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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

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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

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12-15-09 Email-Net
What's the Buzz in Trenton?

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December 15, 2009

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Working with Transition Team

GSCS Radar Screen

Legislative Jan. Schedule

Christie on Education

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On the GSCS Radar Screen

Alert: An early 'lame duck' January vote is likely on the Food Service Workers Prevailing Wage bill. Please contact your local state representatives, the chairs of the Senate Labor and Assembly Appropriations Committees, the Governor and all Legislative leadership and let them know that this bill will impact local costs, not only to schools, but to parents as well!

To read GSCS' testimony on these bills, follow this link:

www.gscschools.org

Then click in the left column on "Issues and Legislation."
Click on the 2nd bullet: 11-19-09 GSCS HEADS UP: Prevailng Wage bills on lame duck fast track . . .

S-2850, Food Service Workers Prevailing Wage Bill, Alive in Lame Duck
This legislation, opposed by GSCS, has passed in the Assembly via A-4151 and is still likely to come up for a vote before the lame duck session is over. Because of the recession and regulations prohibiting school districts from running their cafeterias at a deficit, the bills' impact will be great. Research shows that private provider costs will increase 30-40% if the proposed legislation becomes law. How this would impact jobs, quality, preparations and deliver of food also is in question. How would the increase of mandated costs be spread?

Also on the GSCS Radar Screen:

1. The likelihood that school elections will be moved to November. There seems to be bi-partisan concensus to effect this change. GSCS has been consistent in its approach to this issue:

· GSCS is for eliminating school budget votes when budgets are at cap or below.
· GSCS is against moving school board member elections to November.
·GSCS is against moving votes to November for the portion of a school budget that exceeds cap, primarily on the basis that the timing of that vote-in the middle of a school fiscal year-is unworkable and contradicts sound budget practices.

Note that the recession and state budget deficit impact may mean that many more school budgets will exceed cap. For example, see COLA implications immediately below.

2. The Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for municipal and county budget caps has been released by the Division of Local Government Services.

"The COLA is based on the Implicit Price Deflator for State and Local Governments, calculated by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis. The Price Deflator calculation for CY 2010 reflects, for the first time, a reduction of one percent (-1%). Because the law does not provide authority for reductions, the COLA for CY 2010 is zero percent (0%)."

Go to: www.nj.gov/dca/lgs/lfns/09lfns/2009-26.doc

3. How will the state budget deficit impact school aid and school funding in general for Fiscal Year 2010-2011?
GSCS is 'nose to ground' on this issue.

Lame Duck Legislature Continues into January

January Lame Duck Legislative Schedule Posted

The schedule has been posted for the final days of the 213th Legislature, which concludes on January 11, 2010. The reorganization for the 214th Legislature is scheduled for Jan. 12, with the inauguration of the new governor on Jan. 19.

MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 2010

SENATE QUORUM 12:00 PM Senate Chambers

10:00 AM: Committees at the call of the Senate President

1:00 PM: Committees at the call of the Senate President

ASSEMBLY QUORUM Assembly Chambers

Committees at the call of the Speaker

THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2010

SENATE SESSION 2:00 PM Senate Chambers

Voting Session: Board list to be announced

ASSEMBLY SESSION Assembly Chambers

Voting Session: Time and Board list to be announced

MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2010

SENATE SESSION 2:00 PM Senate Chambers

Voting Session: Board list to be announced

ASSEMBLY SESSION Assembly Chambers

Voting Session: Time and Board list to be announced

TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2010

SENATE SESSION

Organization of the 214th Legislature - Details to be announced

ASSEMBLY SESSION

Organization of the 214th Legislature - Details to be announced

The Changing Trenton Education Scene

Here are highlights of the last two weeks in Trenton. For more information, look for the link in the upper left corner and visit the GSCS website.

Governor-Elect Christie Shares His Thoughts
on Education
Appearing on 101.5 FM's Ask the Governor segment, Christie shared some insights into what he's thinking about education:

· Changing the way NJ finances education will only shift costs from property taxes to other taxes. Instead, the incoming governor is looking for ways to cut costs, such as auditing all school districts and linking state aid to reductions in middle-management costs at the district level.

· He sees another cost saver in the shift of school elections to November. Already a bill moving the non-partisan municipal elections (A-351) has passed the Assembly and is pending in the Senate.

· Christie will encourage shared services, rather than forcing consolidation of small municipalities.

· Stating that teachers aren't the problem, but rather over-politicized union leadership, Christie said he is willing to work with the NJEA if possible, but will be making changes either way.

· The governor-elect gave ensuring tax relief as his first priority and funding education to the greatest degree the state can as his second.

Governor-Elect Anounces Key Appointments
"Governor-Elect Chris Christie announced the first in a series of key appointments for the Christie-Guadagno Administration. Christie named Rich Bagger as the incoming Chief of Staff, Bill Stepien as the Deputy Chief of Staff, Jeff Chiesa as Chief Counsel to the Governor and Kevin O'Dowd as Deputy Chief Counsel to the Governor..."
(Courtesy Princeton Public Affairs Group)

Teachers Union Faces Tough Times
With New Governor
Statehouse Bureau/Ledger - Record "...Today, after two decades at the top of New Jersey's political establishment, the world has turned upside down for the NJEA . . . Corzine lost the election to Republican Chris Christie, who waged a public battle against the NJEA and other public-sector labor unions during the campaign. Christie says his mandate to bring a new era to Trenton will include a clampdown on the teachers union and an education agenda that may advocate changes the NJEA will not welcome, so the 200,000 member union now finds itself in an unusual position..."

Senate Education Committee
Meeting Puts Federal Stimulus Funds
on the Front Burner
'Corzine education chief to be grilled on lapse'
Record: "... (Commissioner of Education) Davy has been asked to appear before the state Senate's education committee on Monday (Dec. 7) to discuss federal stimulus funds for education...New Jersey is eligible for $200 million to $400 million from the Race to the Top fund designed to spur educational reform. But the state is one of just a few that is not applying in January for the first round of grants. "We should be applying now; it's important," said state Senate Republican leader Tom Kean of Westfield..."

'School choice: Expand NJ's Existing Programs' By Star-Ledger Editorial Board
". . . A program that allows children in failing public schools to transfer to better ones that are willing to take them is drawing support from Gov.-elect Chris Christie, who wants to see it expanded . . . We hope he can make that happen so it can benefit more students now trapped in inferior schools . . . Assemblywoman Mila Jasey (D-Essex) has co-sponsored legislation that seeks to remove some of the legislative barriers so the program can grow somewhat . . . "

'New Jersey Will Apply for Federal Stimulus Money for Education'
Record: "The Corzine administration reversed course Monday and said it would apply in January for the first round of competition for federal stimulus money that could bring more than $200 million to New Jersey's public schools . . . "

'Corzine seeks $200M of federal stimulus money for N.J. schools' - Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk

"...The N.J. Department of Education had said it would not participate in the first round and instead let the Christie administration set its own agenda, the report said..."

NJ Charter School Laws Get 'C' Rating
Star-Ledger: " . . . The Center for Education Reform, which advocates for charter schools and school choice, found New Jerseyu's laws fell right in the middle-17th strongest-among the 40 states and districts that allow charter schools . . . "

NJ DOE Disputes Abbott Preschool
Eligibility Claims
Star-Ledger: ". . . The board now estimates 'preschool universes' by doubling the total number of students attending first grade in public schools to account for the exclusion of private school data that was collected in an 'unsystematic manner.' . . . Davy also said that if districts feel their preschool estimates are not representative of the amount of students they need to serve, they can request an adjustment."

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