S1701 Information

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

EMAILNET 7-8-05 GSCS Take on Assembly Passage of A3680
A Precarious Beginning....

GSCS Take on the Assembly passing of A3680

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To: GSCS Member Districts and Parent Network July 8 2005

Re: GSCS Report & Assessment on Assembly's passage of A3680 [S1701 amendment bill]

While an S1701 amendment legislation - A3680/Cryan - passed the Assembly unanimously it was posted for a vote at the 12th hour in order to secure a vote on another bill - the one that gives $20M to 5 North Jersey districts that are bordered by 3 Abbott districts - because 2 legislators [Assemblywoman Voss/Fort Lee and Assemblyman Gordon/Fair Lawn- they deserve our thanks and recognition for their action] refused to vote for that bill unless A3680 was posted for a vote.It was inner politics was the impetus for this action as much as a priority of good policy motivation by a few.

In addition, this bill still would need to be passed by the Senate for it to go to the Governor's desk for signing into law. It is not a done deed by any means. Each house, and both legislative and executive branches, have been obstacles to get past in order to start helping to get our schools back on track and stabilized. So at this point, one down, two more to go.

What having A3680 passed, however, does is give GSCS and its Parent Network a louder rallying cry to get S1701 amendments bills through the Senate come the fall. We need to make sure the Assembly also knows that their passing the bill does not let them off the hook on this count in the fall when the entire Assembly is up for election, rather it pressures them even more to see that their colleagues in the Senate take amendment bills up and pass them prior to the elections so that they can become law.

The Assembly has power to sway its colleagues since it is natural that the majority party wants to maintain its power balance [currently 47Democrats to 33 Republicans in the Assembly; 22 Democrats and 18 Republicans in the Senate]. They have to hear that we know that and are not naive, and that parent beleive that amending S1701 is in the best interest of their kids. Passing such legislation would signal a positive start to get the legislature back on track in seeing a better 'well-being' for public education as a whole.There are too many 'select' district bills, and their attention has not been on the mainstream.

The legislature also needs to know that there is more relief needed for districts than is contained in A3680; it is a beginning, not an end.