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NJASA Legal Department Research Services - February 2024
On October 3, 2023, the State Board adopted revisions to the New Jersey Student Learning Standards. The Standards are intended to provide a foundation from which school districts are to build a coherent curriculum to prepare students with the knowledge and skills necessary to be successful citizens. In addition, the Legislature has enacted statutes that expressly require the teaching of certain subject matter as part of a public school’s curriculum. This Administrative Guide is the first part of a series that discusses the elements of Public School Curriculum Mandates.The School News Briefs reviews three new cases including one in which the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey held that a school district’s world cultures and geography curriculum that included material on Islam did not violate the Constitution’s Establishment Clause.
The February Impact on Negotiations also discusses three new cases including one in which PERC restrained arbitration of a grievance challenging a board’s decision not to restore previously withheld increments, but permitted arbitration of the issue of the proper salary guide placement for teachers whose increments were withheld.
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