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Garden State Coalition of Schools
FYI--11/29/05
Our legislators are still pursuing "business as usual" in Trenton, as districts struggle to find ways to stretch limited dollars even further. Please make contact with your Senator ASAP - Betsy Ginsburg/Glen Ridge.
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Garden State Coalition of Schools/GSCS
S1701 EMAILNET Alert – 11/28/05
Please take a moment to pick up the phone and call the Senate Education Committee member offices to register your concern that there are no amendment bills scheduled for hearing this Thursday in the Senate Education Committee meeting. Add that fuel and energy costs have soared and that districts need immediate relief in 2 ways: (1) an increase in allowable surplus that would provide budget flexibility when these kind of unpredictable costs occur so that programs and class size will not be jeopardized, and (2) a less restrictive ability to transfer from line items or surplus to pay for unanticipated increases in the energy categories, as well as a cap waiver for these unpredictable cost drivers in the future.
Members of the Senate Education Committee and their phone numbers are:
[Democrat] Senator Shirley Turner, Education Committee Chair, 609 530 3277
[Democrat] Senator Wayne Bryant 856 234 8080
[Democrat] Senator Nicholas Scutari 908 587 0404
[Republican] Senator Robert Martin 973 984 0922
[Republican[ Senator Joe Palaia 732 531 1303
FYI - Here is the agenda as posted.
Senate Education Agenda December 8, 2005 [Below is extracted from the Office of Legislative Services 'legislative calendar'.) | ||
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Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 1:00 PM | ||
Meeting - Committee Room 6, 1st Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ. |
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Abstract |
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Current Status |
LDOA |
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A212 |
Juv. detention ctrs-concerns course cred |
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SED |
6/24/2004 |
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A899 |
High sch. student athlete-concerns |
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SED |
3/22/2004 |
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A1034 |
Coll. bd. of trustees-req. layoff notice |
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SED |
3/22/2004 |
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S849 |
Coll. bd. of trustees-req. layoff notice |
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SED |
2/5/2004 |
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S1306 |
Diabetic students-sch emp. training req. |
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SED |
3/8/2004 |
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S1634 |
High sch. student athlete-concerns |
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SED |
6/7/2004 |
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S2523 |
After sch. activities-concerns |
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SED |
5/12/2005 |
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S2825 |
Verona Twp. Sch. Dist.-sch. bond auth. |
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SED |
11/10/2005 |
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SJR61 |
Gifted, Talented Student Mo.-desig March |
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SED |
5/5/2005 |
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Thanks, as always, Lynne.
PS- if anyone would like to join me at the Senate Education Committee hearing on Thursday, please call or email me at gscs2000@gmail.com . By our presence we will be serving continued notice of how we feel about S1701 issues being back-burnered. Hopefully we can shake hands with committee members prior to the actual start of the meeting and talk to them directly about our concern. The meeting will begin at 1 pm, Committee Room 6 in the Statehouse Annex. I will be in the cafeteria from noon on/732 618 5755.