The majority of the May monthly meeting of the NJ State Board of Education was spent discussing a topic that was not even on the agenda – the recent revisions to New Jersey’s health […]

The New Jersey State Board of Education met on Wednesday, April 6, 2022. The State Board passed three Resolutions and received testimony from the New Jersey Department of Education on school performance reports, graduation […]

-Jennie Lamon, Assistant Director of Government Relations    Both Houses of the Legislature held Education Committee meetings this week. The Senate Education Committee met on Monday, March 7th, and the Assembly Education Committee convened […]

Both the Senate and General Assembly held voting sessions on Monday.  The Assembly only took up one bill, a measure that would extend the time Governor Phil Murphy has to deliver the gubernatorial budget […]

The Assembly Education Committee met on Monday, February 7th for their first meeting of the new session. The Assembly Education Committee has three new members, all newly elected legislators: Assemblywoman Sadaf F. Jaffer is […]

The 220th New Jersey Legislature is underway.  Senate Committees met in person at the Statehouse this week, while the General Assembly continues to conduct remote hearings.    Newly appointed Chairman of the Senate Education […]

-Jennie Lamon, NJPSA Government Relations – Assistant Director  jlamon@njpsa.org    On Tuesday, January 18th, Governor Murphy Delivered his second Inaugural Address. In his address, the Governor spoke of not only slowing property tax growth, […]

Monday, January 10, 2022 was the final voting session of the 2020-2021 Legislative Session.  The 219th Legislative Session ended at 11:59 AM on Tuesday, January 11th.  At 12 Noon that same day, the new […]

-Jennie Lamon, NJPSA Assistant Director of Government Relations   We are exactly one week into 2022, and what a busy week it has been for education. Between the final days of Lame Duck wrapping […]