Dejon Morris
NJ · Vice-President, Jersey City Board of Education
Dejon Morris is vice-president of the Jersey City Board of Education and a Jersey City police detective.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 8 records
Spoke in support of extending Superintendent Norma Fernandez's contract by five years, to 2031. The board approved the extension 6-2.
July 16, 2026
Source: hudsoncountyview.com
Made the motion to ban former board president Mussab Ali from all Jersey City public school property. The board blamed Ali for a student walkout over ICE, which Ali denied. The ban passed 6-3.
February 19, 2026
Source: hudsoncountyview.com
Was elected vice president of the Jersey City Board of Education by a 6-3 board vote.
January 7, 2026
Source: hudsoncountyview.com
The New Jersey School Ethics Commission dismissed a complaint against him. The complaint said he met with a law firm seeking board work before he took office. The commission found too few facts to show a violation.
October 22, 2024
Source: nj.gov
Voted as board president for a three-year contract for Superintendent Norma Fernandez that pays up to $341,200 a year. It passed 7-1, with one member abstaining.
August 26, 2024
Source: hudsoncountyview.com
Voted yes on a $1,035,721,424 preliminary school budget for 2024-2025 with a 2 percent tax increase. It passed 8-0, with one member abstaining.
March 19, 2024
Source: hudsoncountyview.com
Voted with a 5-4 board majority to remove the board president and vice president. The same majority then made him board president. This repeated a disputed February 29 vote taken after four members left.
March 19, 2024
Source: hudsoncountyview.com
Won a three-year seat on the Jersey City Board of Education. He placed third of nine candidates for three seats, with 5,698 votes.
November 7, 2023
Source: hudsoncountyclerk.org
Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 2 records
Was named in the Jersey City police 2025 major discipline report for an October 8, 2024 incident. It said he ignored a call for service, disobeyed a supervisor, and filed an untruthful report. The charges were sustained.
March 5, 2026
Source: hudsoncountyview.com
Was suspended without pay for 90 days by the Jersey City Police Department, where he was a detective. He called it an oversight in a case he handled two years earlier.
November 13, 2023
Source: hudsoncountyview.com
Past race Dejon Morris ran in:
- Jersey City Board of Education Member · November 3, 2026 · Jersey City School District, New Jersey · incumbent