Legislation Mandating Multi-Year Revolving Employment Contracts for Coaches HELD in Senate TODAY! Thank you for your Outreach! NJPSA Supports our Coaches But Opposes This Legislation! This week, as NJPSA members continued their tireless […]
Legislature Announces Dates for Pubic Testimony on Revised Budget
The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Assembly Budget Committee have announced they will take public testimony on the revised FY21 budget from August 28th to September 11th. Those wanting to submit written […]
Governor Sends Revised Budget to Legislature
Jennie Lamon, Assistant Director of Government Relations Governor Murphy delivered his revised COVID-hit budget on Tuesday, August 25th at SHI Stadium, at Rutgers University in Piscataway. As you know, the pandemic prompted the State […]
Meeting of the Senate Education Committee – August 20
On Thursday August 20th the Senate Education met in-person as the State house and voted to advance the following bills: S-68 Requires students to complete free application for federal student aid as part […]
NJ Educators Unite in Call for Statewide Remote School Opening
Dr. Richard Bozza, executive director of the New Jersey Association of School Administrators, Patricia Wright, executive director of the New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association and Marie Blistan, president of the […]
NJPSA Prioritizes Safety First in Testimony Before Assembly Education Committee on School Reopening
On Wednesday, July 22nd, NJPSA Executive Director Patricia Wright appeared as an invited guest before the Assembly Education Committee to discuss issues related to school reopening and the NJDOE’s Restart and Recovery Plan for […]
NJPSA Mourns the Death and Celebrates the Life of U.S. Rep. John Lewis
Civil Rights icon and U.S. Representative John Lewis, who marched with Rev. Martin Luther King, participated in lunch-counter sit-ins, challenged segregated buses as one of the 13 original Freedom Riders, and crossed the Edmund […]
Health Benefits Reform Legislation Signed Into Law for School Employees
By Debra Bradley and Robert Murphy On July 1, 2020 Governor Phil Murphy signed P.L. 2020, c. 44 (S-2273/A-20) into law, in the presence of legislative sponsors and NJEA leaders who brokered an […]
Legislative Update: Week of July 6 – 10
A quieter week inTrenton this week saw the Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee advance two measures and the Assembly Higher Education Committee receive testimony on issues related to the guidelines developed by […]
NJ State Board of Ed Readopts Educator Evaluation Code Without Significant Changes
The New Jersey State Board of Education voted to readopt its regulations pertaining to Educator Evaluations. The NJ Department of Education had originally proposed to readopt the chapter with minor amendments but had signaled […]