1-12-10 Moving on...'Budget plan a wrinkle for districts'

1-11-10 Transition News

1-5-10 GSCS: Update on January 4 Lame Duck Session

1-6-10 Race to the Top Plans on the move, not without conflict

12-27-09 'New Jersey competes for education reform stimulus money' (aka 'Race to the Top' funds)

12-23-09 Gannett article provides details on Gov. Corzine's proposal to use additional surplus in place of state aid

12-23-09 GSCS: Governor Corzine targets excess school surplus to replace state aid payments starting in Feb '10 - lame duck legislation anticipated

10-20-09 REMINDER: Commissioner Davy to be at 10-28 GSCS meeting in Atlantic City

9-13-09 As an issue for N.J.(Gubernatorial election), schools are in'

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

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

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

6-10-09 Education Week on Abbott Decision

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

5-27-09 GSCS 18th ANNUAL MEETING - All INVITED GUESTS HAVE CONFIRMED, INCLUDING GOVERNOR CORZINE

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

3-29-09 Record Editorial on Judge Doyne recommendations

3-16-09 EMAILNET

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

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

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

1-11-09 'Corzine State of State speech to put economy front & center'

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

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

12-23-08 Governor faces hard choices in the New Year

12-21-08 GSCS EMAILNET - Excerpts

11-18-08 Ledger Online & 11-19 Star Ledger headline news

11-18-08 Supreme Court decides in favor of Abbott districts re new school funding law

11-5-08 Gov. Corzine U.S. Treasury Secretary?

11-5-08 Governor Corzine candidate for Secretary of U.S. Treasury per Ledger report

Conversation with the Commissioner in Atlantic City

Education Commissioner Lucille Davy at GSCS Open Mtg 10-29 in A.C.

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

8-29-08 'Newly hired teachers benefit from Corzine delay'

12-3-07 As details become clearer on the new funding plan, GSCS will report on its emerging position

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

11-16-07 Governor Corzine's remarks on school funding to League of Municipalities

11-8-07 Governor & Legislative leadership agree to take up - and pass - funding formula in Lame Duck

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

9-29-07 The New York Times - Patience with Corzine Wears Thin

10-10-07 Key Questions for Legislative Candidates

10-12-07 Coach Corzine's tactic to win the game? Punt

In the news - Corzine on school aid formula & good news for urban schools

9-13-07Corzine adds school aid to the lame-duck agenda

8-10-07 'Standing 'O' greets Corzine as he hosts town hall mtg'

8-1-07 'Paterson isn't ready to gain control' & 7-29 'The Numbers still don't add up'

4-4-07 News articles, editorial & Op-Ed on bill signings for A1 and A4

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

3-22-07 THINGS CHANGE...Governor Corzine delays A1 becoming law

3-21-07 The Tax Cap-Credit bill, A1, can become law by Friday without Governor's signature

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

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

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

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

2-12-07 State School Aid - needed to offset property taxes now

2-9-07 GSCS EMAILNET MEMBER FYI on Trenton legislation Action

2-8-07 News artiles-editorial re Gov's annoucnement that there will not be a new school funding formula for FY0708

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

2-6-07 Trenton Update - S19 Super Supt passes Senate; Tax Cap bill stalled; No funding formula in FY0708

2-1-07 Turnpike for sale, Gov - need funding formula, more

1-30-07 'Is Property Tax Plan Legal?'

1-30-07 Tax Caps bill, A1, passes Assembly late last night

1-25-07 GSCS: No School Aid = No Real Tax Relief...again

1-24-07 Quinnipiac Poll & School Construction woes for Corzine

1-21-07 Gannett article on 'property tax credit, annual cap vote due'

Trenton Update Jan 9-Jan 15, Gov's State of the State, more

1-8-07 Articles & Editorial talk about 'missing pieces' of tax reform proposal and note consequences

1-7-06 GSCS & HARD CAPS & IMPORTANT PIECES OF THE PUZZLE STILL MISSING

GSCS RESOLUTION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS 2007

1-5-07 Small-town officials protest consolidation

1-2-07 GSCS New Year's Resolution

12-19-06 Feedback - articles on school funding hearings yesterday

12-18-06 Sunday editorials - take of Property Tax session

12-15-06 EMAILNET Bills Held!

12-11-06 Trenton is in disarray - read news clip

12-8 & 12-9 News clips on Trenton machinations...

11-19-06 Sunday Press Articles & Commentaries

11-16-06 Governor Corzine's speech on Property Tax Address to League of Municipalities

11-10-06 NJ education chief vows urban support

11-11-06 EMAILNET Special Session Legislative Committees report Nov. 14 or 15

11-9-06 Public hearing on school consolidation tonight, 7 pm, at Freehold Borough Chambers, 51 Main St

11-9-06 Public hearing on school consolidation tonight, 7 pm, in Freehold

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

11-4-06 Senate President & Assembly Speaker 'no new taxes'

10-25-06 Details on Corzine Administration's new funding formula starting to emerge

10-5-06 EMAILNET

10-5-06 Conversation on school funding, consolidation continues

School Construction: Third Report to Governor by Interagency Working Group

9-15-06 Star Ledger & AP - 3.25B suggested for school construction

9-15-06 Star Ledger - 3.25B suggested for school construction

August 2006 on - GSCS NOTEBOARD ON SPECIAL SESSION Committee meetings

7-29-06 School Funding formula draws mixed reactions

7-28-06 Gov to legislature: make history, cut taxes

7-27-06 Trenton begins its move to address property taxes

7-16-06 Lead economists address NJ's economy downswing

7-12-06 Column on State Budget legislator items

7-14-06 EMAILNET

7-12-06 It's Official - Governor appoints Lucille Davy as Education Commissioner

7-11-06 Talk of Special Session on Property Tax Reform

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 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 Mirroring the elements, State Budget looking like a 'natural disaster'

6-15-06 Star Ledger, Gannet articles- Abbott advocates demand school reform at educ. dept

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

6-6-06 Legislative Leaders announce initial plans for property tax reform

5-16-06 EMAILNET Action in Trenton

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

Gubernatorial Candidates' Education Plans announced September 05

Governor Corzine takes steps towards major policy initiatives.

4-8-07 Corzine Administration files brief with Supreme Court re Abbott funding

4-7-07 The Record

3-29-06 EMAILNET State Budget FY07 Hearings Update

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

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

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

3-16-06 Gannett Press: Corzine wants to raise taxes, slash $2B

Governor's Budget message 1 pm 3-21-06

3-15-06 News articles on FY07

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

3-9-06 Governor speaks to S1701 at town meeting

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

12-14-05 Asbury ParkPress Editorial 'Re-assess the ABC's of School Funding' notes the Governor's role is critical in making positive change occur

Gubernatorial, Assembly District by District, County and Municipal voting breakdowns-results & formats for November 8 elections

2-2-06 GSCS HEADS UP re probable delay of Governor's Budget Message

Governor Corzine's Transition Team Reports

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

1-19-06 News Articles Trenton Times, The Record, Star Ledger

1-18-06 Star Ledger

Governor Corzine- Inaugural Address

1-15-06 The Record 2 Sunday Articles anticipating top issues confronting the Corzine administration

1-11-06 Star Ledger - Corzine Casts Wide Net for Cabinet

12-14-05 Asbury ParkPress Editorial 'Re-assess the ABC's of School Funding'

12-5-05 Governor-elect Corzine selects policy advisory groups

11-20-05 Sunday Star Ledger 'Corzine's risky promise to taxpayers

11-11-05 Trenton Times Corzine puts property taxes at the top of his agenda

11-9-05 The Record - Governor Elect can't claim a mandate

November 9 The Trenton Times - Corzine Triumphs

9-9-05 Trenton Times,Corzine Education Agenda

7-12-06 It's Official - Governor appoints Lucille Davy as Education Commissioner
Star Ledger - Gov. sticks close to home to fill his Cabinet "...As acting commissioner, she has advocated a new school funding formula that more closely tracks actual student needs than the current formula does.....

"She was always one of the individuals who was at the top of the list," he said. "She's done an outstanding job." .... Lynne Strickland, executive director of the Garden State Coalition of Schools, said she has appreciated Davy's accessibility over the past several months. "We hope she will be given the latitude to listen to diverse and competing needs," she said....

July 12, 2006

Governor sticks close to home to fill his Cabinet

Acting chiefs get education, corrections posts

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

BY DUNSTAN McNICHOL

Star-Ledger Staff

After conducting national searches for commissioners to head the state's Departments of Education and Corrections, Gov. Jon Corzine yesterday awarded the Cabinet posts to the people who were already holding the jobs.

In a surprise announcement made shortly before he left for vacation yesterday, Corzine said he will retain acting Corrections Commissioner George Hayman and acting Education Commissioner Lucille Davy as leaders of their departments.

"Now, don't mess around," Corzine joked as he introduced the two at a crowded press conference in a Statehouse office building yesterday. "No 'acting.' Get it done."

Hayman, a 23-year veteran of the Corrections Department from Willingboro, was serving as assistant commissioner for operations when Corzine tapped him to become acting commissioner in January.

Davy, of Pennington, served as special counsel for education policy to Govs. James E. McGreevey and Richard Codey. She has served as acting education commissioner since September.

Yesterday Corzine called Davy "one of the most passionate people I have ever worked with.

"She is a tireless professional in public education," he said. "I feel like I'm dealing with the PTA every time I sit down with her."

Davy is taking over the department as lawmakers begin a concerted push to overhaul the way the state hands out the $10.4 billion in public education aid it dispenses each year.

As acting commissioner, she has advocated a new school funding formula that more closely tracks actual student needs than the current formula does. Other issues include student testing and teacher development.

Corzine said the nationwide search for a commissioner was hampered by limits on what the state can pay its Cabinet officers, who each currently make $141,000.

"There are probably 100 superintendents of education at the local level who get paid more than the commissioner of education does," said Corzine. "You're asking people to take a great sacrifice."

That said, the governor added that Davy was always among the favorites for the permanent post, and said she had impressed him during interviews.

"She was always one of the individuals who was at the top of the list," he said. "She's done an outstanding job."

The Corrections Department operates state prisons and correctional facilities and is responsible for more than 27,000 offenders in custody.

Corzine praised the job Hayman has done since January.

"I see a man who has great strength," said Corzine. "But he also has compassion, (is) committed to making sure that one visit to corrections is all a person needs in life."

Both new commissioners got warm welcomes from constituent groups.

"We're looking forward to having a new commissioner and actually getting some work done and straightening out some of the little problems with the department," said Tom Moran, president of the New Jersey Law Enforcement Supervisors Association, who served on the committee that helps look for a new commissioner. "We wanted someone who could hit the ground running."

Lynne Strickland, executive director of the Garden State Coalition of Schools, said she has appreciated Davy's accessibility over the past several months.

"We hope she will be given the latitude to listen to diverse and competing needs," she said.

Both nominations now advance to the state Senate, which can approve or reject them.

Staff writer Rick Hepp contributed to this report.