Mila M. Jasey | |
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Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 27th district |
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Assumed office November 8, 2007 Serving with John F. McKeon |
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Preceded by | Mims Hackett |
Personal details | |
Born | May 29, 1951 |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Neil |
Children | three |
Residence | South Orange, New Jersey |
Alma mater |
Barnard College (B.A.) Pace University (M.S.) |
Website | Legislative web page |
Mila M. Jasey (born May 29, 1951) is an American Democratic Party politician who serves in the New Jersey General Assembly, where she represents the 27th Legislative District. Jasey was sworn into the Assembly on November 8, 2007, filling the seat that had been vacated by Mims Hackett on September 10, 2007.
Jasey serves in the Assembly on the Higher Education Committee (chair), the Housing and Community Development Committee (vice-chair), the Education Committee, and the Joint Committee on the Public Schools as co-chair.
Jasey was one of the lead authors of New Jersey's Interdistrict Public School Choice Program in 2010. Jasey was one of the authors of the New Jersey law that allows private schools in urban areas to convert to charters.
Jasey was a trustee of the South Orange-Maplewood School District Board of Education from 1999-2007.
She lives in South Orange with her husband Neil; they have three grown children together. She graduated with a B.A. from Barnard College in History, and was awarded an M.S. from the Lienhard School of Nursing at Pace University.
Each of the forty districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one senator in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. The other representatives from the 27th District for the 2016-2017 Legislative Session are: