•  4-16-06 Sunday NY Times Metro Section, front page
•  4-13-06 'Budget cap puts NJ schools on edge'
•  3-9-06 Governor speaks to S1701 at town meeting
•  EMAILNET 3-9-06 to South Jersey districts
•  COFFEE a coalition of families for excellent education
•  EMAILNET 3-7-06 S1701 Call to Action at Gov Corzine Public Hearing
•  12-8-05 GSCS and Educ community testify together for S1701 amendment bills before Assembly Educa Com
•  1-17-06 Asbury Park Press "Viewpoint" letters on S1701
•  Op-ed piece written by GSCS Parent Network Regional Representative Kim Newsome published in Monmouth's "Two River Times" July 2005
•  LINK to the S1701 Law
•  S1701 Summit Board members' report re GSCS 1-11-08 Board mtg
•  1-29-06 Asbury Park Press Sunday Front Page Right
•  1-24-06 Asbury Park Press 'Funding sparks heated debate'
•  FYI - S1701 impacts on local districts - excerpts from NJSBA spring 2005 survey, released 9-27-05
•  Posted 1-17-06 December 2005 article from the NewsTranscript of Monmouth County
•  1-17-06 Asbury Park Press
•  1-12-06 Asbury Park Press letter to the editor
•  12-20-05 Star Ledger 'Schools lower the heat and risk a backlash'
•  Recap on property tax issues and S1701 - GSCS has been requesting legislative help on school budget cost drivers for a number of years - here is one example from summer 2004
•  12-16-05 Star Ledger Schools may end courtesy busing, tied to S1701 budget stressors
•  12-16-05 EMAILNET
•  12-12-05 EMAILNET Bills move out of Assembly Education Committee
•  5-6-05 EMAILNET Important S1701 meeting in Rumson
•  UPDATE on 12-8-05 Assembly Education Committee hearing
•  12-2-05 Hopewell Valley letter to Senate Education Committee Chair Shirley Turner re: school budget amendment bills & S1701
•  EMAILNET 12-3-05 Heads Up!
•  11-15-05 EMAILNET
•  Parent Letter to Senate Education Committee Chair on S1701 and request to move amendment legislation
•  S1701 EMAILNET Alert 11-28-05
•  Ridgewood Board of Education member letter to legislators 11-15-05; good example letter with local legislator response
•  Parent letter to legislators on S1701 and 'stalled status of amendment bills S2329 and S2278'
•  EMAILNET 11-10-05 UPDATE on STATUS of S1701
•  10-28-05 EMAILNET S1701 resignation, Gubernatorial election information
•  AMEND S1701: GRASSROOTS BUMPER MAGNETS now available at the initiation of GSCS Rumson parent and their networking
•  Readington Forum on School Funding & Meet the Assembly Candidates 11-1-05
•  Invitation to October 7 Rumson hosts 'Stuff S1701' Party
•  October 7 Sample Letter for 'Stuff S1701' Party Rumson area. html
•  Parents in Trenton 9-21-05 Press Conference
•  Link to The Hub article on Rumson Parent 5-19-05 Meeting Opposing S1701, GSCS and Assemblymen Sean Kean & Steve Coredemus co-hots
•  Schools will seek Extra Funding
•  Parents Give Codey an Earful
•  Courier Post Online
•  Bill to loosen school budgets altered
•  Educators urge parents to fight school spending cap
•  School funding plan gets OK from panel
•  Legislature Acts to Revamp School Spending Caps
•  Educators to Argue for Repeal of Cap Law
•  S1701 One Board Member's Perspective
•  Moody's Investment Services School Bond Rating Analysis post S1701 passage (pdf)
•  EMAILNET 7-8-05 GSCS Take on Assembly Passage of A3680
•  Asbury Park Press-Gannet Bureau 7-2-05 Legislature Passes Aid bill for Districts Near Abbotts
•  October 13 2004 School Funding and S1701 Meeting hosted by Bergen County school group 'Dollars & Sense
•  Glen Ridge Schools and Garden State Coalition co-host Dec 9 Meeting 'Public Support for Public Education v. Property Tax Stress' plus a focus on new school funding law S1701
•  Red Bank Regional High School, Red Bank K-8 Schools, Little Silver, Fair Haven,Rumson-Fair Haven, Rumson K-8, Shrewsbury, and the GArden State Coalition Host December 6, 2004 Forum on the new school funding legislation S1701
•  Rumson PTA, Monmouth Parents sponsor S1701 meeting, co-hosted by 11th District Assemblyman Sean Kean & the GSCS May 2005
•  040430EMAILNET Govs PTax Proposal - reaction (Word)
•  One Board's Example: Glen Ridge Public Schools
•  Princeton Public Schools education symposium to explore impact of school cap legislation
•  Real Figures and Sound Facts - A Grassroots Rebuttal to Trenton on S1701
•  GSCS School Funding and S1701 Power Point - February 2005
•  EMAILNET 2-21-05 S1701 and A3680 Still Stalled
•  School Funding Presentation December 2004

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