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JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC
SCHOOL FUNDING REFORM
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FINAL REPORT - issued November 15, 2006, revised December 1, 2006
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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View/Hear Meetings
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Establishment
The Joint Legislative Committee on Public School Funding Reform was created
by Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 3. It is the duty of
the committee to review and formulate proposals that address the
manner in which government provides for the maintenance and support
of a system of free public schools for the instruction of the children
of this State. The committee may consider proposals to: provide
State support based on student needs rather than geographic location;
eliminate disincentives to the regionalization of school districts;
control school district spending, particulary administrative spending;
and improve the effectiveness of the current law limiting increases
in school district spending.
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Committee Members
Senator John H. Adler
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Co-Chair
Assemblyman Herb Conaway M.D.
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Co-Chair
Senator Gerald Cardinale
Assemblyman Brian P. Stack
Assemblyman David W. Wolfe
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Committee Aides
| Kathleen Fazzari, OLS Aide |
(609) 984-6843 |
| Theodore C. Settle, OLS Aide |
(609) 984-6843 |
Jacqueline Burke, Senate Democratic Aide
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(609) 292-5215 |
| David Rousseau, Senate Democratic Aide |
(609) 292-5215 |
Brian Alpert, Senate Republican Aide
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(609) 292-5199 |
| Christine Shipley, Senate Republican Aide |
(609) 292-5199 |
| Mary Alice Messenger-Gault, Assembly Democratic
Aide |
(609) 292-7065 |
| Keith White, Assembly Democratic Aide |
(609) 292-7065 |
| Beth Schermerhorn, Assembly Republican Aide |
(609) 292-5339 |
| Thomas Neff, Assembly Republican Aide |
(609) 292-5339 |
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Reports
FINAL REPORT - issued November 15, 2006, revised December 1, 2006
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Meeting Transcripts
Transcription of Committee Meeting
- 11/27/2006
Transcription of Committee Meeting
- 12/7/2006
Transcription of Committee Meeting
- 10/24/2006
Transcription of Committee Meeting
- 9/5/2006
Transcription of Committee Meeting
- 10/3/2006
Transcription of Public Hearing
- 10/10/2006
Transcription of Public Hearing
- 10/17/2006
Transcription of Committee Meeting
- 8/10/2006
Transcription of Committee Meeting
- 8/22/2006
Transcription of Committee Meeting
- 8/29/2006
Transcription of Committee Meeting
- 9/12/2006
Transcription of Committee Meeting
- 9/19/2006
Transcription of Committee Meeting
- 9/26/2006
Written Testimony Submitted to Committee
September 5, 2006
August 10, 2006
August 22, 2006
October 17, 2006
October 10, 2006
September 12, 2006
August 29, 2006
October 3, 2006
Resources
List of Research Resources Provided for the JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING REFORM
- 8/10/2006
Compiled by the Office of Legislative Services
Presentations
Public School Funding in New Jersey
- 8/10/2006
Presented by the Office of Legislative Services
Presentation to the Joint Legislative Committee on Public School Funding Reform
- 8/22/2006
Presented by Michael Griffith and the National Conference of State Legislatures
CEIFA: Comprehensive Educational Improvement and Financing Act of 1996
- 8/29/2006
Presented by Katie Attwood, New Jersey Department of Education, Division of Finance
Union City Board of Education
- 8/29/2006
Presented by Stanley M. Sanger, Superintendent of the Union City School District
Brigantine Public Schools
- 8/29/2006
Presented by Dr. Robert Previti, Superintendent of the Brigantine School District
Funding Special Education: State and National Trends with a Focus on New Jersey
- 10/3/2006
Presented by Thomas Parrish, Managing Director, American Institutes for Research
Special Education
- 9/12/2006
Presented by Barbara Gantwerk, Acting Assistant Commissioner, NJ Department of Education, Division of Student Services
Determining the Cost of Education in New Jersey
- 10/24/2006
Presented by Allen Dupree, New Jersey Department of Education
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| The following legislation relevant to the topics
being studied by this special committee has been introduced in the 2006-07
legislative session
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REVISIONS TO CURRENT SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA
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A144
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Revises State funding formula for public education.
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S769
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Revises State funding formula for public education.
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S126
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"School Tax Offset Aid Act."
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A1063
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Provides that new ratables will be phased into the calculation of equalized valuation over a ten-year period in determining eligibility for State school aid.
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S1171
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Increases senior citizen stabilization aid to $500 and makes certain regional districts eligible for senior citizen stabilization aid.
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NEW SCHOOL AID CATEGORIES OR REVENUE SOURCES
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A2390
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Requires amount by which actual State General Fund revenue exceeds anticipated State General Fund revenue for a fiscal year to be appropriated as State school aid.
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A2917
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Provides additional State school aid to certain school districts with significant enrollment growth.
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S469
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Provides additional State school aid to certain school districts with significant enrollment growth.
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A2918
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Provides additional State school aid to school districts with significant enrollment growth and low per pupil property and income wealth.
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S124
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Provides additional State school aid to school districts with significant enrollment growth and low per pupil property and income wealth.
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S1288
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Provides additional State school aid to certain public school districts.
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ACR54
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Amends State Constitution to provide annual spending limits for counties, municipalities and school districts and to provide for State aid for property tax relief for local governments that budget within those limits.
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PROCEDURES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND REVIEW OF SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA
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A651
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Establishes the Public School Educational Funding Commission.
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A656
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Creates the "School Tax Policy Funding Commission."
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A882
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Establishes a permanent Commission on the Funding of a Thorough and Efficient Public School Education to make recommendations and to monitor a public school funding formula. *
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AR168
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Establishes School Aid Formula Reform and Accountability Task Force.
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S578
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Establishes the New Jersey State Commission on Education Reform to develop academic outcome-based per pupil public school funding amounts.
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S1775
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Establishes a permanent Public School Education Funding Review Commission.
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SCR51
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Proposes amendment to the Constitution to establish Council on Thorough and Efficient Education to adopt a range of per pupil school funding amounts and decide disputes on sufficiency of State funding of public schools.
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