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 […]
Gov. Approves Legislation to Study Options and Benefits of Later Start Times in Middle and High School
Governor Chris Christie approved legislation, S-2484/A-3845 (Codey, Turner/Jasey, Benson, Vainieri Huttle, McKeon), August 10 which would require the Department of Education (NJDOE) to conduct a study on options and benefits of instituting later school […]
LG Conditionally Vetoes Computer Science Legislation
Acting Governor Kim Guadagno conditionally vetoed legislation, S2032 / A-3440 (Codey, Turner / Diegnan, Eustace), which would have required the State Board of Education to develop rigorous computer science curriculum guidelines and school districts […]
Pension Trustees File Action to Compel Employee Pensions ‘Made Whole’
Pension Trustees of three public employee retirement funds filed a motion last week in Superior Court seeking a contract judgment for unpaid pension debt against the State – in essence asking that the system […]
NJ Supreme Courts Takes Up COLA Case
The New Jersey Supreme Court announced July 30 that it will hear arguments on whether the State acted improperly in suspending the annual retiree cost-of-living adjustments (COLA). The suspension was part of changes wrought […]
Congratulations to the 2015-16 Student Leadership Scholarship Recipients
The New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association (NJPSA) held a luncheon on May 19 to honor 25 graduating seniors in New Jersey who have been awarded 2014-2015 Student Leadership Scholarships. Each Student Leadership Scholarship […]
Pat Wright on NJTV News
On July 20, NJPSA Executive director Pat Wright was interviewed on NJTV news to discuss the recent release of the new teacher evaluation data . Check out the news clip here.
Social Security Task Force Issues Final Report
The New Jersey School Security Taskforce issued its final report July 9, making 42 recommendations. Some of the recommendations would require changes to existing state laws and regulations; other recommendations could be implemented administratively […]
NJPSA Celebrates Teacher Appreciation Week
The New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association would like to take a moment to thank each and every teacher in the state of New Jersey for your tireless and unwavering efforts to help kids […]
NJDOE Announces Partnership with NJPSA/FEA and NJIT
At a forum hosted by We Raise NJ on April 20, 2015, the New Jersey Department of Education announced a partnership between NJPSA/FEA and NJIT to develop online learning modules to support the implementation […]