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

S1701 EMAILNET Alert 11-28-05
Note Date Correction: Senate Education Committee meeting is scheduled for this Thursday, December 1 (not December 8).The Senate Education Committee Meeting Agenda does not include S1701 amendment bills - In order to effect change on this budget law, it remains important to communicate your concerns and keep up the 'conversation'.

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. ( http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/Default.asp )

Senate Education Agenda December 1, 2005 [Below is extracted from the Office of Legislative Services 'legislative calendar'.)

Thursday, December 01, 2005 - 1:00 PM
Meeting - Committee Room 6, 1st Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ.

Bill	Abstract	Current Status	LDOA

A212	Juv. detention ctrs-concerns course cred	SED	6/24/2004
A899	High sch. student athlete-concerns	SED	3/22/2004
A1034	Coll. bd. of trustees-req. layoff notice	SED	3/22/2004
S849	Coll. bd. of trustees-req. layoff notice	SED	2/5/2004
S1306	Diabetic students-sch emp. training req.	SED	3/8/2004
S1634	High sch. student athlete-concerns	SED	6/7/2004
S2523	After sch. activities-concerns	SED	5/12/2005
S2825	Verona Twp. Sch. Dist.-sch. bond auth.	SED	11/10/2005
SJR61	Gifted, Talented Student Mo.-desig March	SED	5/5/2005

Thanks, as always, Lynne.

PS- if anyone would like to join me at the Senate Education Committee hearing on Thursday December 1, 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.