June 21, 2023
On June 15, various Assembly committees met to advance several PreK-12 education bills. In addition, the Senate held a voting session on June 20 and voted to repeal the state residency requirement for school employees.
June 06, 2023
On June 1 and 5, various Senate and Assembly committees met to advance bills related to K-12 education, including a bill that would eliminate the high school graduation proficiency test.
May 30, 2023
On May 25, the full Assembly approved various education measures, including several bills from Assemblywoman Pam Lampitt’s package of proposals seeking to ease the teacher shortage and a measure expanding the scope of school district employee sick leave.
May 22, 2023
The Association urges members to contact their representatives in the General Assembly and respectfully request them to vote “No” when A-5060 comes up for a vote this week.
May 15, 2023
May 11 marked a busy day for the state Legislature as six committees met to advance various pieces of legislation concerning PreK-12 education.
May 09, 2023
On Monday, May 8, Gov. Phil Murphy signed A-1791/S-3306 (P.L.2023, c.47), which establishes a “Career and Technical Education Scholar Awards” program to recognize outstanding career and technical education students.
April 04, 2023
S-3732 offers additional funding to school districts that will see a reduction in school aid from the state in the fiscal year 2024 budget as a result of S-2.
March 27, 2023
Last week, various Assembly committees met and advanced several pieces of legislation concerning PreK-12 legislation, including the bill to mitigate state aid losses under S-2 and a bill that would expand the scope of allowable uses of sick leave for school district employees.
February 28, 2023
The last week has been an incredibly busy one at the State House. In this legislative update, the NJSBA's governmental relations team provides a detailed account of various measures that relate to education.
February 14, 2023
On Feb. 9 and 13, the Assembly Education and Senate Budget and Appropriations Committees, respectively, met to advance various pieces of legislation relating to PreK-12 education.