Special Education Funding Issues

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

11-18-10 Proposed Somerset County school for special ed students would include convenience store

Special Education Series - Asbury Park Press 'Special Care-Unkown Costs'

GSCS - High costs of Special Education must be addressed asap, & appropriately

9-23-09 'Tests changing for special ed students'

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

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

6-24-09 U.S. Supreme Court backs reimbursement for private tuition

090416 DOE RELEASE - IDEA ALLOCATIONS

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

12-29-08 NJ to new leaders - Fund our schools

OCT 7 FORUM - DIRECTIONS & PARKING INFO ATTACHED

OCT 7 FORUM - DIRECTIONS ATTACHED; PARKING FORMS TO BE AVAILABLE HERE SOON!

GSCS, Special Education Coalition for Funding Reform, and Rutgers Institute co-sponsor Forum Oct 7th

SAVE THE DATE - OCT. 7TH

May 29 2008 STATE FUNDING FOR EXTRAORDINARY COST

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 Aid Loss to districts (based on current aid per current, yet outdated by 6 years, CEIFA distribution) if state chooses to 'wealth-equalize' this aid in a future formula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 Aid Loss to districts (based on current aid per current, yet outdated by 6 years, CEIFA distribution) if state chooses to 'wealth-equalize' this aid in a future formula

11-1-06 Press Conference packet

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

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

6-29-07 Lots of news affecting NJ, its schools and communities this week - STATE BUDGET signed - LIST OF LINE ITEM VETOES - US SUPREME CT RULING impacts school desgregation - SPECIAL EDUCATION GROUPS file suit against state

Special Education Review Commission Report submitted April 2007

Special Education - proposed 'burden of proof' legislation, Spec Educ Review Commission Report

2-15-07 'Parents get boost on special ed rights' Star Ledger

8-17-06 Special Education costs & Constitutional Questions re Tax Reform

6-29-06 Mirroring the elements, State Budget looking like a 'natural disaster'

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

5-16-06 EMAILNET Action in Trenton

3-22-06 EMAILNET Governor Corzine's Budget Message

1-19-06 GSCS member concerns re Proposed Revisions in Special Education Code

Charts Spec Ed & Health Benefits increases v Local Levy since CEIFA has been frozen

CHART: Health Benefits & Special Educ v.local levy FY02 to FY06 (pdf)

2-28-06 Dept of Education Spec Educ Rules

1-19-06 New Jersey Assoc of School Adminstrators on Sped Educ code revisions

Proposed State Budget for Fiscal Year 2006 - GSCS Testimony

Statewide - Special Educ & Total Enrollment Growth Chart 2001-2004[gscs]

Special Education Enrollments 2003 statewide by DFG

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

Statewide - Special Educ & Total Enrollment Growth Chart 2001-2004[gscs]

GARDEN	STATE	COALITION	OF	SCHOOLS	6/3/2005

Enrollments	2001 v. 2004	Statewide and	Special Educ.	by District Factor

							01 to 04 Enrollment Increases:				01 to 03 Enrollment Increases:
							Incr in	% Incr in	Incr in	% Incr in	Incr in	% Incr in	Incr in	% Incr in
DFG90	Spec Ed ENR 01	Total ENR 01	Spec Ed ENR 03	Total ENR 03	Spec Ed ENR 04	Total ENR 04	Spec Ed Enr	Spec Ed Enr	Total Enr	Total Enr	Spec Ed Enr	Spec Ed Enr	Total Enr	Total Enr
Other/VoTechs	5,730	20,954	5,796	22,273	5,683	22,823	(47)	-0.8%	1,869	8.9%	66	1.2%	1,320	6.3%
A	34,642	255,538	38,460	259,352	39,058	256,587	4,417	12.7%	1,049	0.4%	3,818	11.0%	3,814	1.5%
B	20,919	139,191	22,307	141,719	22,449	140,947	1,530	7.3%	1,756	1.3%	1,388	6.6%	2,528	1.8%
CD	19,600	124,272	20,369	126,489	20,445	126,622	845	4.3%	2,350	1.9%	769	3.9%	2,217	1.8%
DE	26,465	199,215	28,295	203,530	28,741	203,950	2,276	8.6%	4,735	2.4%	1,830	6.9%	4,315	2.2%
FG	20,087	158,290	21,437	162,729	21,851	163,525	1,764	8.8%	5,235	3.3%	1,350	6.7%	4,439	2.8%
GH	23,642	189,072	25,961	195,905	26,768	197,974	3,126	13.2%	8,902	4.7%	2,319	9.8%	6,833	3.6%
I	27,055	234,907	30,273	245,722	31,492	249,520	4,437	16.4%	14,613	6.2%	3,218	11.9%	10,815	4.6%
J	1,943	18,020	2,111	19,169	2,319	19,501	376	19.4%	1,481	8.2%	168	8.6%	1,149	6.4%

I & J	28,998	252,927	32,384	264,891	33,811	269,020	4,813	16.6%	16,093	6.4%	6,716		25,645

ABBOTT	40,108	288,318	44,387	292,372	44,929	289,178	4,822	12.0%	860	0.3%	4,279	10.7%	4,054	1.4%

STATE Total	180,082	1,339,459	195,006	1,376,887	198,804	1,381,446	18,723	10.4%	41,988	3.1%	14,925	8.3%	37,429	2.8%