By Jennie Lamon, NJPSA Assistant Director of Government Relations The NJ State Legislature concluded their calendar on June 29th and have gone into recess, for now. There is some talk that they could be […]
State House Wrap-Up Week of June 27, 2022
New Jersey’s annual budget process culminated this week on Wednesday, one day before the June 30the midnight deadline to send a spending bill to the Governor. Both Houses of the Legislature held marathon voting […]
Supreme Court Decides in Favor of Prayer at School Functions
NJPSA Legal Department and LEGAL ONE In a 6-3 decision the Supreme Court in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District held that a school district violated the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment […]
State House Wrap-Up Week of May 30, 2022
Jennie Lamon, NJPSA Assistant Director of Government Relations June has arrived and the school year is nearing an end. Meanwhile in Trenton, legislative activity, including budget negotiations, are ramping up. Historically, June is […]
Managing the Unimaginable – Resources and Links to Help You Support Your School Community in the Wake of Tragedy
May the day come when “never again” is the promise that our society upholds for our children, so that schools are places of safety, security, exploration, discovery, hope, and promise… so that our teachers […]
LEARNING FROM THE PAST AND UNDERSTANDING THE LAW ON SCHOOL SECURITY
By David Nash, Esq., LEGAL ONE Director Learning from the Past Regrettably, this latest school shooting is not an isolated incident. It is important to learn from prior experiences and the trends that have […]
NJPSA Announces Winners of the 2022 Visionary Leadership Awards
Christopher Turnbull, Principal of Bear Tavern Elementary School in the Hopewell Valley School District, was named Visionary Principal of the Year, Elementary Level; Stella Nwanguma, Principal of Winslow Township Middle School, was named Visionary […]
NJ Schools Were Facing a Staffing Crisis Before COVID. Now, the Challenges Are Daunting
What if we have been looking at the staffing shortages in our schools all wrong? No substitutes? They’ll come back after COVID-19. No bus drivers? Adjustments to licensing requirements will increase the candidate pool. […]
NJPSA Applauds Governor Murphy’s Strong Commitment to Public Education in State Budget Address
Governor Murphy’s Budget Address Supports Education Through Full State Aid Formula Payment, Preschool Expansion, Full Educator Pension Payment and School Infrastructure Funding for FY 2023 Budget This afternoon, Governor Phil Murphy gave the […]
NJPSA Update: School Mask Mandate Ending March 7
Yesterday afternoon, Governor Murphy announced his plan to lift the mask mandate in all New Jersey schools effective March 7, citing the declining numbers of new cases of COVID-19, the decrease in the number […]