New Report: New Jersey School Funding: The Higher the Goals, the Higher the Costs
Read the Report from New Jersey Policy Perspective HERE
Defend NJ’s Immigrant Trust Directive
New Jerseyans are safer when local police aren’t forced to perform federal immigration enforcement. New Jersey Parents Caucus (NJPC), along with 45 other community organizations, has joined with the ACLU as they filed a brief this month in federal court … Continued
New Jersey Adopts Rules for Seclusion and Restraint for Students with Disabilities
On his final days in office, NJ Governor Chris Christie signed into law a measure that establishes requirements for use of restraint and seclusion on students with disabilities in special education. The bipartisan bill, which was passed unanimously in both … Continued
Thank you for Signing Onto Letter Opposing Family Separation at the Border
Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2018 3:55 PM Subject: Thank you for Signing Onto Letter Opposing Family Separation at the Border All, Whether you joined in January or within the last few weeks, thank you for signing on to this letter, … Continued
Challenging Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System
A state coalition has developed to promote policy solutions for the racial disparity that underlies the state’s juvenile and criminal justice systems. The initiative has coalesced around authorizing racial impact statements as a policy goal. Racial impact statements are a tool for lawmakers to … Continued
2015 State Legislative Sessions: An Update on Nationwide Juvenile Justice Reforms to Protect Youth from the Adult Criminal Justice System
In New Jersey, the Governor recently signed Senate Bill 2003. This bill includes numerous provisions that drastically improve juvenile justice in New Jersey. First, this bill increases the minimum age at which a youth can be tried as an adult from … Continued
The Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015
This legislation was introduced by a bipartisan group of senators led by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Assistant Democratic Leader Dick Durbin. Among other provisions, it would: end juvenile life without parole in the federal justice system by … Continued
The House Appropriations Subcommittee Proposal DEFUNDS Juvenile Justice Programs!
This means: No federal dollars for prevention programs! No resources for evidence-based interventions for at-risk youth! No core protections for kids in the system! CALL HOUSE APPROPRIATORS TODAY! There is BIPARTISAN SUPPORT in the Senate for legislation to reauthorize these … Continued
Coalition for Juvenile Justice – Pending Bills
S. 381, the Bringing Missing Children Home Act of 2015, would require that a portion of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s grant to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children be used to establish a cyber … Continued
Let’s get more members of Congress involved in the dialogue on meaningful mental health reform
Representative Paul Tonko (D-NY) wrote an opinion letter on the topic of mental health reform for The Hill website earlier this week. Members of Congress, just like the American public they represent, have widely divergent views on how to approach … Continued