Article: SCHOOL BUDGET VOTERS TO LOSE SAY?

CHARLES YOUNG, Trenton Bureau
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
06-18-1995
SCHOOL BUDGET VOTERS TO LOSE SAY? -- N.J. SYSTEM UNDER REVIEW
By CHARLES YOUNG, Trenton Bureau
Date: 06-18-1995, Sunday
Section: NEWS
Edition: All Editions -- Sunday

It has its roots in Colonial town meetings, and has stood largely
unchanged since at least 1903.

But now, there is serious discussion in Trenton about
significantly changing New Jersey's system of putting local school
budgets before the voters each spring.

Under a plan currently under consideration, an offshoot of the
state's attempt to find a new way to fund public schools, voters would
no longer cast ballots on the entire school tax levy, which funds the
...

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