The Senate Education Committee met on Monday, May 9th. This is the first time the Legislature has convened for a non-budget related committee meeting since early March. The lengthy and contentious Senate Education meeting […]
NJ State Board of Education May Monthly Meeting – Wrap-Up
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 […]
State Board of Education April 2022 Meeting Wrap Up
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 […]
Legislation to Make Filing of FAFSA A High School Graduation Requirement Moves Forward
On Monday, March 14th, the Assembly Higher Education Committee considered A- 1181 (Jasey), legislation that would make the filing of the FAFSA a high school graduation requirement for all students beginning in the 2022-23 […]
NJ Schools Were Facing a Staffing Crisis Before COVID. Now, the Challenges Are Daunting
What if we have been looking at the staffing shortages in our schools all wrong? No substitutes? They’ll come back after COVID-19. No bus drivers? Adjustments to licensing requirements will increase the candidate pool. […]
Update from the NJ Statehouse Week of March 7th, 2022 What happened in Education Policy Under the Golden Dome this Week?
-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 […]
NJPSA Applauds Governor Murphy’s Strong Commitment to Public Education in State Budget Address
Governor Murphy’s Budget Address Supports Education Through Full State Aid Formula Payment, Preschool Expansion, Full Educator Pension Payment and School Infrastructure Funding for FY 2023 Budget This afternoon, Governor Phil Murphy gave the […]
Update from the NJ Statehouse Week of February 14th, 2022 What happened in Education Policy Under the Golden Dome this Week?
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 […]
Update from the NJ Statehouse Week of February 7th, 2022 What happened in Education Policy Under the Golden Dome this Week?
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 […]
NJPSA Update: School Mask Mandate Ending March 7
Yesterday afternoon, Governor Murphy announced his plan to lift the mask mandate in all New Jersey schools effective March 7, citing the declining numbers of new cases of COVID-19, the decrease in the number […]