• Executive Order Establishes Task Force to Address Public School Staff Shortages

  Gov. Phil Murphy announced at the annual New Jersey Education Association convention on Nov. 10 that he has signed an executive order establishing a task force to help address the challenges facing our educational workforce.

  

• Letter to State Directors of Special Education Focuses on Helping Highly Mobile Children with Disabilities

  On Nov. 10, the U.S. Department of Education released a letter to state directors of special education with resources, guidance and important principles to help highly-mobile children with disabilities.

• Position Open: Full-Time Field Service Representative (Newly Created Position)

  The New Jersey School Boards Association is seeking a full-time field service representative to meet the specific needs of local school boards in the northern part of the state.

• Position Open: Legal Counsel, Human Resources Professional

  The New Jersey School Boards Association is seeking a legal counsel/human resources professional to join its team.

• Gov. Phil Murphy Meets with Education Group

  On Wednesday, Nov. 2, Gov. Phil Murphy met with members of the LEE Group, a group of New Jersey educational organizations. Among the attendees were Irene LeFebvre, president of the New Jersey School Boards Association; and Dr. Timothy Purnell, NJSBA's...

• Highlights from NJSBA’s Board of Directors Meeting: Nov. 4, 2022

  The New Jersey School Boards Association’s board of directors met in-person and virtually on Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. President Irene LeFebvre presided over the meeting from the Association’s headquarters in Trenton.  

• NJSBA Video Honor’s Calvin Back’s 60 Years of Board Service

  Leaders in education share their admiration for Calvin Back, who has served on the Middle Township Board of Education for 60 years, including 30 years as president, in a New Jersey School Boards Association video.

• Governor Signs Legislation Expanding Access to STEM Education

  Signed amid a nationwide teacher shortage, the law – S-2563 – will incentivize public school STEM teachers to participate in the program and ensure that nonpublic school students have access to STEM education.

• It’s Time to Review Your 2022 Every Student Succeeds Act Accountability Profiles

  The New Jersey Department of Education announced in an advisory the opening of the embargo period for local educational agency and school leads to access and review their 2022 Every Student Succeeds Act Accountability Profiles.

• NJSDA and NJDOE Announce $350M Grant Program for Regular Operating Districts

  Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation on June 30 that includes a direct appropriation of $350 million to the New Jersey Schools Development Authority to provide funding for grant projects in regular operating districts.