The Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee held legislation S-817 (Smith) which seeks to “establishes temperature control guidelines and standards for school facilities.” NJPSA voiced concerns with the legislation seeking amendment to the bill. Specifically […]
NJPSA Comments on Use of Free & Reduced Lunch Metric As A Proxy for an At-Risk Determination Under SFRA
NJPSA submitted comments to the Governor’s Education Funding Task Force earlier this week imploring the group to carefully consider any recommended changes to the School Funding Reform Act around the use of free and […]
NJ Supreme Court Rules Pension Legislation Violates Constitution as to Judge's Compensation
The New Jersey Supreme Court rules July 24 that P.L.2011 c.78 more commonly known as the pensions and benefits reform legislation violates the New Jersey Constitution as to the compensation of currently sitting judges […]
NJPSA and Other Ed Stakeholder Urges the DOE to Hold Off On Proposed Charter Changes
Members of the LEE group including NJPSA issued a letter to Acting Commissioner Christopher Cerf July 11 urging the Department of Education to hold off on approval of two virtual charter schools in light […]
Committee Approves Disability Pension Legislation Changes
The Senate State Government Committee released bill S-1913 (Sweeney) May 14. The legislation would tighten the criteria and the process by which disability pensions are granted in the various pension systems including the Teachers’ […]
State Commission of Investigation Issues Investigative Report on Cost of Union Work
In recent months the State Commission of Investigation (SCI) turned its investigatory lens to the issue of cost implications of union representation and on May 9 2012 issued a culminating report “Union Work Public […]
Treasurer Says State Sees No Savings from Benefit Reform
According to testimony by the State Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff May 9 New Jersey won’t see the savings the Governor predicted benefit reforms would bring this year because public workers are not buying into lower-cost/lower-benefit […]
The Walls Have Ears: Recording Conversations in School
This memorandum addresses the number of questions received concerning the recording of conversations in schools. In Maurice River Twp. Bd. of Ed. the Appellate Division of Superior Court determined that the local teachers association […]
Acting Gov Names 7 to Taskforce Examining Use of Free & Reduced Price Lunch for Determining "At-Risk" Students
Acting Governor Kim Guadagno named seven people to the New Jersey Education Funding Task Force April 4. The task force formed by the Governor earlier this year in conjunction with the release of state […]
Judges Pension & Benefit Case Before NJ Supreme Court
The question of whether Gov. Chris Christie and the Legislature can order judges to pay 9 percent more toward their pensions is expected to be heard by the New Jersey Supreme Court March 26. […]