
Update from the NJ State Board of Education: June 4th, 2025 Monthly Meeting
-Jennie Lamon, Assistant DIrector of Government Relations, NJPSA The New Jersey State Board of Education held its monthly public business meeting on June 4, 2025 at the New Jersey Department of Education, 100 Riverview […]
Separation of Church and State Remains in a Divided Court
In the Supreme Court’s first decision involving public education in the 2024-25 term, the Court blocked the State of Oklahoma from a establishing a public religious charter school. In Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board […]
Action in Trenton – Week of May 12, 2025
The spring calendar of the Legislature is in full swing as both regular standing committees and the state budget process are simultaneously underway. This week, Education Commissioner Kevin Dehmer testified before the Senate Budget […]
Update from the New Jersey State Board of Education – May 2025 Meeting
The New Jersey State Board of Education convened for its monthly meeting on May 7, 2025, at the Department of Education, 100 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, NJ. This meeting included a series of recognitions, policy […]
Action in Trenton – Week of May 5, 2025
Debbie Bradley and Jennie Lamon, NJPSA Government Relations This week, the State Legislature resumed its normal schedule of committee meetings which had been paused during budget earnings to consider the FY 2026 budget proposal. […]
State Budget Process Continues : NJDOE Discusses Education Funding
Debra Bradley, Esq. On Easter Monday, April 21, NJDOE Commissioner Kevin Dehmer testified before the Assembly Budget Committee as part of the ongoing review of Governor Murphy’s proposed budget for FY 2026. Dehmer discussed […]