A number of varied bills impacting students, schools and school leaders made it to the Governor’s desk December 17. Pension Notification Senate bill, S-2432 (Madden), requires notification of a member or retiree of a […]

Senate President Stephen Sweeney announced a new plan to invest in early education earlier this week as part of a larger New Jersey ‘Investment Plan.’  The proposal would include more than $165 million over […]

High school students in the United States are graduating at the highest rate since 2011, and New Jersey ranks among the top states for graduating its students, according to new data. The U.S. Department […]

Title I aid for the nation’s neediest students would get a $500 million boost up to approximately $14.9 billion, while state grants under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act would rise by $415 million […]

President Barack Obama signed the newest version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act—dubbed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)— December 10.  The new law seeks to halt heavy federal involvement in public schools […]

The Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee approved a resolution, SCR-184, December 10, that would seeks to amend New Jersey’s Constitution to require quarterly pension payments, and get the Legislature back on track to paying […]

The Senate Education Committee moved a host of bills at its December 14 meeting, in the continued lame duck push.  Among the measures, legislation to raise the compulsory school attendance age from 16 to […]

The Assembly Education Committee December 14 moved several measures forward including a bill, A-4562 / S-2844 (Diegnan / Gill / Turner), that would require schools to report PARCC refusal, a measure A-4328 (Diegnan), that […]

The state Senate on Monday approved a bill, S451 (Ruiz/Allen) establishing the Office of the Special Education Ombudsman in the Department of Education.  The measure passed, 33-0. The ombudsman would provide parents, students and […]