Bills to create social-emotional learning program, address substitute teacher shortages now law On May 11, Gov. Murphy signed several education-related measures into law. In a press release, the New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA) said it supported both measures throughout the legislative process: Pilot program for SEL (social-emotional learning) in Early Elementary Years establishes a five-year Clayton Model pilot program in the New Jersey Department of Education to provide a social-emotional learning program to elementary school students attending selected public schools. The pilot program would be based on the Clayton Model, which is a responsive, trauma-informed intervention program for student development that was created by the Clayton School District in Gloucester County, according to the press release.