Archive for Tag: public schools

DiMaio calls for special session to protect parental rights

TRENTON, N.J. – It’s back to school for New Jersey students and teachers this week. It should also be back to Trenton for state legislators, says Assembly Republican Leader John DiMaio. He is calling on Senate President Nick Scutari and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin to put to vote a...

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Clifton and Sauickie want rhetoric on school’s transgender policy corrected

TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblymen Rob Clifton and Alex Sauickie want to correct the record on recent reports that boards of education in their district are harming transgender students. On June 22, Attorney General Matt Platkin filed civil rights complaints less than 48 hours after the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District...

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Assembly green lights Thomson and Kean bills addressing school bus driver shortages

TRENTON, N.J. – The General Assembly on Thursday passed two bills, sponsored by Assemblymen Ned Thomson and Sean Kean, giving school districts more tools to tackle bus driver shortages by streamlining the licensure process and allowing non-CDL drivers to transport students on certain buses. Under the first bill (A3564), school...

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In wake of Uvalde, Republicans push back on law limiting police presence at polling places

TRENTON, N.J. – In the wake of the mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Assembly Republican members DeAnne DeFuccio and Robert Auth want to put police officers back into public schools being used as polling places during elections. In January 2022, Gov. Phil Murphy enacted a law that bans...

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