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• Christie calls special session. Attack on education continues.

  Gov. Christie has called a special session of the Legislature beginning July 1. Christie is attempting to strong arm legislators into considering his draconian property tax cap proposal, which would enshrine a 2.5% cap into the state constitution. Earlier this week, the legislature passed its own property tax cap legislation, a statutory 2.9% limit. Read More

• NJEA testifies against cap legislation

  NJEA Director of Government Relations Ginger Gold Schnitzer testified before the Senate and Assembly budget committees in opposition to property tax cap legislation. Pointing out the toll similar caps have exacted in California, Massachusetts and elsewhere, she urged lawmakers not to starve schools of needed resources and shortchange a generation of students. Read NJEA’s testimony.Read More

• Voucher bill on the move! Immediate action required

  New Jersey legislators are being pressured to push the voucher bill (S-1872) on a fast track. This legislation would strip $360 million from our public schools to send students to private and religious schools, and allows corporations to receive dollar-for-dollar tax credits for contributions to “scholarship funds” to funnel the money to students. Governor Christie has already cut $1.3 billion from New Jersey’s public schools. The last thing we need to do is drain another $360 million from them, yet S-1872 would do just that. Read More