Make no mistake, as your member of Congress, I will fight for the resources our students and teachers need to succeed.
Fight for the resources students and teachers need to succeed.
Occurrences
led all New Jersey Democrats to demand that the Department of Education reverse course on their decision to strip $85.5 million in federal funding from 20 New Jersey school districts
The federal government should be increasing funding for our students, teachers, and schools—but instead the Trump administration is ripping away necessary resources and existing infrastructure, leaving kids behind, and threatening the future of our economy and workforce.
Evidence
“Make no mistake, as your member of Congress, I will fight for the resources our students and teachers need to succeed. This means supporting federal funding to uplift teachers and address the issues they face head-on, expanding early childhood education programs, and investing in STEM and vocational training...”
McIver led New Jersey Democrats to demand the Department of Education reverse a decision to strip $85.5 million in federal funding from 20 New Jersey school districts. The release says the funds were “earmarked for vital capital improvements to ensure safe and healthy learning environments for students and teachers.”
The office announced that McIver secured over $10 million in federal Community Project Funding for NJ-10 through the FY2026 appropriations process, including funding for “educational programming,” a “Youth STEM Innovation and Exploration Program,” and a “Skilled Trades Training Center.” The release says this funding “has been enacted through the FY26 appropriations bills, which are now law.”
The cosponsors page lists Rep. McIver, LaMonica as an original cosponsor of H.Res.94, a resolution “expressing support for the Nation's local public K-12 schools and condemning any actions that would defund public education or weaken or dismantle the Department of Education.”
H.R. 2021 is titled “To provide grants to State educational agencies to support State efforts to increase teacher salaries, and for other purposes.” The bill text lists Rep. McIver, LaMonica as a cosponsor.
Assessments
McIver made concrete, relevant efforts to support students and teachers through federal education advocacy, cosponsorship of teacher-salary grant legislation, and opposition to cuts to public education funding. She also secured more than $10 million in enacted FY2026 Community Project Funding in NJ-10 for educational programming, STEM, and training, which directly helps student resources. The promise is broad and ongoing, so this supports partial fulfillment rather than a complete, measurable delivery of all the resources students and teachers need.
McIver promised to fight for education resources for students and teachers. The evidence shows same-term actions matching that promise: defending $85.5 million in federal school funding, cosponsoring teacher-salary grant legislation and a pro-public-education resolution, and securing enacted FY2026 Community Project Funding for educational programming, STEM, and skilled trades training in NJ-10. Because the promise was broad and action-oriented rather than tied to a specific funding target or program, enacted education-related funding plus legislative advocacy is sufficient to count as delivered.