The State Board of Education will hold three regional public hearings to receive comments on the draft revisions to New Jersey’s academic standards in mathematics and English language arts (Standards Review Committee Releases Recommendations […]
The State Board of Education will hold three regional public hearings to receive comments on the draft revisions to New Jersey’s academic standards in mathematics and English language arts (Standards Review Committee Releases Recommendations […]
The Senate Law and Public Safety Committee approved legislation, S-86 (Bucco), which would amend current law to establish a new category of “Class Three” special law enforcement officers comprised of retired law enforcement and […]
While the Senate Education Committee will remain the same, some additions and changes are expected when the Assembly Education Committee returns for the 2016-2017 session! Senate Education Committee The Senate Committee will continue to […]
Of the $62 million in school construction projects that voters were asked to consider January 25, residents in five districts approved projects totaling $42 million, while voters in one community rejected the remaining proposals. About […]
New Jersey’s pension funds continued to outperform benchmarks in the last fiscal and calendar years, officials said January 27 at the State Investment Council’s annual meeting. The fund was boosted in part by alternative investments, […]
Governor Chris Christie signed several pieces of legislation January 19 related to students, schools and school leaders, pocket vetoing a number of other measures, including a bill that would have eliminated the administrative […]
President Barack Obama used his final State of the Union address to press for action on several unfinished pieces of his agenda—including universal preschool and free community college for most students. The address also […]
The 216th Legislative Session came to close January 11 with over 30 bills impacting students, schools and school leaders. This round-up seeks to give a sampling of the bills. The Governor now has 10 […]
Governor Chris Christie delivered his State of the State address January 11 to a joint session of the Legislature. The bulk of Mr. Christie’s address was focused on New Jersey issues, in one of […]
Thanks to the advocacy efforts of NJPSA members and the NJPSA lobbying team, legislation to eliminate the administrative spending caps, S-3244/A-2740 (Ruiz, Sarlo, Diegnan , Johnson, Jasey, Singleton) has passed both houses of our […]