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Civic Parent is a fiscal literacy platform focused on public finance in New Jersey.
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Why the School Tax Levy is the Concrete Solution to Jersey City's School Funding Crisis
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Kids Learning Corner – Resources while Staying at Home during Coronavirus/Covid-19 Pandemic
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What Investing in Jersey City Public Schools Looks Like for 2020/21
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Jersey City Public Schools 2020/21 Budget Process: Working Timeline & FAQs
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Value & Empower Our Public Schools By Locally Funding Them in the 2020 Schools Budget
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Why the School Tax Levy is Key to Funding JCPS (and why seeking abatement funds is not a concrete solution).
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Infographic: Jersey City: the Municipality’s Role in School Underfunding
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A Closer Look at Jersey City’s School Tax Rate, Part 3: A Case for Increasing the School Tax Levy
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Infographic: Jersey City Tax Base, Tax Levies, and Tax Rates-Demystified
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A Closer Look at Jersey City’s School Tax Rate. Part 2: Statewide Comparisons & the Role of the Tax Base
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A Closer Look at Jersey City’s School Tax Rate, Part 1: the Public Data
A Closer Look at Jersey City’s School Tax Rate
A Four-Part CivicParent Series About Jersey City's School Funding Crisis
Part 1: The Public Data
Part 2: Statewide Comparisons & the Role of the Tax Base
Part 3: Let's Talk About the School Tax Levy
Dig into the Proposed 2020 City Budget:
Featured Topic: Learn About Tax Abatements
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Why the School Tax Levy is Key to Funding JCPS (and why seeking abatement funds is not a concrete solution).
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Jersey City: Approximately $40 Million of School Tax is Locked Up in Abatement Contracts
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Updated: Jersey City Abatements from 2016 User Friendly Budget. Mapped by Project Type & Ward.
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Fulop Era Abatements Approved from 2013 to 2016
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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 Journal Op-Ed Highlights PILOT vs. Public Schools Tension in Jersey City
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Mapping Jersey City’s Abatements by Project Type and Ward
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Jersey City PILOTs Rob Funding from the School System
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Mapping Abatements in Jersey City
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Tax Abatements 601: Brighter Sunshine Mandated for NJ Abatements
Featured Data Visualization: The Property Tax Split...
Find your town using the filters...see how your property tax dollars are used by Municipal, County, and Schools
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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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Civic Parent Library - Take a Tour
Read about school funding, tax abatements, property revaluation, and more.
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Making Sense of Your New Tax Post Card
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Jersey City’s 2019/20 Proposed Budget: Visualized APPROPRIATIONS (Expenses)
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NJ Property Tax Dashboard | #OpenData #DataViz
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JCPS Funding: How JCPS Spends Its Money…A High Level Primer
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Property Revaluation 401: Tax Appeal Math (Chapter 123 Law)
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Property Revaluation 501: Mapping & Color Coding Jersey City Home Sales by Assessment-Sales Ratio
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Accountability Checkpoint: Parent FAQs for May 13th BOE Meeting to Finalize the Budget
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Tax Abatements 201: Abatement Impact on Conventional Taxpayers
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Jersey Journal Op-Ed Highlights PILOT vs. Public Schools Tension in Jersey City
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Country Village Revaluation Update: $3+ Million Estimated Tax Expense Reduction (and counting…)
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JerseyCity Revaluation Update: Society Hill Highlighted
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Property Revaluation 501: Mapping & Color Coding Jersey City Home Sales by Assessment-Sales Ratio
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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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Fulop Era Abatements Approved from 2013 to 2016
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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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Country Village Revaluation Update: $3+ Million Estimated Tax Expense Reduction (and counting…)
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Jersey City: Who in City Council & the NJ State Legislature Represents Your School?
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Jersey City 2017 Sales for Class “2” (1-4 Family) Properties, Mapped
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Updated: Jersey City Abatements from 2016 User Friendly Budget. Mapped by Project Type & Ward.
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What Does 1.88 Students Look Like?
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“Jersey City Public Schools are *Structurally* Underfunded”…What does this mean?
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Tax Abatements 601: Brighter Sunshine Mandated for NJ Abatements
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2019/20 *Proposed* Advertised Appropriations (JCPS Spending for 2019/20 School Year)
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#PayrollTax Ordinance: Public Testimonials About Our Public Schools
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Infographic: Jersey City: the Municipality’s Role in School Underfunding
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Jersey City’s 2019/20 Proposed Budget: Visualized Revenues
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PS #5 Advocacy Campaign -Jersey City’s school funding crisis is NOT resolved. City Council — #FundOurSchools!!
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Jersey City’s 2017 School Based Budgets: Learn what’s being funded in your school
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Mapping Abatements in Jersey City
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Updated: Jersey City Abatements from 2016 User Friendly Budget. Mapped by Project Type & Ward.
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“Jersey City Public Schools are *Structurally* Underfunded”…What does this mean?
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#PayrollTax Ordinance: Public Testimonials About Our Public Schools
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Jersey Journal Op-Ed: No Way to Run a World Class School District
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Why the School Tax Levy is Key to Funding JCPS (and why seeking abatement funds is not a concrete solution).
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June 26th: Tell the Jersey City City Council to #FundOurSchools
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Jersey City: Approximately $40 Million of School Tax is Locked Up in Abatement Contracts
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Mapping Abatements in Jersey City
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JCPS Funding: How JCPS Spends Its Money…A High Level Primer
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JCPS Demographic Study: Pertinent Facts re: Classroom Space
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Tax Abatements 301: Two Sides of the Same PILOT
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Mapping Jersey City’s Abatements by Project Type and Ward
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Jersey City PILOTs Rob Funding from the School System
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Mapping Abatements in Jersey City
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Tax Abatements 101: A Basic Overview
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Tax Abatements 601: Brighter Sunshine Mandated for NJ Abatements
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Op-Ed Follow-Up: Get the Facts & Figures About Abatements & Public School Funding in Jersey City
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Let’s Get Civic
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Why the School Tax Levy is Key to Funding JCPS (and why seeking abatement funds is not a concrete solution).
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Jersey City: Approximately $40 Million of School Tax is Locked Up in Abatement Contracts
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Property Revaluation 501: Mapping & Color Coding Jersey City Home Sales by Assessment-Sales Ratio
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Property Revaluation 301: Estimating Your Post-Revaluation Tax Bill
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Jersey City Together Helped Homeowners Save $40,000+ via Tax Appeal Workshops
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Property Tax Revaluation: Will my property tax expense go up or down? (YouTube Video)
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Property Revaluation 401: Tax Appeal Math (Chapter 123 Law)
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Property Revaluation 101: the Equalization Ratio
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Fulop’s Spokesperson Wrong on Property Tax Appeals Logic
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Property Tax & Revaluation Workshop: WHAT is Revaluation? (YouTube Video)
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Jersey City Property Tax Appeals: A Civic Step-by-Step Overview
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Who/What/When/Where/Why of Property Revaluation