3-30-13 Education in the News - Dept of Education-State Budget, Autism Rates in NJ

3-20-12 Education Issues in the News

GSCS State Budget FY 2012-2013 Testimony

3-11-12 Education Issues in the News

2-29-12 NJTV on NJ School Funding...and, Reporters' Roundtable back on the aire

2-26-12 State budget, School Elections, and Federal Grant funds for local reform initiatives

2-24-12 Headlines from around NJ - from Google (hit on nj education-nj budget)

2-23-12 Education in the News - Education reform noted in state budget message; Facebook grant to Newark teachers

2-23-12 State Aid Figures Released late today: GSCS Statement

STATE AID DISTRICT LIST - PROPOSED for FY 2012-2013

Education Funding Report on School Funding Reform Act (SFRA) issued 2-23-12

Text of Gov. Christie's State Budget Message, given Feb. 21, 2012

2-22-12 School Aid in State Budget Message - Is There a Devil in the Details

2-21-12 State Budget Message for Fiscal Year 2012-2013

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

GSCS Take on Governor's Budget Message for FY'12

GSCS 3-7-11Testimony on State Budget as Proposed by the Governor for FY'12 before the Senate Budget Committee

Gov's Budget Message for Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Today, 2pm

GSCS FYI

2-7-11Grassroots at Work in the Suburbs

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

1-20-11 GSCS Testimony before Senator Buono's Education Aid Impact hearing in Edison

NOTE: FOR CURRENT INFO ON STATE BUDGET FY'11, GO TO LINK ON LEFT SIDEBAR '2010-2011 STATE BUDGET'

GSCS FYI - GSCS will be testifying onTuesday in Bergen County on the State Budget

3-17-10 Budget News - Gov. Chris Christie proposes sacrifices

3-15-10mid-day: 'Gov. Christie plans to cut NJ school aid by $800M'

3-14-10 'Christie will propose constitutional amendment to cap tax hikes in N.J. budget'

3-15-10 'N.J. taxpayers owe pension fund $45.8 billion' The Record

3-3-10 'Public Education in N.J.: Acting NJ Comm of Educ Bret Schundler says 'Opportunity'

2-24-10 'Tight funds raise class sizes that districts long sought to cut'

2-22-10 Christie and unions poised to do batttle over budget cuts'

2-22-10 Trenton Active Today

2-19-10 'Acting NJ education commissioner hoping other savings can ward off cuts'

2-16-10 'Christie Adopts Corzine Cuts, Then Some'

2-14-10 'FAQ's on NJ's state of fiscal emergency declaration by Gov. Christie'

2-12-10 Assembly Budget hearing posted for this Wednesday, Feb. 17

2-12-10 News Coverage: Governor Christie's message on actions to address current fiscal year state budget deficits

FY2010 Budget Solutions - PRESS PACKET

School Aid Withheld Spreadsheet

State Aid 2010 Reserve Calculation and Appeal Procedures

State Aid Memo (2-11-10) 2 pgs

2-11-10 Gov Christie address to Joint Session of the Legislature on state budget and current year aid reduction remains scheduled for today

2-10-10 'Schools are likely targets for NJ budget cuts'

2-9-10 News article posted this morning notes potential for large loss of current year school aid

2-8-10 'School leaders around N.J. wait and worry over state aid figures'

1-28-10 School Surplus plan to supplant State Aid in this year gaining probability

1-21-10'N.J.'s Christie won't rule out layoffs, furloughs to close unexpected $1.2B deficit'

2005 Archive

1-18-10 Advance news on 'Christie as new Governor'

GSCS to speak at Tri-District 'Open' meeting in Monmouth on January 27

12-15-09 GSCS is working with the Christie Transition Team

11-29-09 Ramifications - News of NJ's fiscal realities

Codey bill allows Budget Message to be delayed until March 16, 2010

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

6-26-09 NJ State Budget Passed late Thursday night

6-19-09 a.m. GSCS 'Quick' FYI - State Budget Vote delayed to Thursday, June 25

6-18-09 Deocrats say they have the votes to pass the State Budget today

6-16-09 News from Trenton on State Budget in Senate and Assembly Budget Committees yesterday

APPROPRIATIONS ACT FY2009-1020 as introduced

A4100-S2010 Appropriations Act 'Scoresheet' and Language Changes released

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

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

4-5-09 The Record, Sunday April 5, Front Page Opinion

Latest Title 1 'preliminary' funding under the ARRA 3-09

Latest website filing by the USDOE on Title 1 funding

3-13-09 Information to Districts re: Federal Stimulus- Additional Title 1 and IDEA funding information still not ready for distribution

3-11-09 CORZINE BUDGET ADDRESS: STATE FUNDING FOR SCHOOLS A LITTLE MORE NOT LESS - FEDERAL TITLE 1 & IDEA INCREASES YET TO BE COUNTED - STATE SCHOOL AID FIGURES ON DEPT OF ED WEBSITE 1:30 TODAY - RELATED ARTICLES, MORE...

3-10-09 GOVERNOR TO DELIVER STATE BUDGET MESSAGE TODAY - SCHOOL AID FIGURES TO BE RELEASED BY THURSDAY LATEST

2-24-09 State Budget & Stimulus News of Note

2-23-09 S-15 (Buono) Pension Deferral bill up for a vote in the Sentate today

2-19-09 Federal stimulus - information re: Education funding in 'State Fiscal Stabilization' part of the package

2-18-09 Corzine announces more cuts, more deficit

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

2-3-09 Corzine to unveil new cuts when he offers 2010 budget

1-23-09 Schools get an eduction in thrift

1-17-09 GSCS EMAILNET & SCHOOL FUNDING OVERVIEW

1-16-09 Today's news notes state budget waiting on Obama stimulus package

1-15-09 HEADS UP - Budget Message date to be delayed now to March 12

1-14-09 Meeting with Mayors, Corzine warns of cuts

1-9-09 State Senator requests education committee hearing on potential school funding cuts

12-28-08 NY Times 'Pension Fight Signals What Lies Ahead'

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

6-24-08 State Budget passed yesterday, as did the School Construction, Pension Reform, and Affordable Housing bills

6-23-08 A2873-S1457 School Construction bills up for vote today, along with State Budget FY09

6-20-08 State Budget stalls, school construction is one obstacle

A2800 - Proposed State Budget bill released 6-17-08

6-17-08 Legislature and Governor agree on State Budget FY09

GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET Fiscal Year 2009...INFO

Office of Leg Services Analysis of Gov's Education budget FY09

GSCS & NJ Spec. Educ.Funding Coalition on STATE FUNDING FOR EXTRAORDINARY COST FY09 issues & beyond

6-9-08 GSCS Quick Facts: TRENTON FOCUS THIS WEEK

3-19-08 GSCS Testimony on State Budget for Fiscal Year 2008-2009

2-26-08 Governor Corzine's Budget Message for Fiscal Year 2008-2009

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

6-14-07 Revisions to State Budget filed today

4-4-07 N Y Times, front page 'NJ Pension Fund Endangered by Diverted Billions'

3-15-07 State eases at risk aid restrictions & 25% members of NJ Senate retiring (so far)

3-13-07 GSCS Testimony on State Budget FY'08

GRASSROOTS SPEAK UP re State Aid for FY07-08 & Recent Legislation that can negatively impact school communities

Hearings Schedule for State Budget FY07-08

3-1-07 Emerging Devil showing up in the details

2-27-07 GSCS welcomes that state aid increases for regular operating districts helps lower & some middle income districts - will persevere to see that the state extends its share of support to education more fully to all districts

2-23-07 News Articles re Gov's Budget Proposal

2-22-07 GSCS EMAILNET re Gov's Budget Message

2-22-07 Gov's Budget Message Link & Related News Articles

2-22-07 GSCS Press Release: Governor Corzine's Budget Message today

2-22-07 Governor Corzine's Budget Message today

2-16 to 2-19 New Articles of Note

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

NJ Assembly Session FY06 Budget Debate Majority Leader Joe Roberts standing

7-12-06 Column on State Budget legislator items

7-11-06 Appropriations Act bill

7-9&10-06 State Budget news articles -wrap up & news analyses

7-9-06 Sunday New York Times

7-8-06 FY07 Budget approved - 19.5 in spec ed grants stays in

7-7-06 Afternoon Friday - budget document awaiting

7-7-06 EMAILNET - AGREEMENT ON STATE BUDGET REACHED, impt 'details' still being finalized

7-7-06 AGREEMENT ON STAE BUDGET REACHED, impt 'details' still being finalized

7-3-06 Roberts, Codey & Corzine still not on same page

6-30-06 State Budget news - as the dissonance must be resolved

6-29-06 GSCS 'QUICKNET FYI' Update on State Budget for FY 2007

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

6-25-06 State Budget issues:legislative branches conflict - news articles

6-14-06 Assembly Minority Budget Leader Joe Malone's Op Ed

Editorial on benefit of using UEZ surplus for spec educ aid for this year

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

Weekend News Clips re Property Tax & School Funding issues

GSCS 15th Annual Breakfast Meeting Program Info Update

5-16-06 EMAILNET Action in Trenton

5-10-06 EMAILNET

5-10-06 A Lot is going on - Major News fromTrenton

5-9-06 Supreme Ct freezes aid & Asm Budget Comm grills DOE Commissioner

News articles

TRENTON RALLY PROPOSED (late morning) Thurs JUNE 8

3-28-06 GSCS testimony before Assembly Budget Comm today

Legislative Calendar during State Budget FY07 process

4-17-06 EMAILNET

4-16-06 Star Ledger editorial & article re Gov v. Abbott from 4-15-06

40-16-06 Gannett & Asbury Park Press on School Budget election issues

4-16-06 Sunday NY Times Metro Section, front page

Governor Corzine takes steps towards major policy initiatives.

3-28 & 4-3-06 GSCS FY07 testimony before Senate & Assembly Budget Comm

Grassroots at work - Ridgewood Board member testimony of FY07

4-8-06 Corzine Administration files brief with Supreme Court re Abbott funding

4-7-06 The Record

3-31-06 AP 'Budget idea puts onus on income taxes, businesses'

3-29-06 EMAILNET State Budget FY07 Hearings Update

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

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

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

3-22-06 News Article sampling on Governor's Proposed FY07 Budget

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

Governor's 3-21-06 Budget message & hard copy links

3-15-06 News articles on FY07

3-10-06 Star Ledger 'Time is ripe for poorer districts to contribute.

EMAILNET 3-9-06 to South Jersey districts

3-7-06 More articles on the Gov's Budget Summit and School Board members fo to Trenton

3-7-06 Articles on Gov's Budget Summit and School Board members off to Trenton

3-4-06 Star Ledger Interest groups to address budget

3- 4-06 Trenton Times Likey state aid cuts frustrating districts

3-3-06 EMAILNET Budget Discussions begin in earnest

7-14-05 EMAILNET Record article & today's editorial re politics & inequity in school aid and S1701: Update

Check it out - The Press of Atlantic City 7-6-05 Education Funds lie in Budget Fine Print

3-1-06 EMAILNET State Budget FY07, Health Benefits

2-24-06 Trenton Times - Higher schools taxes needed

School Budget Guidelines released 2-21-07

2-11-06 Trenton Timesn'NJ State Budget has little wiggle room'

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

FUNDING HISTORY - May 27 1998 - Education Week article re Abbott V - funding above parity

2003 GSCS letter to legislators

Star Ledger 6-29-05 Bid to Save Tax Rebates Imperils NJ Budget

Rebate Debate on Budget for FY06

Public Information available at New Jersey website

S2558 Bill to provide $19.9M in Abbott aid to additional districts

GSCS Advocacy for State Budget FY06

GSCS Testimony: State Budget Fiscal Year 2006

2-3-09 Corzine to unveil new cuts when he offers 2010 budget
STAR LEDGER - "Gov. Jon Corzine said yesterday that more midyear cuts to the state's current budget are unlikely, but he is preparing a new slate of cutbacks for the budget he will deliver next month..."

STAR LEDGER - Corzine to unveil new cuts when he offers 2010 budget

Tuesday, February 03, 2009

BY CLAIRE HEININGER

Star-Ledger Staff

Gov. Jon Corzine said yesterday that more midyear cuts to the state's current budget are unlikely, but he is preparing a new slate of cutbacks for the budget he will deliver next month.

The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee yesterday approved some of the emergency measures Corzine proposed to close a $2.1 billion gap in the $32.9 billion 2009 budget -- actions the governor said should be enough to keep New Jersey's finances in balance through June 30.

Revised estimates followed the dramatic dropoffs in state revenues caused by the national economic crisis, Corzine said, noting collections are down 7 percent in most tax categories. Revenues are now closely matching those revised estimates, the governor said.

"We cut our expectations pretty significantly," Corzine said. "I actually think we're running relatively close to the new tracking on revenues that we've seen, but this is a very unusual time...so we're constantly reviewing."

He declined to name specific areas that could be targeted if something "unpredictable" causes revenues to plunge further.

"We have contingency plans that we've looked at but we're not thinking we'll have to do that at this point," Corzine said. "So we'll come with a series of cuts that will be focused on the 2010 budget. That's where we're giving most of our efforts right now."

Corzine is scheduled to present his 2010 budget on March 10. Originally, he was to unveil it late February but pushed the date back because of the pending federal stimulus package and all of the scrambling to rework the 2009 budget.

Those emergency mid-year measures included $812 million in spending cuts -- including a $15 million cut in municipal aid and a $75 million reduction in public school aid -- an 18-month wage freeze for state workers, $300 million from the proposed federal stimulus package for Medicaid, the diversion of $500 million from $650 million intended to pay down state debt, and other steps.

State worker unions oppose reopening their contracts for the wage freeze. Republican senators, meanwhile, said they are concerned about a component in the cut to school aid that would delay pension payments to non-teaching employees.

"We owe it to taxpayers and retirees to seriously discuss alternatives to shortchanging the pensions" said Sen. Kevin O'Toole (R-Essex).