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Follow the public money.
Civic Parent is a fiscal literacy platform focused on public finance in New Jersey.
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
Latest Posts:
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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
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PS #5 PTA Fall 2019 Email Campaign: No more “efficiency cuts” – What’s the long-term plan to fund our schools?
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Jersey City Public Schools Funding Crisis – A CivicParent Timeline
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PS #5 Email Campaign #6: JCPS is Not Fully Funded…City Must Help #FundOurSchools
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The Clock is Ticking…What’s the Plan to #FundOurSchools?
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Sharing from NJTV News: Questions over Jersey City teacher layoffs remain (July 4, 2019)
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PS #5 Advocacy Campaign -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.
Featured Topic: Learn About Tax Abatements
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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
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Jersey City, We Have A Problem.
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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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Jersey City Rising
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JerseyCity Revaluation Update: Society Hill Highlighted
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Jersey City Together Helped Homeowners Save $40,000+ via Tax Appeal Workshops
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Fulop’s Spokesperson Wrong on Property Tax Appeals Logic
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JCPS Funding: How JCPS Spends Its Money…A High Level Primer
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Accountability Checkpoint: Parent FAQs for May 13th BOE Meeting to Finalize the Budget
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Jersey City 2017 Sales for Class “2” (1-4 Family) Properties, Mapped
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Why Taxes Are Rising in Jersey City
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Am I Paying Too Much in Property Tax?
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Jersey City’s 2019/20 Proposed Budget: Visualized APPROPRIATIONS (Expenses)
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Jersey City: Who in City Council & the NJ State Legislature Represents Your School?
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Mapping Abatements in Jersey City
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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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Updated: Jersey City Abatements from 2016 User Friendly Budget. Mapped by Project Type & Ward.
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Mapping Jersey City’s Abatements by Project Type and Ward
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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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Country Village Revaluation Update: $3+ Million Estimated Tax Expense Reduction (and counting…)
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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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Tax Abatements 401: The Transparency Issue
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Updated: Jersey City Abatements from 2016 User Friendly Budget. Mapped by Project Type & Ward.
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Jersey City Funding Crisis: Banked Cap, Explained
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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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The Clock is Ticking…What’s the Plan to #FundOurSchools?
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PS #5 PTA School Funding Advocacy Action!
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Civic & Education Awesomeness in Jersey City: PS #5’s “Air Fresheners”
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NJ School Funding Basics: NJ Department of Education Data & Reports
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PS #5 Advocacy Campaign -Jersey City’s school funding crisis is NOT resolved. City Council — #FundOurSchools!!
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Mapping Abatements in Jersey City
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Jersey City’s 2017 School Based Budgets: Learn what’s being funded in your school
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A Closer Look at Jersey City’s School Tax Rate, Part 1: the Public Data
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Sharing from NJTV News: Questions over Jersey City teacher layoffs remain (July 4, 2019)
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JCPS Funding Crisis: An Overview
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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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JC BOE Used Incorrect Tax Base Value in Its 2019/20 Budget: Explaining the Tax Math
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NJ School Funding Basics: The Tax Base
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2019/20 *Proposed* Advertised Appropriations (JCPS Spending for 2019/20 School Year)
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Jersey City: Who in City Council & the NJ State Legislature Represents Your School?
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Jersey City PILOTs Rob Funding from the School System
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Updated: Jersey City Abatements from 2016 User Friendly Budget. Mapped by Project Type & Ward.
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Mapping Abatements in Jersey City
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Tax Abatements 401: The Transparency Issue
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Tax Abatements 201: Abatement Impact on Conventional Taxpayers
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Mapping Jersey City’s Abatements by Project Type and Ward
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Tax Abatements 301: Two Sides of the Same PILOT
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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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Abatements 501: A Critique of Mayor Fulop’s “Buy Up” Abatement Policy
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Jersey Journal Op-Ed Highlights PILOT vs. Public Schools Tension in Jersey City
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Making Sense of Your New Tax Post Card
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Who/What/When/Where/Why of Property Revaluation
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JerseyCity Revaluation Update: Society Hill Highlighted
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Am I Paying Too Much in Property Tax?
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Property Tax & Revaluation Workshop: WHAT is Revaluation? (YouTube Video)
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Property Revaluation 401: Tax Appeal Math (Chapter 123 Law)
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Fulop’s Spokesperson Wrong on Property Tax Appeals Logic
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Why Property Revaluation is a Social Justice Imperative in Jersey City
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Jersey City Together Helped Homeowners Save $40,000+ via Tax Appeal Workshops
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Jersey City 2017 Sales for Class “2” (1-4 Family) Properties, Mapped