Jersey City's Public School Funding Crisis
Learn about the funding crisis:
Learn why Jersey City is losing its state aid.
Learn why the payroll tax is not the full solution.
Learn what is needed from the Jersey City community to help fix this problem.
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June 26th: Tell the Jersey City City Council to #FundOurSchools
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City Council Can Allocate Surplus Funds to the Public Schools.
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Civic Questions for the Board of Education Upon Passing of their 2019/20 Budget
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PS #5 Advocacy Campaign: Not Good Enough – Better Leadership Needed.
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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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JC BOE Used Incorrect Tax Base Value in Its 2019/20 Budget: Explaining the Tax Math
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Accountability Checkpoint: Parent FAQs for May 13th BOE Meeting to Finalize the Budget
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The Jersey City BOE’s “10% Tax Levy Hike” Isn’t Enough & Doesn’t Value Our Kids or JCPS
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Approximately $40 Million of School Tax is Locked Up in Abatement Contracts
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2019/20 *Proposed* Advertised Appropriations (JCPS Spending for 2019/20 School Year)
Latest Insights & Analysis
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Jersey City’s school funding crisis is NOT resolved. City Council — #FundOurSchools!!
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June 26th: Tell the Jersey City City Council to #FundOurSchools
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City Council Can Allocate Surplus Funds to the Public Schools.
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Civic Questions for the Board of Education Upon Passing of their 2019/20 Budget
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PS #5 Advocacy Campaign: Not Good Enough – Better Leadership Needed.
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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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JC BOE Used Incorrect Tax Base Value in Its 2019/20 Budget: Explaining the Tax Math
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Accountability Checkpoint: Parent FAQs for May 13th BOE Meeting to Finalize the Budget
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The Jersey City BOE’s “10% Tax Levy Hike” Isn’t Enough & Doesn’t Value Our Kids or JCPS
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Approximately $40 Million of School Tax is Locked Up in Abatement Contracts
Civic Tax Tools: Dig into the data.
Drill into tax, school, and budgetary data by county, town, or school system to better understand your community.
Here is one example:
View your town's tax base and tax levies data from 1998 through 2018.
Drill into key metrics on a per-year basis, including the equalization ratio, which is an indication if your town or city may need a citywide revaluation.
You can see all the CivicParent tax tools here.
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Property Taxes
Learn about property taxes, abatements, and how local government spends our money.
Public Schools
Learn about student enrollment, public school funding in NJ, and discover how much you pay in school tax each year.
Civic Tax Tools
Access public tax, school, and budget data using Tableau visualizations customized for taxpayer ease of use.
Jersey City Public Schools: the Civic Parent Series
Learn about Jersey City's public school funding paradigm, including how our schools are funded and the interplay with property taxes and municipal government.
Property Revaluation: the Civic Parent Series
Learn about property revaluation - why it's needed, how it's implemented, and how to predict your tax expense once it's completed.
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Property Revaluation 101: the Equalization Ratio
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Property Revaluation 201: Quantifying Tax Inequity (A Simple Example)
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Property Revaluation 301: Estimating Your Post-Revaluation Tax Bill
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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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An Analysis of 2015 Jersey City Property Sales – by Ward
Tax Abatements: the Civic Parent Series
Learn about tax abatements, with a focus on long-term abatements, how they are granted, and impact on local community and schools.
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Tax Abatements 101: A Basic Overview
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Tax Abatements 201: Abatement Impact on Conventional Taxpayers
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Tax Abatements 301: Two Sides of the Same PILOT
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Tax Abatements 401: The Transparency Issue
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Abatements 501: A Critique of Mayor Fulop’s “Buy Up” Abatement Policy
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Tax Abatements 601: Brighter Sunshine Mandated for NJ Abatements
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Mapping Abatements in Jersey City
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Civic Maps
View public finance through the lens of maps. Drill into your town, school zone, or neighborhood.
Property Revaluation
Learn about property revaluation, including assessed value, market value, tax appeals, and how predict your change in tax expense.
Civic Tax Tools
Use custom tax & budget visualizations to explore finance and demographic data in your city, county, and school system.
