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GSCS Email-Net 11-16-10

GSCS News 'Email-Net' Archive, beginning 2009

6-2-10 RACE TO THE TOP (RTTT) 'NJ STYLE': It is what it is ...but what exactly is it? Race to the Top application is caught in a crossfire of reports - more information and clarity is needed

3-4-10 GSCS Email-Net: Summit @ Summit Report - A New Day in Trenton?

2-12-10 Gov Chrisite's Message re Current Yr Deficit

2-16-10 Email-net March @ Summit at Summit

1-26-10 GSCS Email-Net Christie Era Begins

1-20-10 GSCS Heads Up FYI.docx

1-6-10 GSCS Email-Net Lame Duck Watch

12-15-09 Email-Net

11-9-09 GSCS Email-Net: Request to Trustee Districts

11-6-09 GSCS Email-Net: Important Post-Election Information

11-5-09 GSCS Email-Net: Election Information - Christie on Education - and Request to Member Districts

11-3-09 GSCS Email-Net: Today is Election Day - Coverage, more

10-21-09 GSCS EMAIL-NET: Commissioner Davy to be at GSCS meeting in Atlantic City

10-15-09 GSCS Email-Net: Compare Corzine-Christie re education

9-25-09 GSCS EMAIL-NETOn GSCS Radar Screen, Intro Cons. Cntct

9-14-09 GSCS EMAILNET Welcome 2009-2010

6-24-09 GSCS EMAILNET Heads Up FYI

6-22 & 24 (update) - 09 GSCS EMAILNET FYI re bills A4140, A1489, A4142

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

6-15-09 GSCS Heads Up FYI

6-12-09 EMAILNET

6-4-09 EMAILNET

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

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

428-09 EMAILNET Abbott & SFRA; DOE before State Budget Committees

4-17-09 EMAILNET Federal Stimulus Title 1 and IDEA Allocations Announced

4-2-09 EMAILNET & GSCS FYI for April 2009

3-27-09 EMAILNET

3-16-09 EMAILNET

3-6-09 GSCS March FYI - Trenton & GSCS Happenings & more

2-23-09 EMAILNET

2-12-09 EMAILNET GSCS Message for State Budget FY10: STABILITY & FAIRNESS

1-30-09 EMAILNET Fed Stimulus Proposal, School Vote, Stability & Fairness

1-24-09 EMAILNET Federal Stimulus proposal - local district impact listing

1-17-09 GSCS EMAILNET & SCHOOL FUNDING OVERVIEW

1-17-09 GSCS EMAILNET

Education excerpts from House Fed Stimulus package in GSCS 1-15-09 Heads Up

GSCS 1-15-09 'Heads Up' - House Releases its Fed Stimulus Package

January 2009 GSCS FYI

1-5-09 EMAILNET Gov Announces Spending Reductions for FY0809 Today

12-21-08 GSCS EMAILNET - Excerpts

10-31-08 EMAILNET

10-17-08 EMAILNET

9-29-08 GSCS EMAILNET

9-12-08 GSCS EMAILNET

7-2-08 EMAILNET FYI

6-17-08 EMAILNET FYI, State Budget Agreement, School Construction bill moving towards passage

6-10-08 GSCS EMAILNET FYI Trenton focus

5-30-08 EMAILNET FYI - GSCS ANNUAL MTG NEWS BRIEFS

4-16-08 EMAILNETSchool Budget Elections early results

1-18-07 GSCS EMAILNET FYI

1-14-08 EMAILNET Governor Corzine Sign funding legisation into law 1-13-08 at Drumthwacket

1-11-08 EMAILNET Funding legislation passes - Aftermath

1-4-08 EMAILNET GSCS statement on current funding proposal - leaning negative

1-3-08 EMAILNET Aid proposal - update & analysis

12-21-07 EMAILNET - GSCS spots 'Giveback' provision in draft bill - a flip flop?

12-19-07 Proposed Funding formula - update

12-12-07 EMAILNET Funding Plan proposal to be released today, no bill yet

12-7-07 EMAILNET Jt Committees schedule hearing on new school funding plan, Commissioner Davy to present

12-6-07 EMAILNET Funding bill - emerging issues

12-1-07 EMAILNET FYI Governor Corzine present new school funding formula concepts

11-30-07 EMAILNET FYI

11-13-07 GSCS EMAILNET

11-6-07 EMAILNET

10-15-07 GSCS EMAILNET

10-1-07 GSCS EMAILNET

071015 EMAILNET

071001 EMAILNET

9-21-07 EMAILNET

7-31-07 EMAILNET Status of School Funding Formula, more

7-10-07 EMAILNET Includes GSCS ADVOCACY PACKET Need for new school funding formula, more

6-29-07 EMAILNET Lots of news affeccting your schools and communities

6-22-07 EMAILNET State Budget Passes last night

6-14-07 GSCS FYI EMAILNET State Budge FY08 Revisions to State Budget filed today

6-13-07 GSCS EMAILNET

5-18-07 EMAILNET School Funding Formula Needed Now

3-30-07 EMAILNET

3-21-07 EMAILNET

3-6-07 EMAILNET State Budget hearings, State Aid, Grassroots activities

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

2-20-07 EMAILNET FYI - AMID joins GSCS

2-12-07 EMAILNET SCHOOL AID & PROPERTY TAX HELP NEEDED NOW

2-9-07 GSCS EMAILNET MEMBER FYI on Trenton legislation Action

1-26-07 EMAILNET TRENTON UPDATE: A4 CORE Plan on Assembly Agenda Monday; A1 The 4% Tax Cap bill not yet introduced but still possible for Assembly agenda 1-29 also

1-19-07 EMAILNET

1-2 & 3-07 EMAILNET GSCS Resolution, Fast Track Property Tax bills

12-15-06 EMAILNET Bills Held!

11-14-06GSCS FYI EMAILNET - Spec Session Jt Comm Reports due out 11-15-06

11-11-06 EMAILNET Special Session Legislative Committees report Nov. 14 or 15

11-7-06 EMAILNET Special Education Categorical aid at risk and more

10-21-06 EMAILNET Spec Session, press conference, GSCS board mtg inAtl. City

10-5-06 EMAILNET

9-22-06 EMAILNET

9-20-06 EMAILNET Special Session news & testimonies

9-15-06 EMAILNET Special Session; School Construction Report Released

9-7-06 EMAILNET Special Session & Trenton Update

8-31-06 EMAILNET re Sept 5 Jt Comm on Pub Schl Funding mtg

7-21-06 GSCS QUICKNET

8-24-06 EMAILNET Special Session Update

8-18-06 EMAILNET

8-2-06 EMAILNET Special Session fyi, more

7-28-06 GSCS 'QUICKNET' direct from Trenton

7-28-06 GSCS 'QUICKNET' from Trenton on Special Session

7-27-06 GSCS 'QUICKNET' Property Tax Session info

7-14-06 EMAILNET

7-11-06 EMAILNET FYI

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

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

6-22-06 EMAILNET on the Homepage today

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

6-6-06 EMAILNET On the Homepage today

6-2-06 EMAILNET

5-16-06 EMAILNET Action in Trenton

5-10-06 EMAILNET

5-5-06 EMAILNET

4-26-06 EMAILNET Member Question 6-8 Rally

4-24-06 EMAILNET

4-17-06 EMAILNET

4-11-06 EMAILNET FYI Hompage...your help requested

3-29-06 EMAILNET State Budget FY07 Hearings Update

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

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

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

3-10-06 EMAILNET On the Homepage Today

3-9-06 EMAILNETto South Jersey districts

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

3-7-06 EMAILNET S1701 Call to Action at Gov Corzine Public Hearing

3-3-06 EMAILNET Budget discussions begin in earnest

3-3-06 EMAILNET Budget Discussions begin in earnest

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

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

1-19-06 EMAILNET Quick Facts, On the Homepage Today

1-5-06 EMAILNET Revised: Quick Facts, State Board Legal Committee school funding decision, legislative update

12-16-05 EMAILNET

12-12-05 EMAILNET Bills move out of Assembly Education Committee

12-3-05 EMAILNET Heads Up!

11-28-05 S1701 EMAILNET Alert

11-15-05 EMAILNET

11-10-05 [REISSUE] EMAILNET Update on S1701

11-8-05 EMAILNET You are invited to December 7 Symposium on School Funding

11-1-05 EMAILNET More information on Gubernatorial Candidates

10-28-05 EMAILNET S1701 resignation, Gubernatorial election information

10-20-14 EMAILNET At the top of the GSCS Home Page Today

10-14-05 EMAILNET Parent question for Gubernatorial Candidates aired on 101.5 debate, SCC funds, Next Board meeting, press briefing notes

9-29-05 EMAILNET School Construction Issues

9-23-05 EMAILNET Follow Up Parents in Trenton Press Conference

8-30-05 EMAILNET Invitation to Parents in Trenton Press Conference

9-9-05 EMAILNET

7-29-05 EMAILNET

7-14-05 EMAILNET School Aid Inequity & S1701 amendments update

7-8-05 EMAILNET GSCS Take on the Assembly Passing of A3680Cryan, an S1701 amendment bill

6-29-05 EMAILNET re State Budget FY06

EMAILNET 6-24-05 GSCS Positions: State Budget FY06 Issues Need Resolving

EMAILNET 6-10-05 SchoolConstruction Heads Up

Read Parent Call to Action Letter

6-17-05 EMAILNET [2] School Construction continued

6-17-05 EMAILNET FY06 Budget & Advocay Update, Quick Facts

EMAILNET 6-10-05 School Construction Funding Heads Up!

EMAILNET 6-8-05 Annual Meeting Advocacy - FY06 info - Quick Facts - more

Star Ledger June 3 2005

Associated Press on Annual Meeting, 6-4-05: In the Homestretch Candidates Talk Education Issues

GSCS 14th Annual Breakfast Meeting 6-3-05 AGENDA

EMAILNET 5-27-05FY06 Legislator Budget Question; A451 State Health Benefits Plan Waiver for Dual Spouse Coverage GSCS Supports ....

5-18-2005

5-6-05 EMAILNET Rumson S1701 Meeting; Legislative News...More

4-21-05 Annual Breakfast Meeting June 3 Sign Up

Emailnet 4-14-05

4-14-05 EMAILNET

4-8-2005

3-29-2005

3-24-2005

3-11-2005

3-1-2005

2-21-2005

2-7-2005

1-27-2005

1-26-2005

1-24-2005

1-14-2005

1-9-2005

1-5-2005

11-30-2004

11-19-2004

11-12-2004

10-29-2004

10-26-2004

10-15-2004

10-14-2004

10-5-2004

9-30-04

9-7-04

8-30-04

8-06-04

7-08-04

6-29-2004

2003-2004 School Year Archive

2002-2003 School Year Archive

11-7-06 EMAILNET Special Education Categorical aid at risk and more

GARDEN STATE COALITION OF SCHOOLS/GSCS

EMAILNET 11-7-06

Funding Proposal may threaten special educ. funding as a categorical aid, which is based on individual students' needs no matter where they live...........more............

gscs2000@gmail.com

www.gscschools.org

On the Homepage Today: go to www.gscschools.org for details....

11-6-06 The need for special education funding to stay as a 'categorical' aid based on each students disability is real
Loss of categorical special education aid that is distributed to disabled students no matter where they live, via equalization by implementing wealth-based formula for special education, appears to be under the Administration's consideration in new funding formula: Consequences are real - In the name of property tax relief, hundreds of districts will be pushed to raise property taxes to meet reduced aid for special education programs and students. Read today's op-ed piece in the Asbury Park Press by Marlboro Schools superintendent David Abbott and Glen Ridge parent Julie Raskin's thoughtful write-up on why sustained support of special education students and programs works best for all; read Press of Atlantic City's piece on 'NJ struggles to define adequate education' for schools.

See listing of possible reductions in current categorical special education aid for every district in the state in announcement lines just below this announcement.
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Special Aid loss to districts if aid is based on current ability-to-pay formula
This statewide data listing was presented at the 11-1-06 GSCS Parent Press Conference at the Statehouse.
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11-4-06 Senate President & Assembly Speaker 'no new taxes'
NOVEMBER 5 2006 Facing a Nov. 15 deadline for producing a plan, Senate President Richard Codey (D-Essex) and Assembly Speaker Joseph Roberts (D-Camden) said a revised school funding formula, government consolidation and tight caps on local spending were the main topics the two discussed during a closed-door meeting yesterday at the Statehouse. State leaders say no new levies in property tax plan Corzine considering idea as revenue option
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11-2-06 GSCS Parent Press Conference Coverage
Read about and see GSCS parents in action! the November 1 Parent Press Conference [at the Statehouse] coverage appeared in the Star Ledger, and multiple newspapers where Associated Press and Gannett (The Record, Asbury Park Press, Courier Post et al)are published; also the press conference was on NPR and 101.5 Millenium radio; NJN televised a lengthy clip on the event and can be seen on-line. For articles and online link, see
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11-1-06 Parent Press Conference packet
Attached is material and remarks made by press conference participants, parents Sarah Maris (Fair Haven), Jonathan Marshall (Bernards Twp), Michele Lenhard (Ridgewood), and Betsy Ginsburg (Glen Ridge), and GSCS Exec. Director Lynne Strickland. Thanks to the large number of parents who took the time to show up in Trenton today to make a visual statement of your concern for your schools, communities and quality education. Watch NJN tonight - you will see GSCS in action.
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10-31-06 PRESS ADVISORY
For Wednesday, Nov. 1 Parents-in-Trenton Press Conf, 11 a.m., Room 319 at the Statehouse.... In response to Trenton's on-going Special Session debate, parentsfrom the Garden State seize the opportunity to tell the Statehouse about their specific concerns for how Trenton may be approaching the re-do of a school funding formula in the name of property tax relief, while at the same time noting positive ideas for that can help reduce costs statewide yet sustain quality education. Approximately 75 parents will be carpooling to Trenton, from Bergen County to Burlington County.

FYI � GSCS will also distribute a statewide, district by district, handout that shows the state share percentage of basic aid currently supported by the state to local districts.This listing also cross-roughs to special education aid to demonstrate the difference a local district would have to pick up if special education aid were similarly 'equalized' based on the state share v. local share � it figures in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
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10-31-06 The Record - Property Tax Cut Debated
ASSOCIATED PRESS TRENTON -- A key legislator Monday said lawmakers are studying how to make the state pay a huge chunk of a homeowner's property tax bill, but legislative leaders said less relief would be more likely.
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Parent & Member Information Packet on Special Session
Also, see SPECIAL SESSION ADVOCACY TIPS under Parent Network
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GSCS Testimonies before Special Session Committees
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GSCS Key Message Points re Special Session & School Funding
New Jersey schools, communities, parents, educators, and state leaders face an enormous challenge today. As part of his property tax reform initiative, Governor Corzine has given legislators the task of creating a new school funding formula and making changes to the state's school governance apparatus. Two of the four special legislative committees appointed by the Governor are charged with formulating recommendations for change in these areas. The time frame for this ambitious effort is tight � the committees have stated they intend to finish their work by November - and changes are targeted to be enacted into law by the end of 2006. GSCS urges you to be proactive and let legislators, the Governor, and newspapers � both local and statewide � hear your concerns. Now is the time. Your voices are the critical key to maintaining quality public education in our state.
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10-30-06 NY Times
"In New Jersey, System to Help Poorest Schools Faces Criticism"
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