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School-Board-Notes – June 30, 2026

Lead Story: Legislature Adopts Fiscal Year 2027 Spending Plan in Last-Minute Votes.

(School Board Notes is now on a by-weekly schedule for July and August.

The next issue is scheduled for distribution on July 15.) For NJSBA Education News anytime, visit the NJSBA website homepage, and scroll down to News and Resource.

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Chalkbeat

Randi Weingarten wanted Newark to prove her wrong on AI in the classroom, but it didn’t

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten toured a Newark school hoping it would prove her wrong about AI in schools. Instead, it confirmed her concerns.

NJ.com

NJ.’s capital city to have 2 new schools by 2028 (on MSN.com)

Construction is under way for a new elementary school and intermediate school in Trenton on the site of Grace A. Dunn Middle School, with the project carrying an estimated price tag of $89.4 million.

New Jersey Monitor

NJ funds schools to build pipeline of air traffic controllers amid ongoing shortage Three colleges in NJ split $3.5M in state funding to expand aviation training and help reduce a national shortage of air traffic controllers.

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Montclair Local

Montclair Schools End Education Benefit for Staffers’ Kids Amid Budget Crisis

Starting in the next academic year, Montclair Public Schools will no longer offer tuition-free enrollment for the nonresident children of staff members, ending a benefit the district had maintained before and during its recent fiscal crisis..

TAPinto.net

Jefferson Township School District Set to Receive $250K in State Aid Appropriations

The Jefferson Township School District has received a $250,000 appropriation included in the New Jersey State budget that was approved on June 30.

We Now Have LESS Than Three Weeks to File Nominating Petitions for South Orange Maplewood Board of Education

Now is the time to consider candidacy for the SOMSD Board of Education. The deadline for a candidate to file a nominating petition with the county clerk for his or her name to appear on the ballot during the Nov. 3, 2026, school board election is 4 p.m. on Monday, July 27. 

The SandPaper

Beach Haven Students Wax Historic As the United States prepares to commemorate the 250th anniversary of its founding in 2026, the Beach Haven School has participated in New Jersey’s Revolutionary Schools Initiative, a statewide program developed through the N.J. Department of Education and RevolutionNJ.