Legislature

3-13-14 Education and Related State Budget Issues in the News

1-14-14 Education in Governor Christie's State of the Stae Message today

1-14-14 Education bills in Lame Duck

1-3-14 First Legislative Week of the New Year

September 2013 - Recently Introduced Legislation

7-3-13 What's Been Happening... GSCS Catch Up-Catch All

6-28-13 Dyslexia bills pass in Senate...now go to Gov's desk for signature

6-27-13 Last day of legislative session before summer break - education bills on the agenda

6-20-13 Stay Tuned...State Budget FY'14 Finalized, in Budget Committees Today...Senate Education Comm OK'd Special Education Package of Bills Yesterday

6-19-13 State Budget Nears Agreement...SDA Fees to be Reduced

6-19-13 Special Education on Senate Education Committee Agenda Today

6-18-13 Today - Senate Budget Committee Scheduled to Hear Legislature's Proposed Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2013-2014

6-7-13 In the News - Resolution to Extend Evaluations Process...School Board Candidates Waning

5-24-13 Legislation - Diegnan Charter Bill Controversial....Teacher endorsement bill discussed

3-7-13In the News - Subcontracting bill Issue...School Construction Numbers

2-13-13 Assembly Voting Session for 2-14-13

2-12-13 'Full-day kindergarten great, but costly, idea'

2-2-13 NY Times –editorial- More Lessons About Charter Schools

2-1-13 Bullying Decision in the News

Members Only - GSCS Notes on Senate Education Committee Dialogues with Commissioner Cerf 1-28-13

1-28-13 Commissioner Cerf converses with Senate Education Committee

1-29-13 Bills related to schools that passed in NJ Assembly yesterday

Legislative Calendar January - March 2013, as released December 19, 2012

GSCS Testimony on Hurricane Sandy before Assembly Education Comm - Aftermath and Suggestions

Assembly Education Committee Meeting Thursday, 12-13-12, 1 pm

Legislative Calendar for December 2012, as of 12-3-12 pm

Credo Study of NJ Charter Schools by Stanford Univ 12-11-17

Educator Evaluation Update Memo from Dept of Education 11-13-12

10-25-12 Late Morning Breaking News - 'Court sides with state on salary cap case'

Legislative Issues

In Play: Current Bills and Issues

Education Reform Issues

September 2013 - Recently Introduced Legislation

Sept 2013 – Recently introduced legislation:

S2981 Ruiz Requires State Board to adopt standards and benchmarks of performance for the improvement of teacher preparation programs and teacher certification candidates who complete the programs and develop a program rating system. (This bill has already been introduced in the Assembly)

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A4376 Burzichelli (D-3)
Prohibits boards of education from charging students a fee to participate in extracurricular activities.

A4385 Gusciora (D-15)
Provides that a school business administrator appointed by a school district after a certain date will not be eligible for tenure and may be dismissed pursuant to the terms of the employment contract.

A4406 Fuentes (D-5)
Requires public school districts to provide CPR training and certification as part of curriculum; requires DOE to provide CPR instructor training; requires certain teachers to obtain training in CPR instruction.

A4451 Singleton (D-7)
Establishes a loan redemption program for public school teachers who meet certain academic requirements and teach Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics subjects or special education.

A4452 Singleton (D-7)
Requires State Board of Education to adopt standards and benchmarks of performance for the improvement of teacher preparation programs and teacher certification candidates who complete the programs, and develop a program rating system.

The following bill was recently proposed for introduction in the Assembly. It has also been proposed in the Senate.

A4403 Albano (D-1)

Establishes Common Core State Standards Evaluation Task Force; delays use of assessments developed by Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers until task force submits final report.