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| April 2, 2008 • Vol. XXXI • No. 32 |
 State Approves $33 Million in Budget Cap Waivers NJSBA Urges Action on Paid Family Leave NJSBA Extends Condolences to Bilik Family State Faces $133 Million Budget Shortfall New Jersey Tops Nation in Preschool Funding Click here for a pdf version of this issue of School Board Notes |
State Approves $33 Million in Budget Cap Waivers The New Jersey Department of Education approved $33.2 million in cap waivers last month, or approximately 57 percent of the amount requested by local districts. |
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| NJSBA Urges Action on Paid Family Leave NJSBA continues to voice opposition to the Paid Family Leave Bill, which would allow workers to apply for leave to care for a sick relative or a newborn or newly adopted child, collecting a maximum of $525 a week. |
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| NJSBA Extends Condolences to Bilik Family Paul Bilik, the husband of New Jersey School Boards Association Executive Director Marie Bilik, died Monday, March 31. |
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| State Faces $133 Million Budget Shortfall The budget introduced by Gov. Jon Corzine in February has begun winding its way through the State Legislature’s review process—amid an increasingly bleak outlook in state revenues. |
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| New Jersey Tops Nation in Preschool Funding New Jersey leads the nation in funding preschool programs, according to a recent report by the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER). |
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