State Budget Information

3-30-13 Education in the News - Dept of Education-State Budget, Autism Rates in NJ

3-20-12 Education Issues in the News

GSCS State Budget FY 2012-2013 Testimony

3-11-12 Education Issues in the News

2-29-12 NJTV on NJ School Funding...and, Reporters' Roundtable back on the aire

2-26-12 State budget, School Elections, and Federal Grant funds for local reform initiatives

2-24-12 Headlines from around NJ - from Google (hit on nj education-nj budget)

2-23-12 Education in the News - Education reform noted in state budget message; Facebook grant to Newark teachers

2-23-12 State Aid Figures Released late today: GSCS Statement

STATE AID DISTRICT LIST - PROPOSED for FY 2012-2013

Education Funding Report on School Funding Reform Act (SFRA) issued 2-23-12

Text of Gov. Christie's State Budget Message, given Feb. 21, 2012

2-22-12 School Aid in State Budget Message - Is There a Devil in the Details

2-21-12 State Budget Message for Fiscal Year 2012-2013

FY'12 State School Aid District-by-District Listing, per Appropriations Act, released 110711

GSCS Take on Governor's Budget Message for FY'12

GSCS 3-7-11Testimony on State Budget as Proposed by the Governor for FY'12 before the Senate Budget Committee

Gov's Budget Message for Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Today, 2pm

GSCS FYI

2-7-11Grassroots at Work in the Suburbs

1-13-11 Supreme Court Appoints Special Master for remand Hearing

1-20-11 GSCS Testimony before Senator Buono's Education Aid Impact hearing in Edison

NOTE: FOR CURRENT INFO ON STATE BUDGET FY'11, GO TO LINK ON LEFT SIDEBAR '2010-2011 STATE BUDGET'

GSCS FYI - GSCS will be testifying onTuesday in Bergen County on the State Budget

3-17-10 Budget News - Gov. Chris Christie proposes sacrifices

3-15-10mid-day: 'Gov. Christie plans to cut NJ school aid by $800M'

3-14-10 'Christie will propose constitutional amendment to cap tax hikes in N.J. budget'

3-15-10 'N.J. taxpayers owe pension fund $45.8 billion' The Record

3-3-10 'Public Education in N.J.: Acting NJ Comm of Educ Bret Schundler says 'Opportunity'

2-24-10 'Tight funds raise class sizes that districts long sought to cut'

2-22-10 Christie and unions poised to do batttle over budget cuts'

2-22-10 Trenton Active Today

2-19-10 'Acting NJ education commissioner hoping other savings can ward off cuts'

2-16-10 'Christie Adopts Corzine Cuts, Then Some'

2-14-10 'FAQ's on NJ's state of fiscal emergency declaration by Gov. Christie'

2-12-10 Assembly Budget hearing posted for this Wednesday, Feb. 17

2-12-10 News Coverage: Governor Christie's message on actions to address current fiscal year state budget deficits

FY2010 Budget Solutions - PRESS PACKET

School Aid Withheld Spreadsheet

State Aid 2010 Reserve Calculation and Appeal Procedures

State Aid Memo (2-11-10) 2 pgs

2-11-10 Gov Christie address to Joint Session of the Legislature on state budget and current year aid reduction remains scheduled for today

2-10-10 'Schools are likely targets for NJ budget cuts'

2-9-10 News article posted this morning notes potential for large loss of current year school aid

2-8-10 'School leaders around N.J. wait and worry over state aid figures'

1-28-10 School Surplus plan to supplant State Aid in this year gaining probability

1-21-10'N.J.'s Christie won't rule out layoffs, furloughs to close unexpected $1.2B deficit'

2005 Archive

1-18-10 Advance news on 'Christie as new Governor'

GSCS to speak at Tri-District 'Open' meeting in Monmouth on January 27

12-15-09 GSCS is working with the Christie Transition Team

11-29-09 Ramifications - News of NJ's fiscal realities

Codey bill allows Budget Message to be delayed until March 16, 2010

6-26-09 Executive Director to GSCS Trustees; Wrap Up Report - State Budget and Assembly bills this week

6-26-09 NJ State Budget Passed late Thursday night

6-19-09 a.m. GSCS 'Quick' FYI - State Budget Vote delayed to Thursday, June 25

6-18-09 Deocrats say they have the votes to pass the State Budget today

6-16-09 News from Trenton on State Budget in Senate and Assembly Budget Committees yesterday

APPROPRIATIONS ACT FY2009-1020 as introduced

A4100-S2010 Appropriations Act 'Scoresheet' and Language Changes released

5-14-09 GSCS Heads Up - State Aid payments to be delayed into next Fiscal Year

5-19-09 Treasurer David Rousseau announces additional round of cuts to Gov's proposed State Budget FY2009-2010

4-5-09 The Record, Sunday April 5, Front Page Opinion

Latest Title 1 'preliminary' funding under the ARRA 3-09

Latest website filing by the USDOE on Title 1 funding

3-13-09 Information to Districts re: Federal Stimulus- Additional Title 1 and IDEA funding information still not ready for distribution

3-11-09 CORZINE BUDGET ADDRESS: STATE FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS A LITTLE MORE NOT LESS - FEDERAL TITLE 1 & IDEA INCREASES YET TO BE COUNTED - STATE SCHOOL AID FIGURES ON DEPT OF ED WEBSITE 1:30 TODAY - RELATED ARTICLES, MORE...

3-10-09 GOVERNOR TO DELIVER STATE BUDGET MESSAGE TODAY - SCHOOL AID FIGURES TO BE RELEASED BY THURSDAY LATEST

2-24-09 State Budget & Stimulus News of Note

2-23-09 S-15 (Buono) Pension Deferral bill up for a vote in the Sentate today

2-19-09 Federal stimulus - information re: Education funding in 'State Fiscal Stabilization' part of the package

2-18-09 Corzine announces more cuts, more deficit

NJ District listing, Title One & IDEA under federal stimulus law

2-3-09 Corzine to unveil new cuts when he offers 2010 budget

1-23-09 Schools get an eduction in thrift

1-17-09 GSCS EMAILNET & SCHOOL FUNDING OVERVIEW

1-16-09 Today's news notes state budget waiting on Obama stimulus package

1-15-09 HEADS UP - Budget Message date to be delayed now to March 12

1-14-09 Meeting with Mayors, Corzine warns of cuts

1-9-09 State Senator requests education committee hearing on potential school funding cuts

12-28-08 NY Times 'Pension Fight Signals What Lies Ahead'

11-25-08 Perspective piece criticizes recent Supreme Court Abbott decision

6-24-08 State Budget passed yesterday, as did the School Construction, Pension Reform, and Affordable Housing bills

6-23-08 A2873-S1457 School Construction bills up for vote today, along with State Budget FY09

6-20-08 State Budget stalls, school construction is one obstacle

A2800 - Proposed State Budget bill released 6-17-08

6-17-08 Legislature and Governor agree on State Budget FY09

GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET Fiscal Year 2009...INFO

Office of Leg Services Analysis of Gov's Education budget FY09

GSCS & NJ Spec. Educ.Funding Coalition on STATE FUNDING FOR EXTRAORDINARY COST FY09 issues & beyond

6-9-08 GSCS Quick Facts: TRENTON FOCUS THIS WEEK

3-19-08 GSCS Testimony on State Budget for Fiscal Year 2008-2009

2-26-08 Governor Corzine's Budget Message for Fiscal Year 2008-2009

6-29-07 Lots of news affecting NJ, its schools and communities this week - STATE BUDGET signed - LIST OF LINE ITEM VETOES - US SUPREME CT RULING impacts school desgregation - SPECIAL EDUCATION GROUPS file suit against state

6-14-07 Revisions to State Budget filed today

4-4-07 N Y Times, front page 'NJ Pension Fund Endangered by Diverted Billions'

3-15-07 State eases at risk aid restrictions & 25% members of NJ Senate retiring (so far)

3-13-07 GSCS Testimony on State Budget FY'08

GRASSROOTS SPEAK UP re State Aid for FY07-08 & Recent Legislation that can negatively impact school communities

Hearings Schedule for State Budget FY07-08

3-1-07 Emerging Devil showing up in the details

2-27-07 GSCS welcomes that state aid increases for regular operating districts helps lower & some middle income districts - will persevere to see that the state extends its share of support to education more fully to all districts

2-23-07 News Articles re Gov's Budget Proposal

2-22-07 GSCS EMAILNET re Gov's Budget Message

2-22-07 Gov's Budget Message Link & Related News Articles

2-22-07 GSCS Press Release: Governor Corzine's Budget Message today

2-22-07 Governor Corzine's Budget Message today

2-16 to 2-19 New Articles of Note

2-14-07 GSCS letter to Gov Corzine & Commr of Education Davy - Request for State Aid FY0708

NJ Assembly Session FY06 Budget Debate Majority Leader Joe Roberts standing

7-12-06 Column on State Budget legislator items

7-11-06 Appropriations Act bill

7-9&10-06 State Budget news articles -wrap up & news analyses

7-9-06 Sunday New York Times

7-8-06 FY07 Budget approved - 19.5 in spec ed grants stays in

7-7-06 Afternoon Friday - budget document awaiting

7-7-06 EMAILNET - AGREEMENT ON STATE BUDGET REACHED, impt 'details' still being finalized

7-7-06 AGREEMENT ON STAE BUDGET REACHED, impt 'details' still being finalized

7-3-06 Roberts, Codey & Corzine still not on same page

6-30-06 State Budget news - as the dissonance must be resolved

6-29-06 GSCS 'QUICKNET FYI' Update on State Budget for FY 2007

6-29-06 Mirroring the elements, State Budget looking like a 'natural disaster'

6-25-06 State Budget issues:legislative branches conflict - news articles

6-14-06 Assembly Minority Budget Leader Joe Malone's Op Ed

Editorial on benefit of using UEZ surplus for spec educ aid for this year

6-12-06 EMAILNET - Extraordinary Special Education student aid; FY07 Budget 'crunch' is on; news clips

Weekend News Clips re Property Tax & School Funding issues

GSCS 15th Annual Breakfast Meeting Program Info Update

5-16-06 EMAILNET Action in Trenton

5-10-06 EMAILNET

5-10-06 A Lot is going on - Major News fromTrenton

5-9-06 Supreme Ct freezes aid & Asm Budget Comm grills DOE Commissioner

News articles

TRENTON RALLY PROPOSED (late morning) Thurs JUNE 8

3-28-06 GSCS testimony before Assembly Budget Comm today

Legislative Calendar during State Budget FY07 process

4-17-06 EMAILNET

4-16-06 Star Ledger editorial & article re Gov v. Abbott from 4-15-06

40-16-06 Gannett & Asbury Park Press on School Budget election issues

4-16-06 Sunday NY Times Metro Section, front page

Governor Corzine takes steps towards major policy initiatives.

3-28 & 4-3-06 GSCS FY07 testimony before Senate & Assembly Budget Comm

Grassroots at work - Ridgewood Board member testimony of FY07

4-8-06 Corzine Administration files brief with Supreme Court re Abbott funding

4-7-06 The Record

3-31-06 AP 'Budget idea puts onus on income taxes, businesses'

3-29-06 EMAILNET State Budget FY07 Hearings Update

3-24-06 EMAILNET FYI Update on Gov Corzine's Budget FY07

3-24-06 Schools learn who wins, loses in Corzine budget

3-23-06 Corzine says some Abbotts can raise taxes

3-22-06 News Article sampling on Governor's Proposed FY07 Budget

3-22-06 EMAILNET Governor Corzine's Budget Message

Governor's 3-21-06 Budget message & hard copy links

3-15-06 News articles on FY07

3-10-06 Star Ledger 'Time is ripe for poorer districts to contribute.

EMAILNET 3-9-06 to South Jersey districts

3-7-06 More articles on the Gov's Budget Summit and School Board members fo to Trenton

3-7-06 Articles on Gov's Budget Summit and School Board members off to Trenton

3-4-06 Star Ledger Interest groups to address budget

3- 4-06 Trenton Times Likey state aid cuts frustrating districts

3-3-06 EMAILNET Budget Discussions begin in earnest

7-14-05 EMAILNET Record article & today's editorial re politics & inequity in school aid and S1701: Update

Check it out - The Press of Atlantic City 7-6-05 Education Funds lie in Budget Fine Print

3-1-06 EMAILNET State Budget FY07, Health Benefits

2-24-06 Trenton Times - Higher schools taxes needed

School Budget Guidelines released 2-21-07

2-11-06 Trenton Timesn'NJ State Budget has little wiggle room'

2-1-06 EMAILNET GSCS Advocacy FY07 Budget; On the Homepage Today

FUNDING HISTORY - May 27 1998 - Education Week article re Abbott V - funding above parity

2003 GSCS letter to legislators

Star Ledger 6-29-05 Bid to Save Tax Rebates Imperils NJ Budget

Rebate Debate on Budget for FY06

Public Information available at New Jersey website

S2558 Bill to provide $19.9M in Abbott aid to additional districts

GSCS Advocacy for State Budget FY06

GSCS Testimony: State Budget Fiscal Year 2006

4-17-06 EMAILNET
School Budgets & Board elections 4-18-06; Trenton's policies and policy-makers; Abbott funding being revisited

GARDEN STATE COALITION OF SCHOOLS/GSCS

EMAILNET 4-17-06

…School Board & Budget elections (tomorrow 4-18-06 VOTE!)

…Trenton’s policies – lack of state formula aid since FY02& S1701 pressures local schools & local taxpayers alike

…Abbott funding & funding formula for all being revisited and rethought?

…GSCS continues to work hard to make the link clear that flat aid plus policies like S1701 that reduce surplus to critical lows cost more in terms of quality education and local taxpayer funding. As predicted, property taxes will continue to rise even higher due to ineffective policies and deaf ears

…See articles & GSCS charts below that underscore these points

… the public gets it, news reporting demonstrates that the media gets it – Trenton needs to ‘get it’ too…let your local legislators hear from you, go to http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ for contact information/left on the sidebar.

www.gscschools.org gscs2000@gmail.com

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GSCS quick facts

SAVE THE DATE–

GSCS Annual Breakfast Meeting Wednesday, 5/31/06, 9 a.m.

The Forsgate

Details and sign up to follow…

SCHOOL BOARD & BUDGET ELECTIONS tomorrow APRIL 18^TH

· DO YOU HAVE SPECIFIC IDEAS ON WAYS TO ALLEVIATE THE PROPERTY TAX BURDEN?

· DOES YOUR DISTRICT PURSUE EFFICIENCIES LIKE SHARED SERVICES?

· DOES YOUR DISTRICT EITHER SAVE MONEY OR GAIN GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN NEGOTIATIONS BY USING A PRIVATE HEALTH CARE CARRIER?

Pls forward your specific suggestions & examples to ‘gscs2000@gmail.com’

ON THE HOMEPAGE TODAY

4-16 Courier Post 'Do Nothing Leaders'
Cherry Hill resident activist's opinion published Gov. Jon Corzine calls for more taxes, Assembly Speaker Joe Roberts, D-Camden, fails to call for a special session to discuss property tax relief, and New Jersey residents do not protest their behavior.
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4-16-06 Sunday NY Times Metro Section, front page
(The New York Times explores impact of S1701 on school budgets. A clear credibility gap is ever-widening between legislative 'take' and local reality. Parent & community family groups, such as the newly formed COFFEE [see "Links" on the sidebar/e.g., COFFEE efforts gave inspiration to this article] are rising up from the grassroots in response to Trenton's disconnect.) Headline - In New Jersey, Spending Cap Pinches Schools

"As residents of New Jersey prepare to vote on their school budgets on Tuesday, educators and parents say that they are struggling with a major crisis forcing districts to cut programs, shed staff and charge fees for things that were once free. The chief culprit, they say, is not a public opposed to public education, or an onerous federal mandate, but a recent state law ..."
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4-13-06 'Budget cap puts NJ schools on edge'
N.J. law leaves little room to maneuver as taxes rise. By Kristen A. Graham, Philadelphia Inquirer - read about South Jersey school districts having to cut back on programs due to S1701.
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4-16-06 Gannett & Asbury Park Press on School Budget election issues
Headline- Schools asking for more from local taxpayers..."Because of years of little or no increases in state aid, school districts are relying more on local taxpayers to fund public education...Still, there is fear among school officials that backlash over property taxes — the top issue during last fall's elections that now gets scant mention in Trenton — will be taken out on their budgets...John A. Meyerle, chairman of the New Jersey Coalition for Property Tax Reform, which is pushing to fund education more through the state's income tax, said the state has to stop cutting funding to local districts. "The state, for all intents and purposes, is making the schools look a whole lot worse than they really are," Meyerle said.
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4-16-06 Star Ledger editorial & article re Gov v. Abbott from 4-15-06
It's time to rethink Abbott...Editorial Sunday, April 16, 2006... "The two topics most likely to rile civic-minded New Jerseyans are property taxes and Abbott schools. It is becoming more difficult for those who support statewide funding for impoverished schools, including this newspaper, to keep the two issues from becoming one contentious discussion." 4-8-06 Court to hear Abbott case..."With state dollars only growing tighter, the battle over how to pay for the landmark Abbott vs. Burke school equity ruling is headed back to the state's highest court."
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4-16-06 Record Abbott Pre-school investigations
"In preschool scandal, poor children lose out"
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