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.
After appearing before the Assembly Budget Committee on April 24, Acting New Jersey Education Commissioner Kimberley Harrington testified before the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee…
The commissioner of education recently issued nine decisions on subjects ranging from board member conflict of interest to student residency and suspension of teaching certification.…
Seven creative special education programs were honored at the Innovations in Special Education Awards on May 8. The awards are sponsored by the New Jersey…
The opioid crisis, and the role that schools and communities can play in combatting it, were discussed at a recent NJSBA conference, “The Opioid Crisis:…
On May 3, state Superior Court Judge Mary C. Jacobson dismissed a lawsuit brought by a half-dozen Newark parents, who claimed that New Jersey’s “last…
On May 1, the governor signed into law P.L.2017, c.45, which permits newly-created regional school districts or enlarging regional school districts to determine apportionment methodology…
The New Jersey School Boards Association will host its second annual School Security and Student Safety Conference on Friday, June 2, offering security strategies and…
The Hudson and Middlesex county school boards associations each recently welcomed state legislators to meetings, to discuss topics of importance to New Jersey’s public schools.…
New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney will be the keynote speaker at the NJSBA/NJPTA Legislative Day on Thursday, May 25, 2017. The event will be…
County school boards associations celebrated the achievements of board members, and boards, at recent meetings. The Salem County School Boards…
The end of another school year is quickly approaching. Again this school year, the New Jersey Personnel Administrators Association (PAA) has provided a forum where…
At its recent May meeting, the New Jersey State Board of Education heard a variety of updates and took action on a number of items.…
Recently Dr. Lawrence S. Feinsod, NJSBA executive director, and Don Webster Jr., NJSBA president, presented Lt. Col. Edward Croot with a commemorative NJSBA flag to…
The New Jersey School Boards Association, a leader in providing training and services to 5,000 local board of education members and charter school trustees, is…
Request for Proposals for Offering 21st Century Ready K-12 Classroom Products And Services to the Membership of the NJSBA Notice is hereby given that sealed…
In accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, notice is hereby provided of a meeting of the New Jersey School Boards Association’s Audit Committee. The…