By Jennifer Keyes-Maloney NJPSA, in conjunction with other public sector unions, including the NJEA, filed a petition with the United States Supreme Court seeking a review of whether the New Jersey Supreme Court failed to […]
Not Sure How to Direct Parents Who Want To Weigh In About NJ’s Current Standards?
By Jennifer Keyes-Maloney At the September State Board of Education meeting Assistant Commissioner Kimberley Harrington announced three regional (north / central / south) Listening Tours, as part of the current ongoing standards review process […]
PERC Decision Impacts Health Benefit Contract Negotiations
By Jennifer Keyes-Maloney A recent decision by the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) delays when bargaining groups can negotiate their contribution toward their health insurance premiums till the actual expiration or sunset of the […]
Gov. Files Direct Appointments to SEHBP Plan Design Committee & Taskforce on Child Abuse
By Jennifer Keyes-Maloney Governor Chris Christie filed several direct appointments with the Secretary of State’s Office August 26. The appointments included an addition to the School Employees’ Health Benefits Plan Design Committee and the […]
Governor Approves Law Increasing Tenure Arbitrators
By Jennifer Keyes-Maloney The Governor approved legislation, P.L.2015, c.109 (A-4608 / S-3055 (Diegnan / Ruiz)) August 28 that will double the number of arbitrators available to work on teacher tenure cases. The new […]
State Board Gets Update On NJ Student SAT/ACT Success, Timeline Refresh on Standards Review Process
By Jennifer Keyes-Maloney The New Jersey State Board of Education at their September meeting, received an impromptu presentation by the Department of Education on soon to be released SAT / ACT data. The Board […]
Pension and Benefit Info for the Start of the 2015-16 School Year
Year four of the seven year phase in of the pension contribution – from 6/5% to 7.5% began on July 1st. The TPAF contribution rate is now 7.06% (up from 6.92%). Each July 1st […]
Governor Conditionally Vetoes Host of Education Bills
Governor Chris Christie conditionally vetoed a number of measures related to students and schools August 10. The Legislature now has the opportunity to review the changes wrought by the conditional veto and agree with […]
Governor Vetoes Legislation Requiring Quarterly Pension Payment, also Guts $300 Million Pre-payment into Pension Fund
The Governor vetoed legislation, S-3100/A-4605 (Gordon, Greenstein/Wimberly, Lagana, Singleton, Mazzeo), which would have required the State to make quarterly pension contributions on August 1, November 1, February 1 and May of each year, on […]
Gov. Signs New Law Recognizing American Sign Language as World Language
The Governor signed legislation, S-1760/A-4212 (Allen, Ruiz, Turner/Vainieri Huttle, Angelini, Jasey), August 10 which recognizes American Sign Language as a world language for meeting high school graduation requirements. NJPSA testified on the new law […]