Gov. Phil Murphy announced the signing of Executive Order No. 292 at a March 4 media briefing, which lifts the COVID-19 public health emergency in addition to the statewide school and daycare mask mandate, effective March 7.
James Sena, a former president of the Warren Township Board of Education in Somerset County, died at home March 5. He was 66 years old.
The NJSBA's Executive Director Search Committee has been formed and has taken its first steps toward finding a replacement for Dr. Lawrence S. Feinsod, who is retiring as the Association’s executive director.
The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention recently revised its masking guidance to suggest that most people in the United States do not have to wear masks indoors, including on school buses.
Leaders from the New Jersey School Boards Association teamed up with experts from Sustainable Jersey and other stakeholders from the education community to release the “Report on K-12 Climate Change Needs in New Jersey,” during a Feb. 28 virtual news...
Voters will head to the polls for a special election March 8 to decide various school construction proposals – and they will also elect two board members for a district that has switched from being a Type 1 to a...
The Legislative Committee of the New Jersey School Boards Association held a virtual meeting Saturday, Feb. 26, with state Sen. Vin Gopal of Legislative District 11, chair of the Senate Education Committee, addressing stakeholders on a variety of issues.
The School Ethics Commission recently released 10 new advisory opinions. Through advisory opinions, the SEC opines on whether a board member’s prospective conduct would violate the School Ethics Act. This article is the second of a two-part series discussing these...
At the hearing, NJSBA’s Vincent DeLucia, educator-in-residence, and John Burns, senior legislative counsel, presented testimony outlining recent legislative efforts to alleviate the teacher shortage and pressed the Legislature to consider further changes to meet the needs of school districts.
On Monday, Feb. 28, the Assembly gave final legislative approval to a bill that would give parents and school districts additional time to settle any disputes concerning the provision of special education services while schools were providing instruction in a...