The Assembly Education Committee approved several pieces of legislation that had made its way to the Governor’s desk and were pocket vetoed at the end of the last legislative session in a legislative ‘do-over. […]
Supreme Court Hears Public Employee Union Case
In a closely watched case brought by 10 California teachers – the Supreme Court is poised to decide the first amendment issue of whether public workers should be required to support unions they have […]
State provides More Detailed Results On PARCC Assessment
The state Department of Education released PARCC results for individual districts and schools late last week, several weeks after statewide scores for the new assessment were released (NJDOE Release Additional PARCC Info, State Board Approves […]
Biz Groups Announce Plans To Organize Against Pension Amendment
Two of the state’s most influential business groups – the NJ Chamber of Commerce (NJCC) and NJ Business & Industry Association (NJBIA) announced earlier this week that they plan to aggressively campaign against the […]
NJ Grad Rate Up for 4th Year
New Jersey’s high school graduation rate rose last year for the fourth consecutive year, with 89.7 percent of students receiving diplomas in 2015 — up from 88.6 percent the year before, the state Department […]
State Board of Ed Announces Public Hearings on NJ Academic Standards
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 […]
Senate Law & Public Safety Moves Legislation Creating New Type of Law Enforcement Officer to Provide Security In Schools
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 […]
Ed Committees Named for 217th Legislative Session
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 […]
5 Districts Approve School Construction Projects Totaling $42M
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 […]
State Pension Funds Beat Benchmarks
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, […]