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

Parents in Trenton 9-21-05 Press Conference

9-23-05 EMAILNET Follow Up Parents in Trenton Press Conference
See for 3 main concerns emphasized by parents at the press conference.

GARDEN STATE COALITION OF SCHOOLS/GSCS

'Public Support for Public Education'

www.gscschools.org EMAILNET 9-23-05 gscs2000@gmail.com

Quick Fact Flash: The Senate Education Committee has scheduled a one-issue hearing this Monday on Higher Education. Email chairman Senator Shirley Turner senturner@njleg.org as ask that S2329 [amends S1701] be posted on agenda too.

MORE THAN 100 ENERGIZED PARENTS SHOWED UP WEDNESDAY IN TRENTON at the ‘Parents in Trenton’ Press Conference. FOUR PARENTS FROM RUMSON, MOUNT LAUREL, RIDGEWOOD AND SCOTCH PLAINS-FANWOOD SPOKE TO STAND-OUT ISSUES THAT CONCERN THEM AND ASKED TRENTON TO RESPOND NOW TO THESE ISSUES, e.g.

ü ADDRESSING S1701 ISSUES SUCH AS RESTRICTIVE SURPLUS AND ABILITYTO USE LOCAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT LOCAL NEEDS, CLASS SIZE INFLEXIBLITY BEING CITED SPECIFICALLY

ü NOTING THE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THUS PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN, THAT UPREDICTABLE COST DRIVERS BEYOND LOCAL DISTRICT CONTROL INCUR. SOARING GAS PRICES BEING AN EXAMPLE WERE NOTED AS CLEAR EVIDENCE OF THIS.

ü CALLING FOR A STABLE SCHOOL FUNDING SYSTEM & FORMULA FOR ALL CHILDREN

PLEASE SEE THE GSCS WEBSITE FOR NEWS ARTICLES ON THE EVENT; PARENT SPOKESPERSON COMMENTS WILL BE UPLOADED ON THE WEBSITE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. YOU MAY ALSO VIEW THE NJN Television news clip online on the press conference by going to http://www.njn.net/television/webcast/njnnewswednesday.html

The press conference coverage is approximately 18-19 minutes into the NJN tape.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR ARTICULATE PARENT NETWORK SPOKESPERSONS:

Kimberly Newsome, GSCS Parent Representative, Rumson (comments attached)

Kathleen Wolfe, parent, Mount Laurel (comments attached)
Michele Lenhard, parent, Ridgewood (comments to be uploaded to website)
Margaret Ames, parent, Scotch Plains- Fanwood ( “ “ “ “ )

Again our thanks to the all member districts that helped publicize this effort &, in doing so, continue to help made our combined voices heard in Trenton. We are grateful to the many parents from districts around the state, from Rumson, Little Silver, Fair Haven, Cherry Hill, Mount Laurel, Moorestown, Ewing, Hopewell Valley, Princeton, Montgomery, Chatham, Bridgewater-Raritan, Cranford, Glen Ridge, Scotch Plains-Fanwood, Summit, Little Silver, Rumson, Fair Haven, Ramsey, Ridgewood…who carpooled and school bused and to Trenton today to vent their deep sense of unease with Trenton's attitude toward their schools.