NJDOE has invited us to provide comments on the proposed  Computer Science, Innovation, and Society Student Learning Standards (NJSLS-CSIS).

Here are links to the proposed standards unofficial version (easier to read) and official version (has more details as to revisions)

Here is an email to send in your comments - NJSLSReview@doe.nj.gov due no later than February 27.

It is important that you share your comments if you have concerns, as the approved standards will be in place for 5 years. Also nice to share positive feedback.

Share your testimony about the standards in the public session, at one of three locations.

The New Jersey State Board of Education will hold three public hearings to receive comments on the draft revisions to the New Jersey Student Learning Standards (NJSLS) in five subject areas: Career Readiness, Life Literacies and Key Skills, Science, Computer Science and Design Thinking, World Languages, and Visual and Performing Arts. 

The Southern Regional Public Hearing will be held at Camden County College, 200 College Drive, Blackwood, NJ 08012 in the Connector Building, Room 105, Civic Hall at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, January 13, 2026. Members of the public seeking to testify in person may register online by noon on Thursday, January 8, 2026. 

The Northern Regional Public Hearing will be held at Essex County Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology, 498-544 West Market Street, Newark, NJ 07107 in the Father Edwin D. Leahy Auditorium at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, January 28, 2026. Members of the public seeking to testify in person may register online by noon on Thursday, January 22, 2026. 

The Central Regional Public Hearing will be held at the Department of Education, 100 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, NJ 08625 in the first floor conference room at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, February 4, 2026. Members of the public seeking to testify in person may register online by noon on Thursday, January 29, 2026. 

Thank you to the members of our computer science community who worked with 

NJDOE to develop these standards.