Mila Jasey

A month after the State Board of Education raised the score needed to pass the new NJGPA, an Assembly panel voted to make it a field test for current juniors.

A bill in position to reach Gov. Phil Murphy next week would allow retired teachers to draw a salary and their pension simultaneously.

Assembly panel advances bills requiring training on remote learning for teaching candidates and professional development for current teachers.

Backers of a bill that would solidify and expand abortion rights in New Jersey are demanding that the proposal gets heard in the Legislature this month.

A proposed foreclosure prevention program would let the state HMFA or its contractors could purchase eligible properties or mortgage assets.

Nine bills advance through Assembly committees aimed at preparing for what one lawmaker calls New Jersey's next crisis.

At a hearing skipped by the Murphy administration, legislators suggest time and effort this summer might be better spent improving remote learning.

"We are very serious about the nature and the power of COVID-19," Kathryn Foster, president of The College of New Jersey, said during a hearing held by the Assembly Higher Education Committee.

Latest version of legislation that dates to 2012 would put state HMFA in charge of program, funded through $350 fee on most foreclosures.

Seniors in 2021 and 2022 could delay graduation, mixing community college courses and high school extracurricular activities and spring sports, if law enacted.

Bills already approved by the Assembly getting hearings as session nears the end. They include meetings with psychologists for oft-suspended students.

Joint Committee on the Public Schools explores parental involvement in education in a Statehouse hearing.