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Committee advances bill to create state-run educator common application and web portal; private vendor voices concerns
Summary
The Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee released Assembly Bill 3864 and related Senate measures to require an educator common application and web portal. A private vendor, NewJerseySchoolJobs.com, testified with concerns about duplication and urged focus on teacher pipeline issues rather than creating a state platform.
The Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee voted to release Assembly Bill 3864 and identical Senate measures that would require the commissioner of education to establish and maintain a statewide educator common application and web portal. The committee advanced the measure after testimony from multiple stakeholders, including a New Jersey-based private job board that urged caution.
Todd Lawrence, founder of NewJerseySchoolJobs.com, testified as a private citizen representing his business and said he was neither formally for nor against the bill but raised concerns about duplicating existing private…
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