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February 15, 2023

New Jersey Departments of Education, Children & Families Issue Joint Statement on Death of Central Regional High School Student

New Jersey Acting Education Commissioner Dr. Angelica Allen-McMillan and New Jersey Department of Children and Families Commissioner Christine Norbut Beyer, M.S.W., issued the following joint […]
November 16, 2022

Three New Jersey Superintendents Reject Murphy’s Plan to Dismantle School-Based Mental Health Programs

Ed. Note: This is an op-ed by James Earle, Superintendent of Trenton Public Schools; Thomas Trongone, Superintendent of Millville Public Schools,  and David M. Aderhold, […]
October 21, 2022

Legislative Black and Latino Caucuses Condemn Murphy’s Plan to Eliminate School-Based Youth Services Programs

The New Jersey Legislature’s Joint Committee on the Public Schools, statutorily empowered with oversight of its public schools, convened a virtual hearing Wednesday to examine […]
October 21, 2022

Legislators and Mental Health Advocates Condemn Murphy Administration’s Plan to Close School-Based Youth Services Programs

Gov. Phil Murphy is the target of much criticism for his what these legislators in the press release below call an “absurd proposal” to eliminate […]
September 7, 2022

NJ Policy Perspective: Black Students Have Less Access to Mental Health Staff Than Ever While White/Asian Students Have More

Despite heightened focus on mental health for students since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Black students actually have less access to mental health staff […]