In response to Trenton’s on-going Special Session debate, parents

from 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. The program will center of brief comments from 4 parents from around the state and then open up to a Q&A from the press with parents and GSCS Board members.

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.