Pension Contribution Considering the state’s financial picture, the FY 21 Budget includes a $4.7 Billion dollar payment into the pension system which is only slightly lower than the original budget proposal of $4.9 […]
Legislation Mandating Multi-Year Revolving Employment Contracts for Coaches HELD in Senate TODAY! Thank you for your Outreach!
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 […]
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 […]
Health Benefits Reform Legislation Moving Toward Finish Line
Legislation that would reform the health benefits options available to NJPSA members was favorably considered by the Assembly Appropriations Committee on June 26, 2020, an important step forward to a final vote in the […]
Legislative Update: Week of June 22nd – 26th, 2020
Even though nothing seems normal about the world right now, one wouldn’t know it by looking at the legislative calendar. The legislature has been actively meeting remotely and is moving a flurry of legislation […]