On the GSCS HOMEPAGE TODAY at www.gscschools.org :

Upcoming events Monday, June 25
GSCS Executive Director Lynne Strickland keynote speaker at NJ Schools Public Relations Association Annual Workshop at the Forsgate 9:00 a.m...Department of Education School Funding Formula "Stakeholders" Meeting, 1:30 pm at the DOE in Trenton - email gscs2000@gmail.com if interested/able to attend this meeting.
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6-22-07 State Budget FY08 passed along party lines, school aid for regular operating districts remains 'as is' in Gov's proposed budget from February
Click on More below to see examples of how the news reports ( The Record, The Star Ledger, Gannett) on the budget passage, Corzine’s decision to put potential Turnpike sale on hold, as well as for the Democrats and Republicans 'take' on the State Budget FY08...
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6-22-07 Star Ledger article 'Raising the comfort level, and scores'
"...The seventh- and eighth-graders spoke of someday being doctors, scientists, lawyers and teachers. But there was a recognition their dreams might be particularly hard to achieve..."
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6-21-07 State Budget being voted on today, no substantial changes for regular operarting districts
STAR LEDGER Headline - State budget's massive hole: Pension debts 'Unfunded accrued liability' means spending millions a year for decades Thursday, June 21, 2007 "Gov. Jon Corzine and Democrats in the Legislature today plan to celebrate the end of a rancor- free budget season by producing a $33.5 billion spending plan that includes big tax rebates...But tucked within the budget that the Senate and Assembly ex pect to pass is a gremlin that will gobble up hundreds of millions in tax dollars for decades to come: the state's failure to keep up with soaring pension costs..."
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6-14-07 GSCS FYI EMAILNET State Budge FY08 Revisions to State Budget filed today
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6-14-07 Revisions to State Budget filed today
While the state is planning to hold public hearings on what is being proposed in the FY08 budget, given the timelines for public comment, the hearings seem to be more a gesture than a structure for pragmatic change at this point: "Public hearings on the revised budget are planned for Friday and Monday, with final votes expected June21..." For details, follow link below (found on the home page on the New Jersey Legislature website):

Fiscal Year 2007 - 2008 SUMMARY OF PROPOSED BUDGET PLAN BUDGET CHANGE PROPOSALS

http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/08Budget/PROPOSED%20BUDGET.pdf Education p5 of 19 pages/pdf file
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6-14-07 State Budget being filed today...public hearings imminent
STAR LEDGER - 'Turning up the heat on state budget pork Lawmakers' add-ons face public scrutiny'

"...Aid to schools rose by a total of $58 million, including an additional $48 million in aid to the 31 communities covered by the Abbott v. Burke lawsuit over public school funding. New language added by the Corzine administration also imposes income limits on the families eligible for free pre-school ordered as part of the lawsuit..."

GANNETT - $33.5 BILLION BUDGET 'Legislators reshape budget to boost aid to hospitals, others' "...They also plan to slice $10 million from a rental assistance program and nearly $44 million from school construction and renovation projects, according to budget documents released Wednesday....The money will be redirected to causes such as increasing aid for adults seeking high school diplomas ($10 million), charter schools ($4.7 million), open space preservation ($25 million) and cancer research ($24 million)..."
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