The New Jersey Department of Education recently released the 2022 Taxpayers’ Guide to Education Spending to help New Jersey residents and interested citizens learn more about the spending practices of school districts across the state.
The fiscal year 2023 Appropriations Act includes $420 million of extraordinary special education aid to reimburse districts for costs incurred in fiscal year 2022 (the 2021-2022 school year).
Gov. Phil Murphy recently signed a law that requires the State Board of Education to administer the New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment as a field test for the class of 2023, according to a broadcast memo from the New Jersey...
The New Jersey School Boards Association encourages students to submit entries to the Garden State Film Festival’s student submission category, “New Jersey Hometown Documentary Short.”
New guidance helps public elementary and secondary schools fulfill their responsibilities to meet the needs of students with disabilities and avoid the discriminatory use of student discipline.
Patricia Rees, who began at the New Jersey School Boards Association as a county activities coordinator for the state’s northern 11 counties in 2015, has joined the field services department.
On July 1, the New Jersey School Boards Association officially welcomed Dr. Timothy J. Purnell as its ninth executive director. He succeeded Dr. Lawrence S. Feinsod, who retired effective June 30.
The Division of Local Government Services has issued a Notice of Special Adoption and Concurrent Proposal for the Department of Community Affairs’ design-build regulations, which were published in the July 5th edition of the New Jersey Register.
Lauren Knopp, a rising senior at Ocean City High School in Cape May County, will be the State Board of Education student representative for the 2022-2023 school year.
Specifically, two of these decisions further clarified a code of ethics that states, “I will recognize that authority rests with the board of education and will make no personal promises nor take any private action that may compromise the board.”
