March 19, 2024
The fiscal year 2025 budget season continued its busy pace over the last week as the Senate Education Committee heard testimony from invited guests, including the New Jersey School Boards Association, regarding the school funding formula.
March 12, 2024
Monday, March 11 was a particularly busy day for education activity at the State House.
March 05, 2024
On Monday, March 4, the Assembly Education Committee met to advance a package of bills aimed at improving teacher recruitment and retention. The Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee also held a hearing on food insecurity.
February 27, 2024
On Feb. 22, the Assembly Consumer Affairs and Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens committees heard various bills related to student health and safety.
February 20, 2024
The Senate Education Committee approved a bill that would provide certain school districts with tax levy growth cap flexibility. The full Senate also met and advanced a bill that would establish a New Jersey Educator Evaluation Review Task Force and temporarily suspend development of student growth objectives.
January 17, 2024
On Tuesday, Jan. 16, Gov. Phil Murphy signed various education measures into law. Any bills that he did not sign were pocket vetoed.
January 09, 2024
On Monday, Jan. 8, both the Senate and General Assembly convened for their final voting sessions of the 2022-2023 legislative session and sent over a dozen education-related measures to the governor. The governor also recently signed into law or conditionally vetoed several other items affecting school districts.
January 03, 2024
On Dec. 21, 2023, the Senate and Assembly met and granted final legislative approval to several education measures, sending them to Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk for further action. The governor also signed two previously conditionally vetoed bills into law.
December 19, 2023
Several legislative committees , including the Senate and Assembly Education committees, met and advanced various measures over the past week that could land on the governor’s desk before the current session ends next month.
December 12, 2023
Over the past week, both the Senate and General Assembly held voting sessions, and several committees also met and advanced a handful of bills affecting local school districts.