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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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Fulop’s Spokesperson Wrong on Property Tax Appeals Logic
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Property Revaluation 401: Tax Appeal Math (Chapter 123 Law)
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Property Tax Rate Math: A Quick Breakdown
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Making Sense of Your New Tax Post Card
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Jersey City Revaluation: Intro from ASI Inc, the firm doing the Revaluation
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Tax Abatements 201: Abatement Impact on Conventional Taxpayers
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Jersey City Property Tax Appeals: A Civic Step-by-Step Overview
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2019/20 *Proposed* Advertised Appropriations (JCPS Spending for 2019/20 School Year)
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Why Property Revaluation is a Social Justice Imperative in Jersey City
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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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Fulop Era Abatements Approved from 2013 to 2016
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Mapping Abatements 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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Jersey City 2017 Sales for Class “2” (1-4 Family) Properties, Mapped
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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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Mapping Jersey City’s Abatements by Project Type and Ward
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Updated: Jersey City Abatements from 2016 User Friendly Budget. Mapped by Project Type & Ward.
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JerseyCity Revaluation Update: Society Hill Highlighted
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Quick Analysis: Tax Expense Change on the West Side, south of Lincoln Park
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PS #5 Email Campaign #6: JCPS is Not Fully Funded…City Must Help #FundOurSchools
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Jersey City: Approximately $40 Million of School Tax is Locked Up in Abatement Contracts
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Jersey City Facing $27 Million State Aid Cut 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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NJ Special Education Statistics | #DataViz #OpenData
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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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JC BOE Used Incorrect Tax Base Value in Its 2019/20 Budget: Explaining the Tax Math
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Jersey City Public Schools: Year in Review, 2013
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NJ Property Tax Dashboard | #OpenData #DataViz
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Jersey City Public Schools – A Public Good Requiring Public Funding
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Jersey City Funding Crisis: Banked Cap, Explained
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June 26th: Tell the Jersey City City Council to #FundOurSchools
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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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The Jersey City BOE’s “10% Tax Levy Hike” Isn’t Enough & Doesn’t Value Our Kids or JCPS
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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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Jersey City’s 2017 School Based Budgets: Learn what’s being funded in your school
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Jersey City Facing $27 Million State Aid Cut for 2019/20 School Year
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PS #5 Advocacy Campaign: Not Good Enough – Better Leadership Needed.
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Tax Abatements 301: Two Sides of the Same PILOT
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Updated: Jersey City Abatements from 2016 User Friendly Budget. Mapped by Project Type & Ward.
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Jersey City PILOTs Rob Funding from the School System
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Mapping Jersey City’s Abatements by Project Type and Ward
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Abatements 501: A Critique of Mayor Fulop’s “Buy Up” Abatement Policy
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Fulop Era Abatements Approved from 2013 to 2016
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Mapping Abatements in Jersey City
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Op-Ed Follow-Up: Get the Facts & Figures About Abatements & Public School Funding 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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JerseyCity Revaluation Update: Society Hill Highlighted
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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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Who/What/When/Where/Why of Property Revaluation
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Property Revaluation 101: the Equalization Ratio
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Making Sense of Your New Tax Post Card
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Country Village Revaluation Update: $3+ Million Estimated Tax Expense Reduction (and counting…)
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Quick Analysis: Tax Expense Change on the West Side, south of Lincoln Park
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Property Tax & Revaluation Workshop: WHAT is Revaluation? (YouTube Video)
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Property Revaluation 501: Mapping & Color Coding Jersey City Home Sales by Assessment-Sales Ratio