News and Publications
School Employees Health Benefit Plan Design Committee (SEHBP PDC) Approves Changes for 2019
by • September 18, 2018Attention NJPSA Members! School Employees Health Benefit Plan Design Committee (SEHBP PDC) Approves Changes for 2019: On Monday, September 17, 2018 the School Employees Health Benefit Plan Design Committee (SEHBP PDC) approved changes to [...]
Senate Budget Committee Considers School Bus Safety Bills
by • September 14, 2018On Thursday, September 13th, the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee met. A handful of bills on the Committee’s agenda sought to enhance local efforts to promote safer student transportation practices in all New Jersey [...]
Legislature Proposes Mandatory Depression Screening in Schools
by • September 14, 2018Yesterday, at the Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee, considered legislation that would mandate that all students in grades 7 through 12 be annually screened for depression. The bill, A-3926 as amended in [...]
Important Changes to Educator Evaluation Component Weights for 2018-19
by • September 7, 2018On August 31, 2018, New Jersey Department of Education Commissioner Lamont Repollet announced an important change in educator evaluation for the upcoming school year for both teachers and principals. Specifically, the Commissioner announced the [...]
NJPSA Congratulates Argine Safari on Receiving Fulbright Award
by • August 27, 2018Mrs. Argine Safari of Pascack Valley High School in Hillsdale, New Jersey has received a Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching grant to Finland from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright [...]
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