School Board Notes

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

The awards recognize organizations that held stellar virtual and hybrid events on the vFairs platform, which included more than 2,000 events, serving more than 1.5 million attendees from over 150 countries in 2021.

With a focus on school finance, the latest session drew more than 50 attendees who moved between different breakout rooms that focused on specific finance topics. At the end of the program, attendees met back in a main room where...

On Jan. 10, 2022, Gov. Phil Murphy signed Senate Bill 3726, concerning school security drills and supplementing Chapter 41 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

The U.S. Department of Education recently released a new fact sheet highlighting ways states and school districts are using American Rescue Plan funds to reengage students and enhance academic learning by expanding career and technical education opportunities.