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Follow the public money...
Civic Parent is a fiscal literacy platform focused on public finance in New Jersey.
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Learn at your own pace. Articles are written as knowledge building blocks and include key concepts, infographics, and links to additional resources.
NJ Public Schools
Learn the basics about school funding in NJ. Access public school data, analysis, and insight using customizable Tableau views. Dig into details about Jersey City's Public Schools funding crisis.
Learn moreProperty Taxes
Property tax basics, property revaluation, tax abatements, and more. Dig into property tax for your county and town. Learn ways to advocate for tax fairness.
Learn moreTax Abatements
Learn the basics about tax abatements: what they are, how they are granted, and the impact on the tax base, the public schools, and the funding paradigm for the local community.
Learn moreProperty Revaluation
Learn about property revaluation, including: the who/what/when/where/why of revaluation, how to compute if you are under or over taxed, and how to determine if your town or city is due for a revaluation.
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Give #OpenData a Try
Tax data is rich "open data" available to the public.
We can learn much about community through the lens of taxes.
Use the Tableau visualization below to find your hometown's tax base value. Compare your town with others throughout your county and the state, to see how your town's taxable wealth measures up. The tax base values are published each year by the State Division of NJ. The tax base is a foundational concept to the topic of property taxes.
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JC BOE Used Incorrect Tax Base Value in Its 2019/20 Budget: Explaining the Tax Math
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Property Revaluation 101: the Equalization Ratio
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Why Property Revaluation is a Social Justice Imperative in Jersey City
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JerseyCity Revaluation Update: Society Hill Highlighted
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Who/What/When/Where/Why of Property Revaluation
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Making Sense of Your New Tax Post Card
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Press Releases, Property Taxes, and the Value of Spin
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2019/20 *Proposed* Advertised Appropriations (JCPS Spending for 2019/20 School Year)
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Jersey City Revaluation: Intro from ASI Inc, the firm doing the Revaluation
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Tax Abatements 101: A Basic Overview
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Updated: Jersey City Abatements from 2016 User Friendly Budget. Mapped by Project Type & Ward.
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Jersey City: Who in City Council & the NJ State Legislature Represents Your School?
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Fulop Era Abatements Approved from 2013 to 2016
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Quick Analysis: Tax Expense Change on the West Side, south of Lincoln Park
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Property Revaluation Update: 202 out of 206 Homes on Neptune Ave in Greenville #JerseyCity were Over-Taxed.
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Property Revaluation 501: Mapping & Color Coding Jersey City Home Sales by Assessment-Sales Ratio
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Country Village Revaluation Update: $3+ Million Estimated Tax Expense Reduction (and counting…)
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Mapping Jersey City’s Abatements by Project Type and Ward
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Mapping Abatements in Jersey City
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JerseyCity Revaluation Update: Society Hill Highlighted
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Tax Abatements 401: The Transparency Issue
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Jersey City Funding Crisis: Banked Cap, Explained
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Abatements 501: A Critique of Mayor Fulop’s “Buy Up” Abatement Policy
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The Clock is Ticking…What’s the Plan to #FundOurSchools?
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NJ School Funding Basics: “Adequacy” Budget, School Tax Levy, & the Impact of Inflation (A Case Study of Jersey City)
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NJ Public Schools – Diversity Dashboard Using Income, Race, & ESL Data
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NJ School Funding Basics: NJ Department of Education Data & Reports
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PS #5 PTA School Funding Advocacy Action!
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PS #5 PTA School Funding Advocacy Action: Keep the pressure on the BOE & City Leadership: No Pink Slips!
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2019/20 *Proposed* Advertised Appropriations (JCPS Spending for 2019/20 School Year)
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Op-Ed Follow-Up: Get the Facts & Figures About Abatements & Public School Funding in Jersey City
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Jersey City: Approximately $40 Million of School Tax is Locked Up in Abatement Contracts
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Civic Questions for the Board of Education Upon Passing of their 2019/20 Budget
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JCPS Funding: How JCPS Spends Its Money…A High Level Primer
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Jersey City Facing $27 Million State Aid Cut for 2019/20 School Year
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PS #5 PTA School Funding Advocacy Action: Keep the pressure on the BOE & City Leadership: No Pink Slips!
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NJ School Funding Basics: The Tax Levy
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Jersey City’s 2019/20 Proposed Budget: Visualized Revenues
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JC BOE Used Incorrect Tax Base Value in Its 2019/20 Budget: Explaining the Tax Math
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2019/20 *Proposed* Advertised Appropriations (JCPS Spending for 2019/20 School Year)
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Mapping Jersey City’s Abatements by Project Type and Ward
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What Does 1.88 Students Look Like?
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Op-Ed Follow-Up: Get the Facts & Figures About Abatements & Public School Funding in Jersey City
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Abatements 501: A Critique of Mayor Fulop’s “Buy Up” Abatement Policy
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Jersey City PILOTs Rob Funding from the School System
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Tax Abatements 601: Brighter Sunshine Mandated for NJ Abatements
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Jersey City: Approximately $40 Million of School Tax is Locked Up in Abatement Contracts
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Jersey City, We Have A Problem.
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Let’s Get Civic
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Mapping Abatements in Jersey City
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Property Revaluation 301: Estimating Your Post-Revaluation Tax Bill
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Property Tax & Revaluation Workshop: WHAT is Revaluation? (YouTube Video)
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Jersey City Revaluation: Interactive Map Now Available from ASI, Inc.
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Making Sense of Your New Tax Post Card
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Jersey City Property Tax Appeals: A Civic Step-by-Step Overview
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Why Property Revaluation is a Social Justice Imperative in Jersey City
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Property Revaluation 501: Mapping & Color Coding Jersey City Home Sales by Assessment-Sales Ratio
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Property Tax Rate Math: A Quick Breakdown
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Jersey City Together Helped Homeowners Save $40,000+ via Tax Appeal Workshops
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An Analysis of 2015 Jersey City Property Sales – by Ward