As we prepare to usher in a new Administration, Congress, and Senate into the US Capitol, there could be a lot changing in the political  landscape, especially in the world of education.  While we […]

The New Jersey State Board of Education held its first meeting of 2025 on Wednesday, January 8th, at the Department of Education building in Trenton. The meeting, conducted in person and simulcast on the […]

-Jennie Lamon, Assistant Director of Government Relations On December 19th, the NJ State General Assembly and the NJ State Senate both held their final voting sessions of 2024.  The last sessions of the calendar […]

By Debra Bradley, Esq. NJPSA Director of Government Relations The halls of the State House are a bustle with ongoing committee hearings and pieces of legislation hurtling along  in the legislative process before the […]

-Jennie Lamon, Assistant Director of Government Relations  The Senate Education convened a four hour hearing on Thursday, December 5th, to consider a lengthy agenda including a bill to expand financial literacy instruction,one to require […]

-Jennie Lamon, NJPSA Assistant Director of Government Relations December 4, 2024 The New Jersey State Board of Education convened its monthly meeting on the morning of Wednesday, December 4, 2024, at the Riverview Executive […]

On November 14, 2024, NJPSA Executive Director Karen Bingert joined Superintendent David Aderhold, (West Windsor Plainsboro school district) and Elisabeth Yucis, NJEA Associate Director of Professional Development and Instruction Issues at a special hearing […]

-Jennie Lamon, Assistant Director of Government Relations This week was a quiet week in Trenton, as the Legislature did not meet. The NJ State Board of Education (“Board”) met for its regular monthly meeting. […]

By Debra Bradley, Esq. This week, both the Senate and General Assembly held voting sessions.  On October 28th, final approval was given to S-2421/A-3446, the Freedom to Read Act which recognizes that the freedom […]