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 […]
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 […]