The US Supreme Court announced February 29 that it will not hear the pension case brought by public employees, including administrators and teachers. The justices denied the petition for review, leaving in place a […]
Ed Adequacy Report Released
The Christie Administration released the Education Adequacy Report (EAR) March 1, several days after release of State Aid numbers to districts (Christie Administration Releases State Aid Figures, February 19). The report outlines the methodology […]
Christie Administration Releases State Aid Figures
School aid figures for fiscal year 2017 were released by the Christie Administration February 19. The proposed budget allocates $13.3 billion toward public education ($548 million over last fiscal year). Of the total funding, […]
School Security Measure Approved by Senate, Legislation Creates New Class of Officer
A bipartisan bill establishing a new class of police officers to provide security to schools and county colleges sailed through the state Senate February 11. The measure, S-86 (Bucco/Sweeney) would create a new “class […]
Governor Delivers Seventh Budget Address, NJPSA Awaits Details
Governor Chris Christie delivered his seventh budget address to the New Jersey Legislature February 16 proposing a $34.8 billion spending plan which includes a small increase (1 percent) in education funding over the past […]
NJPSA Statement On Governor’s Proposed 2017 Budget
The New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association is cautiously optimistic with many of the proposals included in Governor Christie’s FY 2017 Budget Address. We look forward to working with the Administration and the Legislature […]
Governor’s Pension Taskforce Puts Out Report On Eve Of Budget Address
Possibly laying the groundwork for today’s speech, a commission that the governor had tasked with looking into the pension crisis released its third report last week. This time, the panel attacked the proposed amendment and […]
Senate Higher Ed Weighs In On Student Aid Financial Literacy & Modification to NJSTARS Program
The Senate Higher Education committee in their inaugural meeting of the new session took testimony on several student aid issues. NJPSA weighed in on several of the measures. Changes to Graduation Requirement Senate bill […]
State Board Gets Update on PARCC, Hears from Public on Proposed Grad Requirements & NJ Standards
The New Jersey State Board of Education got an update on PARCC and took testimony on proposed changes to New Jersey’s graduation requirements as well as its academic standards (core curriculum content standards). NJPSA […]
Lawmakers Announce Bill To Expand Full-Day Preschool
Assemblywoman Mila Jasey, Assembly speaker Vincent Prieto and Assemblyman Thomas Giblin announced legislation to expand full-day preschool statewide Tuesday at a school in Clifton February 9. The bi-partisan bill (A-2572 (Jasey/DeCroce/Diegnan) proposes to expand […]