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6-6-06 Star Ledger re Special Summer Session
The discussion on property tax relief appears to be 'getting a life'....Trenton's summer forecast: Tax relief. Lawmakers plan to start a special session in July Tuesday, June 06, 2006
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6-5-06 Editorials on school funding & State Budget articles
The link between property taxes and school funding is inextricable. Extraordinary aid for special education is practical property tax relief and symbolically serves to show that Trenton gets that link...GSCS continues to advocate for property tax relief in FY07 via special education extraordinary aid, a category of aid that has not met its promise(by law) since 2003. The critical importance of this aid is two-fold: not only does it saving taxpayer dollars, it is also helps all of our students programs - regular as well as special needs. Because the need for programs for children whose costs exceed $40K at any given time is unpredictable, this aid also helps keep districts from 'falling off the edge of the cliff' during the school year..... Trenton Times Editorial Plain speaking to the schools Friday, June 02, 2006 re: Commr Davy at GSCS Annual Mtg

Star Ledger Don't raid the fund Saturday, June 03, 2006 re Senator Buono's property tax relief efforts & finding special educ extraordinary aid

Star Ledger Editorial Scrutinize Abbott budgets Monday, June 05, 2006 re 10 out of 31 Abbotts appeal funds

State budget battle rumbles into home stretch 6/4/2006, The Associated Press

3 lawmakers seek union givebacks Democrat trio, proposing way to freeze sales tax, expect to be 'vilified' -- and they are Star-Ledger
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EMAILNET 6-2-06
Annual Meeting report; PEI School Construction Conference 6-9-06 at Douglass Center-Rutgers/GSCS on the panel; June 8 Lobby Day at the Statehouse,
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6-1-06 Star Ledger Thursday article on GSCS Annl Mtg
State, suburban school execs confer, and little love is lost Thursday, June 01, 2006

And, as the annual meeting wore down, Marlboro Superintendent David Abbott posed a question about school construction that might have applied to his peers' mood in general: "How do we see through all this fog any light at the end of the tunnel?"
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5-31-06 'Live' on the Star Ledger website
article covering GSCS Annual Breakfast Meeting 5-31-06 'Frustration flares over suburban school funding'

Under the state’s budget crisis, it hasn’t been a good year — make that couple of years — for New Jersey’s suburban schools, and the frustrations showed today when top state officials came calling before many of the local leaders...It was the Garden State Coalition’s 15th annual meeting since the group was formed to give voice to specifically suburban districts. The group has since grown to a membership of 125 districts, and with full-time executive director Lynne Strickland, it has become one of Trenton’s most active lobbying forces on education issues, especially around funding.
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5-30-06 News Articles
Associated Press...School projects need $5.4B Friday, May 26, 2006

The Bergen Record...Low Vote Turnout Prompts Calls for Changes Tuesday, May 30 2006

The Daily Record...Assembly Speaker aims to scale back size of government Friday May 24 2006

Star Ledger editorial 5-30-06...Caution the watchword on school construction
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