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NJ Republicans have a plan that would FULLY FUND SCHOOLS and LOWER PROPERTY TAXES. This legislation will never make it on the Assembly Education Committee agenda for action, as the Democrats maintain a stranglehold and love the unsustainable, crippling status quo. Their solution??? They voted for school boards to exceed the 2% annual cap and raise school taxes nearly 10% in a single year, directly hitting district taxpayers. New Jersey's school funding formula measures each school district's wealth by property value, not income. As a result, over the past five years, New Jerseyans are being taxed as if they were nearly 2.5 times wealthier than in reality. Property values have  increased by 24% over that time, while income has only  increased by 10%. As stated by Republican Assembly Leader John DiMaio, the Republican plan fixes that by focusing state aid for schools on income instead of property value. That ensures more funding and lower property taxes every year. The gauge of affordability is property taxes exceeding 5% of a school district's residential income, which is in line with standards for preventing poverty-level housing costs. Poverty-level housing costs are considered 30% of income, which means property taxes should be about 5% of income. It is a fair, and equitable, standard. Read about the plan in detail here: https://t.co/zPVdCzNfhi Link to Bill text: https://t.co/N9MSqPZXDM

🚨NJ taxpayers OUTSIDE OF NEWARK pay over $1.2B of the Newark School District's annual costs. Where does your money go? ☑️Lavish trips for staff and board members to balmy vacation spots like Honolulu and Palm Springs. ☑️Superintendent Roger León's FUN DAY with complimentary food and alcoholic beverages on your dime. ☑️$1.4M fee for an uncertified "consultant" who never started the work of learning loss remediation. ☑️Millions above market price to outbid a successful public charter school to purchase school building in an area of the city where current public school buildings are UNDER ENROLLED. Oh, and NPS received an extra $287M in Covid relief ESSER funds to remediate learning loss. This has been used to serve only 16% of eligible students. What an absolute embarrassment. #dirtyjersey Hundreds of Millions of Dollars Flooded Into Newark Schools From Covid. Where It All Landed Is Not So Clear. https://t.co/orGrrSHcAP