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A1439 • 2026

Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring student growth objectives to evaluate teachers.

Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring student growth objectives to evaluate teachers.

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Simonsen, Erik K.
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring student growth objectives to evaluate teachers.

Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring student growth objectives to evaluate teachers.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring student growth objectives to evaluate teachers.
  • Topic: Education Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring student growth objectives to evaluate teachers.
Topic:
Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1439

ASSEMBLY, No. 1439

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman ERIK K. SIMONSEN

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen McClellan and DiMaio

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring
student growth objectives to evaluate teachers.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

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An Act
concerning student growth objectives and supplementing
chapter 6 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� Notwithstanding any law,
rule, or regulation to the contrary, the State Board of Education shall not
require student growth objectives, or any substantially similar assessment, as
part of the evaluation of any teacher.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill prohibits the State
Board of Education from requiring the completion of student growth objectives
as part of the evaluation of any teacher.

���� Under current law, the State
Board of Education sets the minimum standards for the teacher evaluation
rubric. The student achievement component of the teacher evaluation rubric
currently utilizes �student growth objectives,� which are multiple assessments
designed by teachers to measure student progress in relation to the New Jersey
Student Learning Standards. Student growth objectives account for between 15
and 50 percent of a teacher�s overall evaluation.

���� Under the bill, the State
Board of Education would be prohibited from requiring student growth
objectives, or any substantially similar assessment, as part of the evaluation
of any teacher.