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We take this opportunity to present to you Chapter 2 from our recent publication called SOLUTIONS. It has become particularly relevant because we are told that education aid for the 2010-2011 school year will be based on a district’s “Adequacy Budget.”

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To the Senate Education Committee:

We make the assumption that all want the best possible education for all children, and that all seek educational quality as well as fiscal efficiency. Our comments will recognize that other education advocacy organizations will discuss the issues of the 4% cap, burdensome regulations, the use of surplus in lieu of aide, salaries and benefits, NJQSAC, charters, vouchers, and even the dollars that public schools pay to parents for busing to private schools.

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To: Governor-Elect Christie and the Education Transition Team,

Dollar$ and Sense is known for doing our homework and never being disrespectful. Now, when we need answers, the doors are open.

Recognizing the importance of sharing information and insights with the Education Transition Committee, we turned to a few of the greatest experts New Jersey has to offer. Experience has taught us that leadership must have vision, and the best vision looks forward and back. To ignore the value of past expe… Continue

To: The Honorable Members of the Senate Labor Committee:


My name is Richard Snyder. I am the Executive Director for Dollar$ and Sense. Our organization was founded seven years ago with the purpose of providing research and constructive solutions to accomplish quality education and efficient spending. We have represented up to 42 school districts across a wide range of issues and we work as closely as possible with other organizations, both urban and suburban. We are absolutely a special intere… Continue

Education advocates from suburban, rural, and urban schools have a common goal. We all want the very best for our children. It is imperative that this common thread is used to tie together all education advocates within New Jersey.

New Jersey, like all states, faces the challenges of educating and education reform. We, however, face an additional problem. Our Governor, our Legislature, and probably most of the state’s adults want the problems of public education off the table. The burdens of fu… Continue