BEST PRACTICES: NEW JERSEY’S STANDARDS-LINKED PRE-K TO GRADE 12 SCHOOL FINANCE REFORM
Very few states fund public education based on the actual cost of giving all students the opportunity to…
NEW JERSEY SLIPPING ON FAIR SCHOOL FUNDING
New Jersey consistently ranks as having among the nation’s fairest systems of public school funding. However, the latest…
TOP 25 MOST UNDERFUNDED NJ SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Enacted in 2009, and upheld by the NJ Supreme Court in 2010, New Jersey’s landmark school funding formula…
FY14 NJ EDUCATION BUDGET PROTECTS SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA, STRIKES VOUCHERS
But Flat Funding Leaves Students Further Behind With passage by the Legislature of the FY14 State Budget, the…
SIX STEPS TO ACHIEVE FAIRNESS FOR STUDENTS IN THE FY14 EDUCATION BUDGET
For the fourth year in a row, Governor Christie’s proposed budget for public education seriously shortchanges New Jersey’s…
SCHOOL FUNDING GAPS WIDEN UNDER CHRISTIE ADMINISTRATION
As Governor Chris Christie proposes yet another year of underfunding the School Funding Reform Act (SFRA), a new…
CHRISTIE’S FAILURE TO FUND THE FORMULA FOUR YEARS RUNNING
Schools Could be Underfunded by $1.2 billion in FY14 Governor Christie’s proposed FY14 school aid budget drastically underfunds…
CHRISTIE ADMINISTRATION’S STEALTH TAX WIPES OUT SCHOOL AID INCREASES
Governor Christie’s proposed FY14 State Budget contains a special “assessment” or tax on 493 school districts that wipes…
STATE-OPERATED NEWARK SCHOOLS FACE STAGGERING $57 MILLION BUDGET DEFICIT
The State-operated Newark school district is facing a projected $57 million budget shortfall for the 2013-14 school year,…
NJ DISTRICTS STILL REELING FROM GOVERNOR CHRISTIE’S $1 BILLION FUNDING CUT IN FY11
The vast majority of NJ school districts have yet to recover from Governor Christie’s $1.1 billion cut in…