With the NJ Department of Education and the Schools Development Authority testifying before Budget members in both the Senate and General Assembly, school funding has been the talk of the Statehouse. While many legislators […]
Update from the New Jersey State House – Week of March 4, 2024
This week, the Assembly Education Committee met and advanced a package of bills aimed at improving teacher recruitment and retention, including a bill inspired by an NJPSA member (A-1676)! On March 4th, the Assembly […]
Update from the New Jersey State Board of Education
The New Jersey State Board of Education met for their monthly meeting on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. During the meeting, the State Board welcomed newly appointed Acting Commissioner Kevin Dehmer to preside over his […]
State House Wrap Up – Week of February 12, 2024
The Senate Education Committee met on Thursday, February 15, 2024, where testimony on a bill to provide a tax levy cap adjustment for certain school districts experiencing reductions in State school aid dominated the […]
State Board of Education Honors Career and Technical Education Month, Receives a Report on the State’s Teacher Recruitment Initiatives, and Takes Action on Chapter 22, Chapter 12 and Chapter 23A.
The New Jersey State Board of Education met for their monthly meeting on Wednesday, February 7, 2024. The meeting began with the appointment of Kevin Dehmer as an Assistant Commissioner to begin on Monday, […]
State House Wrap-Up: Week of February 5, 2024
On Monday, February 5th, both the Senate Education Committee and the Assembly Education Committee convened to hold a joint hearing on the use of virtual and remote instruction in New Jersey’s K-12 public schools. […]
Ruiz Introduces Education Bills Aimed to Help Bolster Student Student Literacy and Address Learning Loss
Working Group Will Shape Literacy Legislation in New Jersey TRENTON – In an effort to help pandemic learning loss, close the achievement gap, and improve literacy rates among all students in New Jersey, […]
State House Wrap-Up – Week of January 22nd, 2024
Jennie Lamon, NJPSA Assistant Director of Government Relations The Senate Education Committee met for the first time in the new 2024/2025 Legislature, and welcomed two new members to its ranks. Former Assemblywoman, now […]
The State Board of Education Meets for their Monthly Meeting, Welcomes Two New Board Members, and Bids Farewell to Acting Commissioner Allen-McMillan
The first State Board of Education meeting of 2024 was delayed by a week due to hazardous weather. When the Board convened on January 17th, it undertook an extensive agenda in front of an […]
Newly Signed Laws from 2022/2023 Legislative Session
Another Lame Duck is in the books, and with it, the end of the 2022/2023 Legislature. Any bills that were not signed into law will now have to be reintroduced, and start the process […]