By Geoff Mulvihill. Associated Press.
TRENTON — The idea of making tenure tougher for New Jersey teachers to get and easier to lose took a big leap forward Monday when a state Senate committee advanced a bill and Gov. Christie endorsed it.
Bills on the issue have won committee approval in both chambers of the state’s Legislature in the last five days, with the support of the state’s education-advocacy cottage industry.
The Senate bill was put together by Teresa Ruiz (D., Essex), who worked out the details with groups representing a variety of interests. A stream of those advocates, including officials of two teacher unions and a socially conservative group, urged passage of the bill in testimony before the budget committee, which approved it unanimously.
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