The Board of Education Should Approve Superintendent Walker’s Schools Budget & Fully Fund Our Schools
Superintendent Walker proposed a fully funded budget on Monday, March 15th, a monumental step forward in Jersey City’s efforts to ...
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CivicParent NJ Property Tax Viewer: 2020 Levies
The 2020 property tax tables for calendar year 2020 are now available. This data provides insight into the way municipal, ...
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JCPS: How does the schools budget process work?
Update, Feb 5, 2021: I’m re-upping this post from 2020 to share with anyone who’s interested in the upcoming schools ...
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NJ Abatements: We need better abatement disclosures in NJ to show impact on public schools
This is post included in both my abatement series and a series about the User Friendly Budget in NJ. We ...
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CivicParent NJ Property Tax Viewer – 2019 Levies
Last month (October 2020) the state published the 2019 property tax tables. This is a “look back” at the local ...
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Safely Reopening Our Schools in NJ: Understanding the Constraints of Fragmentation in the Garden State
I have been trying to learn about the practical implications of reopening our schools in the fall. The stakes are ...
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Jersey City Public Schools Enrollment Data Shows Diversity of District, Imperative to Progressively Fund
For the last 10 years, Jersey City has been DIVESTING in its public schools. All the while, our city has ...
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Thoughts on Technology and Mental Health in “Remote” Paradigm of Learning.
I normally use this blog to share data and analysis about taxes and public funding, but this is a more ...
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What Investing in Jersey City Public Schools Looks Like for 2020/21
On Wednesday March 18th, Superintendent Walker proposed a budget that significantly increases local investment in our public schools. The budget ...
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Jersey City Public Schools 2020/21 Budget Process: Working Timeline & FAQs
As we enter the budget season for Jersey City Public Schools, I wanted to share some upcoming process info – ...
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Why the School Tax Levy is Key to Funding JCPS (and why seeking abatement funds is not a concrete solution).
I've heard "can't we go after the abatement money to fund our schools? Rather than increase the school tax levy?" ...
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A Closer Look at Jersey City’s School Tax Rate, Part 1: the Public Data
This is the first in a 4-part series about 2018 school tax rates, with a focus on Jersey City. This ...
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Jersey City Public Schools Funding Crisis – A CivicParent Timeline
This is a timeline of stories published or shared on CivicParent as it relates to funding of Jersey City Public ...
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2019/20 *Proposed* Advertised Appropriations (JCPS Spending for 2019/20 School Year)
How to use this visualization: Check out prior visualizations here that I'm sharing as part of the 2019/20 budget cycle ...
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2018/19 Advertised Appropriations (What JCPS Spends Money On)
How to use this visualization: This "tree map" shows the 2018/19 appropriations (i.e. expenses) for Jersey City Public Schools. I ...
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Jersey City’s 2017 School Based Budgets: Learn what’s being funded in your school
How to use this visualization: This bubble chart shows 2017 actual spending within Jersey City's public schools, as reported by ...
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Jersey City Facing $27 Million State Aid Cut for 2019/20 School Year
Governor Murphy released his proposed fiscal year (FY) 2019/20 budget for NJ and this week, and it included a re-allocation ...
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NJ School Funding Basics: “Adequacy” Budget, School Tax Levy, & the Impact of Inflation (A Case Study of Jersey City)
This article is about Jersey City’s public schools funding crisis. If you’re unfamiliar with this issue, you can read more ...
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NJ Property Tax Dashboard: Updated for 2018 w/ Jersey City Highlights
NJ Property Tax Dashboard Follow the money ... and better understand your community's priorities. Every year, the state of NJ ...
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