Government Relations
NJPSA is your representative before the U.S. Congress, State Legislature, Governor’s Office, State Board of education and other federal and state agencies on all issues affecting the quality of public education in the state. NJPSA’s Government Relations (GR) staff analyzes, monitors, and participates in the legislative and regulatory process advocating on your behalf on proposed legislation, code provisions, and policies affecting public schools and school leaders.
The GR staff develops association positions and advocacy priorities through direct interaction with NJPSA members through NJPSA committees, member surveys, and meetings. By developing trusting relationships with the decision makers at all levels of government, the GR staff has access to those who ultimately write, pass, and uphold legislation that affect YOU, your staff, and your school. NJPSA’s GR team communicates these views formally through official testimony during legislative committee hearings and Board meetings, as well as informally through conversations with State and federal lawmakers.
NJPSA Election Center
Our NJPSA Election Center provides updates before, during, and just after the General Election.
NJPSA-PAC
Through NJPSA’s Political Action Committee (NJPSA-PAC), which is funded through member contributions, your Government Relations team is able to maintain a strong and consistent presence with our State Legislature, providing political contributions to help support elected officials who support educational leaders, students, and schools. The NJPSA does not endorse candidates.
NJPSA Action and Updates
State Board of Education Grapples with Controversial Start Strong Assessments and Certification Code at August Meeting
By Debra Bradley, Esq. NJPSA Director of Government Relations The lazy, hazy days of summer seemed finished for sure as the State Board of Education held its August 3 meeting yesterday for about seven [...]
State House Wrap-Up Week of July 5, 2022
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 [...]
New State Budget Enacted for 2022-23 Fiscal Year
On Wednesday, June 29, 2022, the State Legislature passed a new State Budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year, which the Governor signed on June 30th in Cranford surrounded by legislative leaders. The passage and [...]
State House Wrap-Up Week of June 20, 2022
The New Jersey Legislature has yet to agree to a finalized state budget. Nonetheless, the Statehouse is bustling with movement and meetings. Senate Education Committee Action On Monday, June 20th, the Senate Education Committee [...]
State House Wrap Up Week of June 6th, 2022
The annual June flurry of legislative activity continues at the NJ Statehouse. On Thursday, June 9th, both the State Senate and the General Assembly had full committee schedules. The Assembly Education Committee, the Assembly [...]
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 [...]
State House Wrap-Up Week of May 23, 2022
Jennie Lamon, NJPSA Assistant Director of Government Relations The New Jersey Statehouse is bustling, as committees have resumed their full schedules, the Legislature is wrangling with the state budget, and public groups are once [...]
State House Wrap-Up Week of May 16, 2022
The Assembly Education Committee, and more than a dozen other Legislative Committees, convened at the Statehouse to hear and move bills on Thursday, May 19th. Following are measures affecting New Jersey school districts that [...]