School Facts - Information & Funding Data & Reports

5-1-12 REVISED GRADUATION RATES per County-District, AS RELEASED 120501

5-1-12 Department of Education Release explains policy rationals for new rate methodology, federal requirements for revision of gradnuation rates

4-11,12-12 p.m - Governor's Press Release re Priority, Focus and Rewards Schools Final list...PolitickerNJ and NJ Spotlight articles

November Elections for Schools - Department of Education FAQ's

List of PRIORITY, FOCUS and REWARDS SCHOOLS per DOE Application on ESEA (NCLB) Waiver

Education Transformation Task Force Initial Report...45 recommendations for starters

7-14-11 DOE Guidance on Local Options for using Additional State School Aid in FY'12 State Budget.PDF

7-14-11 State GUIDANCE re: Using Additional State Aid as Property Tax Relief in this FY'12 Budget year.PDF

FY'12 State School Aid District-by-District Listing, per Appropriations Act, released 110711

7-12-11 pm District by District Listing of State Aid for FY'12 - Guidelines to be released later this week (xls)

Democrat Budget Proposal per S4000, for Fiscal Year 2011-2012

Additional School Aid [if the school funding formula,SFRA, were fully funded for all districts] per Millionaires' Tax bill S2969

4-29-11 BOOMERANG! Near 80 per cent of School Budgets Passed in Wednesday'sSchool Elections

4-7-11 Gov. Christie - 'Addressing New Jersey's Most Pressing Education Challenges'

GSCS - Local District Listing : Local Funds Transferred to Charter Schools 2001-2010

GSCS Bar Chart: Statewide Special Education cost percent compared to Regular & Other Instructional cost percent 2004-2011

Link to Teacher Evaluation Task Force Report

1-24-11 GSCSS Testimony before Assembly Education Committee: Charter School Reform

1-13-11 Supreme Court Appoints Special Master for remand Hearing

7-21-10 List of bills in Governor's 'Toolkit'

Office on Legislative Services Analysis of Department of Educaiton - State Budget for FY'11

4-21-10 DOE posts election results

4-15-10 Education Week - Education Secretary recommends federal funds to 'preserve' education jobs

3-23-10 GSCS Testimony presented to Senate Budget Committee on State Budget FY'11

GSCS - Formula Aid Loss and Percent Loss by District - Statewide

GSCS - Formula Aid Loss under 50%, by County

GSCS - Formula Aid Loss of 50% or more, by County

State Aid 2010 Reserve Calculation and Appeal Procedures

School Aid Withheld Spreadsheet

1-13-10 Christie's New Commissioner of Education to be announced today - 12:30 Statehouse Press Conference

1-13-10 New Commissioner of Education to be announced today - 12:30 Statehouse Press Conference

STATE BOARD of EDUCATION 2009-2010 MEETINGS SCHEDULE

10-2-09 News of Note

10-1-09 Education Week on Acheivement Gap narrowing; Algebra Testing

ARRA funding guidelines& NJ accountability summary - links from Federal Government

August 2009 Information on Federal Stimulus funding supporting school districts Fiscal Year 2009-2010

7-22-09 'State gives extra aid for schools an extraordinary boost'

7-16-08 Schools Testing measures adopted; Test scoring upgraded - harder to pass

6-26-09 Executive Director to GSCS Trustees; Wrap Up Report - State Budget and Assembly bills this week

6-18-09 NJ toughens high school graduation requirements

6-10-09 Education Week on Abbott Decision

6-9-09 COMMENTARY on Supreme Court Abbott school funding decisio

5-09 GSCS ASKS - Education funding questions- school districts need answers

5-19-09 Treasurer David Rousseau announces additional round of cuts to Gov's proposed State Budget FY2009-2010

5-14-09 GSCS Heads Up - State Aid payments to be delayed into next Fiscal Year

4-23-09 The public shows its support for public education in passing nearly 75% of school budgets statewide

4-22-09 Statewide County by County Results FY0910 School Budget Elections

4-22-09 Statewide District by District Results FY0910 School Budget Elections

4-22-09 Department of Education releases recap of school budget vote, 73.5 passage rate

4-21-09 Today is School Board Election Day - Remember to Vote

090416 DOE RELEASE - Fed'l StimulusTITLE 1 ALLOCATIONS

090416 DOE RELEASE - Fed'l Stimulus IDEA ALLOCATIONS

3-25-09 Judge Doyne makes recommendation to Supreme Court on Abbott v School Funding Reform Act

3-26 & 27-09 Abbott recommendation back to Supreme Court: - editorials & articles

3-09 School Facilities Grant Program - Regular Operating Districts: Allocations & Analysis Round One

Title 1 funding charts - Same as immediately below, but in PDF form: Latest Title 1 'preliminary' funding under the ARRA 3-09

2-23-09 'There's no formula for fairness in school aid case'

NJ District listing, Title One & IDEA under federal stimulus law

11-25-08 Perspective piece criticizes recent Supreme Court Abbott decision

9-24-08 Supreme Court hearing on constitutionality of School Funding Reform Act

SAVE THE DATE - OCT. 7TH

NJ League of Municipalities & NJ Dept of Education Education Forum Invitation

6-4-08 Education Week Releases 'Diplomas Count' report & data

Estimated 2008-2009 State Aid by County & District

Annual School Budget Election Results by County Percentage of Budgets Approved, 1994-2007

Compares Total Per Pupil State Aid (minus adjustments) under new formula - '06'07 to '08'09

11-20-07 RELEASE OF NEW SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA LIKELY TO BE DELAYED UNTIL AFTER THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY

11-13-07 Speaker Roberts & Assembly Democrats Affordable Housing Proposal

GSCS School Funding Paper 'Funding NJ's Schools...Finding a Workable Solution' distributed 10-22-07 at Press Conf in Trenton

UPDATED - Possible Spec. Educ. Aid Loss to districts (based on current aid per current, yet outdated by 6 years, CEIFA distribution) if state chooses to 'wealth-equalize' this aid in a future formula

10-23-07 NJSBA write up on GSCS Press Conf. re 'Funding NJ Schools...Finding a Workable Solution'

GSCS School Funding Paper distributed 10-22-07 at Press Conf in Trenton

10-23 Media reports & Trenton responses to date re GSCS Press Conf

Spec. Educ. Aid Loss to districts (based on current aid per current, yet outdated by 6 years, CEIFA distribution) if state chooses to 'wealth-equalize' this aid in a future formula

9-20-07 New Jersey School Boards Assoc. Releases its Report on Special Education

Background Paper: Public School Funding in Massachusetts 7-07

7-31-07 EMAILNET Status of School Funding Formula, more

Tax Foundation 'Background Paper' Appropriation by Litigation

8-7-07 'State rebuilds school construction program'

7-26-07 Council on Local Mandates reverses DOE spec ed regulation

7-26-07 Education Law Center on school funding reform via is subgroup report

Excel Spreadsheet on New DFG's based on 2000 census

STATEWIDE DATA and more: Charts, Reports

Important School Funding Data Reports

5-21-07 In Connecticut '2 School Aid Plans Have a Similar Theme'

APRIL '07 MOODY's OUTLOOK ON SCHOOLS -NEGATIVE

3-26-07 Education Week 'Quality Counts 2006' on NJ School Policy

3-25-07 New York Times on NJ Comparative Spending Guide, more on Gov putting off signing A1, Tax Caps & Rebate bill

2-27-07 Department of Education Power Point on State Aid for FY07-08 compared to FY 06-07

2-14-07 GSCS letter to Gov Corzine & Commr of Education Davy - Request for State Aid FY0708

2-7-07 Department of Education Releases 2006 School Report Cards

2-7-07 School funding, school audits - need for new formula underscored

Scheduled for Monday 1-22-07& website to study on cost to local taxpayers when school funding formula ingored by state

11-15-06 The Special Session Jt Committee Reports

11-11-06 'GSCS is working hard on the behalf of hundreds of school communities across the state'

11-10-06 NJ education chief vows urban support

11-6-06 The need for special education funding to stay as a 'categorical' aid based on each students disability is real

Nov 2006 Special Aid loss to districts if aid were based on current ability-to-pay formula

10-21-06 Education Data Study Released - how the news is being reported

10-30-06 NY Times

9-5-06 GSCS Testimony on cost saving meaures in Trenton

Some Abbott funding history see May 27 1998 - Education Week article on Abbott V court decision

School Budget Elections 2006 Summary Data

6-12-06 EMAILNET - Extraordinary Special Education student aid; FY07 Budget 'crunch' is on; news clips

Assembly Speaker Roberts proposes 'CORE' plan for schools & towns

GSCS Charts show pressure on school funding

FUNDING HISTORY- some articles

3-28-06 State Budget FY07 - GSCS testimony before Assembly Budget Comm

Funding Coalition submits paper 'Beginning Discussions on School Funding Reform'

Governor Corzine takes steps towards major policy initiatives.

3-28-06 NY Times re Texas school finance case

3-24-06 EMAILNET FYI Update on Gov Corzine's Budget FY07

3-23-06 EMAILNET Corzine says some Abbotts can raise taxes

3-24-06 Schools learn who wins, loses in Corzine budget

2-10-06 Star Ledger editorial re void of credible & useful data at Department of Education

Dept Ed Directive 7-6-05: School Construction Sec 15 Grant Funding for more than 450 districts questionable

EMAILNET 2-1-06 GSCS Advocacy FY07 Budget; On the Homepage Today

2003 GSCS letter to legislators

1-26-06 New York Times article re public schools fundraising for private support

1-25-06 Star Ledger 'School District's Woes Point to Rising Tax Resistance'

GSCS Testimony 2003 on Suggestions for School Funding - issues similar to 2005-6

1-19-06 EMAILNET Quick Facts, On the Homepage Today

EMAILNET 1-5-06 quick facts & State Board school funding Legal Committee decision

Philadelphia Inquirer 6-16-05 Commissioner Librera Release Abbott Designation Report

December 2005 Harvard Famiily Research Project Links

Education Week article May 1998 Re Abbott Ruling 'High Court Ends School Funding Issues May 1998

Standard & Poors Release Achievement Gap Study 8-23-05

10-5-05 PRESS BRIEFING ON SCHOOL AID & FUNDING SPONSORED by Ad Hoc School Finance Discussion Group, GSCS is participant...10-6-05 ASbury Park Press (Gannett) & Press of Atlantic City articles

Statehouse Press Briefing October 5, 2005 Notes & Handouts - Update on NJ School Finance

Debt Service v State Share 0 to 40 Districts Before and After S200

How State Figures Sending Districts' Per Pupil Cost

GSCS School Funding and S1701 Power Point - February 2005

DOE Announces NCLB-Designated Districts In Need of Improvement

Rutgers-Eagleton Insitute analysis of property taxes-education funding issues

Designation of Abbott Districts Criteria and Process

NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts

Standard & Poors National and State and School Data and Analyses

Standard & Poors Releases Achievement Gap Study 8-23-05

9-20-07 New Jersey School Boards Assoc. Releases its Report on Special Education
LIVE FROM THE STAR LEDGER: 'Report: Schools need major money for special education' "New Jersey school districts need a massive infusion of additional state aid and state-funded teacher training to keep up with the growing cost of special educational services for students with autism or other learning disabilities, a new report released this morning shows..."

For the full NJSBA report: http://njsba.org/specialeducation/

For the full NJSBA report: http://njsba.org/specialeducation/

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STAR LEDGER: Report: Schools need major money for special education

by Dunstan McNichol Thursday September 20, 2007, 12:28 PM

New Jersey school districts need a massive infusion of additional state aid and state-funded teacher training to keep up with the growing cost of special educational services for students with autism or other learning disabilities, a new report released this morning shows.

Prepared in anticipation of the upcoming effort to rewrite the formula by which state officials distribute more than $7 billion in state school aid each year, the report says New Jersey public schools spend $3.3 billion a year on special education, with about $1.9 billion provided by local property taxpayers.

The report says the state should eventually cover the full $1.9 billion cost now borne locally. It suggests starting by boosting state special education aid by $171 million next year to fully fund a 2002 law designed to have the state cover any student's costs that exceed $40,000 per-year.

"Our schools need significantly higher levels of state and federal funding so they can provide quality services without overburdening local property taxpayers," said Edwina Lee, executive director of the New Jersey Schools Boards Association, which prepared the report.

The report says New Jersey's longstanding penchant for placing special education students in out-of-district schools drives costs up through high transportation and tuition costs.

"Students in out-of-district placements account for 10 percent of the special education population, but use almost 40 percent of the expenditures," Lee said during a press conference at the Statehouse to present the report.

The report, which analyzed school spending in 2005 and 2006, also noted that staffing for special education services has increased sharply, with school districts having one staff member for every five special needs students in 2005, compared to one for every seven students a decade earlier.

According to the report, services for each of 205,897 students receiving special education services averaged $16,081 per pupil - about 1.6 times the amount spent on general education.