Since 1953, New Jersey’s weekly education news report has offered up-to-date information on legislation, court decisions and other developments affecting school districts.
The New Jersey School Boards Association commended a recent New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) decision on employee contributions to health benefit premiums under…
On Aug. 18, New Jersey’s second-highest court reversed a lower court ruling to the contrary and held that when a school district posts an agenda…
Recently, the School Ethics Commission issued two public advisory opinions regarding board of education member conduct. Lead Volunteer In Advisory Opinion A10-15, made public at…
In a recent decision, Mine Hill Board of Education v. Dover Board of Education, the Appellate Division of the State Superior Court upheld a 2013…
The New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division has issued a decision in a case involving the Robbinsville Township Board of Education which provides important clarification…
A late-arriving Labor Day – the holiday falls on Sept. 7 – is helping send many New Jersey school districts back to class earlier this…
Local board members, and members of the New Jersey School Boards Association’s governmental relations staff have been meeting with state legislators in their district offices…
School board members and charter school trustees may either fulfill their 2015 mandated training or take advantage of the opportunity to fulfill their 2016 requirement…
In accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, notice is hereby provided of a meeting of the New Jersey School Boards Association’s Executive Committee. The…
The New Jersey School Ethics Commission (SEC) has issued a string of recent decisions and advisory opinions that dramatically alter the school ethics landscape. NJSBA,…
Verizon’s App Challenge, a nationwide contest that challenges students to develop concepts for mobile apps that solve a problem in their community, has opened. The…