Education Issues Forum Cancelled

Date for forum conflicted with other events, including an anti-vouchers rally.

The information session for hot education issues currently in the legislature has been canceled because of conflicts with other events, including an anti-vouchers rally on the same day.

Superintendents of the Livingston, , , and school districts had planned to host a regional legislative forum on Wednesday on such as teacher tenure and evaluation, charter schools and - legislation that could come up in the so-called "lame duck" session.

The school districts had invited elected officials from both the 21^st and 27^th legislative districts to share their perspectives on important pending legislation that may be voted on during the upcoming session, but legislators had conflicts with the date.

This Wednesday, a coalition of parents, pro-public education grassroots organizations and education advocates is holding a rally to demonstrate the  resident opposition to taxpayer funded vouchers for private and religious education. Several legislators are expected to attend.

The rally begins at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the auditorium of Franklin L. Williams Middle School (P.S. #7) at 222 Laidlaw Avenue in Jersey City.