Your School Budget Has Been Defeated: What’s Next?

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Your School Budget Has Been Defeated: What’s Next?

Our Panelists:

Moderator:Michael F. Kaelber, Esq.,

Director of Legal & Policy Services, NJSBA

Bret D. Schundler, NJ Education Commissioner

John Donahue, Executive Director, NJASBO

Joesph Monzo, CFO, S. Brunswick Twp.

Andrew Lucas, Mayor, Manalapan Twp.

Neil K. Cramer, Sussex Executive County

School Business Administrator

Terry Sierchio, Business Administrator,

Hopatcong

Who’s on this call? More than 600 people!

Percentage of Budgets Defeated

Somerset 88.20

Burlington 86.80

Atlantic 83.30

Hunterdon 82.10

Monmouth 73.60

Cumberland 71.40

Warren 68.20

Gloucester 67.00

Passaic 66.70

Middlesex 63.60

Morris 63.20

Ocean 60.80

Sussex 58.30

Camden 50.00

Mercer 50.00

Salem 46.20

Union 36.80

Cape May 35.30

Hudson 28.60

Bergen 25.70

Essex 25.00

April Timeline

20 22

SCHOOLELECTIONS

SCHOOLSSHOULD SEND

BUDGET PACKAGETO GOVERNING BODY

26

SCHOOLELECTIONRESULTS

CERTIFIED

28

LAST DAY FORSCHOOLSTO SEND

BUDGET PACKAGETO GOVERNING BODY

Consultation Between and Meetings of

the Board of Education and Governing Body

Executive County Superintendent

Facilitates and Provides Guidance

TimelineApril 28 – May 19

OPMA

Minimum Tax LevyLocal ShareAdequacy BudgetSpecific Line Item ReductionsFund Balance Failure to Certify/Agree

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Communication is Vital To Success

May - June Timeline

19

Final Day for Governing Body to Certify Tax Levy

3

Ten Working Days After Certification of Tax Levy

by Governing Body

Final Day for Filing Application for

Restoration of Reductions

MAY

JUNE

Panel Discussion

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Additional Resources•Defeated budget resources on the NJLOM Web site.

•Department of Education election calendar.

•Department of Education defeated budget resources.

•Q & A with Education Commissioner Bret Schundler “New Jersey’s Schools in Financial Crisis.”

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