Issues and Political Action
NJEA testifies against cap legislation
Published on Thursday, June 24, 2010
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.
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