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The state could provide emergency aid to districts facing aid cuts. The Legislature could also allow bigger property tax hikes or new payroll taxes.

Around three-fourths of school districts that applied for extra state aid this year were turned down. Spending on emergency aid dropped by two-thirds.

In the 2017-2018 school year, 56 percent of New Jersey's 1.4 million students served were students of color, while teachers of color represented just 16 percent of the educator workforce.

29 High Schools in NJ will split $2 million in grant money.

The state Board of Education endorsed scaling back high school standardized exams from seven to five – but not to three, as the Murphy administration sought.

Lawmakers questioned Gov. Phil Murphy's education officials on changes to how PARCC is used to assess high-school graduates and teachers.

A planned vote was postponed on changes related to standardized PARCC exams that would give students more alternatives to qualify for high-school graduation.

Lawmakers and the Murphy administration are looking at ways to improve school bus safety, following a crash lthat killed a student and teacher from Paramus.

NJEA says it isn't ignoring comments about sex abuse allegations – but that they're false and potentially misleading. Lawmakers have seen the raw video.

Meetings and focus groups aimed at developing a new assessment will start in May. But PARCC will still be around next year, and a new test will replace it.