Summary

New Jersey SB 3000 (Open States or New Jersey Legislature), is the state’s appropriations bill for fiscal year 2013-2014. The bill appropriates $1.7 million to establish an Education Innovation Fund and $1.7 million for a Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems Research Grant.

Legislative Analysis

SB 3000 appropriates $1.7 million for an Education Innovation Fund. This fund would serve two main purposes: 1) Provide merit-based aid to recognize and reward the highest performing districts and schools, and 2) Provide funding that schools and districts could apply for to implement reforms designed to address their targeted problem areas. The intent is that successful reforms would be shared and scaled up to the state level.

The legislation also designates $1.7 million for a Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems Research Grant. This system, the NJ Standards Measurement and Resource for Teaching (NJ SMART), is a comprehensive statewide longitudinal data system that serves multiple purposes: staff/student identification, data warehousing, data reporting, and analytics. Its intent is to provide the data quality and capacity necessary for supporting systemic and sustained data use at the state, district, school, and classroom levels.

Legislative History

Detailed Vote History: Legiscan |  Open States

Approved by Governor Chris Christie on 6/28/2013