GSCS TESTIMONIES, POSITIONS,& TAKES

Salary Caps bill S1987 GSCS Feb. '15

Salary Caps bill S1987 Lenhard Feb. '15

Salary Caps bill S1987 Brogan Feb. '15

Charter School bill - Statement Fall '14

Charter School bill - GSCS Fall '14.docx

State Budget Fiscal Year '14-'15 - GSCS.docx

Excerpts - GSCS 3-20-13Testimony before the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee

6-10-13 GSCS on Charter bill A4177 Diegnan

Tenure Reform legislation - bill passage 6-25-12 - voting history, sponsors, final amended bill S1455Ruiz- A3060Diegnan

GSCS on Tenure Reform A3060 Diegnan, June 14 2012

GSCS on Tenure Reform - S1455Ruiz 'TEACHNJ Act' June 18 2012

GSCS on Moving the Voting Date of School Board Elections before the Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee, December 2011

GSCS on Special Education funding issues, submitted for Senate Education hearing August 9, 2012

GSCS on S2635 Establishes Special Education Task Force 12-1-11 Supports

GSCS on State Budget Fiscal Year 2012-2013

GSCS on State Budget Fiscal Year 2011-2012 to Legislative Budget and Appropriations Committees March 2011

GSCS on Impact of Education Aid Cuts - Senator Buono hearing January 2011

GSCS Message to State Board...State Board of Education to vote on Publishing New Charter School Regulations August 1, 2012, Wednesday

GSCS Letter to Commissioner Cerf re Virtual Charter Schools 7-12-12

GSCS on Proposed Charter School Regulations 6-6-12 before State Board of Education - Concerns

GSCS on Charter Schools - Assembly Education Committee Hearing January 24, 2011

GSCS on Education Mandates before Assembly Environment Committee September 2010

GSCS on S2635 Establishes Special Education Task Force 12-1-11 Supports

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Testimony before the Senate Education Committee: S2635 Senators Jennifer Beck/Sean Kean (12-1-11)

GSCS supports S2635, which establishes a task force to study, review and recommend on various issues related to improving special education programs and services for public school students.

Issues will include funding, delivery and effectiveness of special education programs, as well as best practices for working with special education students and strategies to reduce costs of out-of-district placements counterbalanced by bringing more students to in-district programs.

GSCS has a long history of concern in special education funding and delivery services and has participated in prior statewide task forces on these issues, most notably the Special Education Review Commission established in June 2005 (S2417/Adler). GSCS has continued to maintain data analyses regarding special education funding over the years.