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NEW JERSEY PARENTS - CALL YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS NOW! PROTEST & PROTECT FUNDING FOR YOUR SCHOOLS
March 19, 2009
ACTION ALERT:

NEW JERSEY PARENTS - CALL YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS NOW!
PROTEST & PROTECT FUNDING FOR YESHIVAS AND DAY SCHOOLS

Call Now! $11 million in technology and bussing aid is in danger


The Orthodox Union (OU) is gravely concerned over a new budget proposal for the state of New Jersey that will cut $11 million in funding to all nonpublic schools in the state. This cut would include $7 million in technology grants that even if already promised, will be rescinded; a reduction if the 30 mile extension of bus zones to schools thereby returning the bussing back to the previous 20 mile zone for elementary schools and 25 mile zone for high schools; and by freezing the bussing reimbursement to nonpublic school parents at $884.00 per student.

This is despite consistently demonstrating an equal need for this spending in our schools. At this time of economic disadvantage, the state threatens to make parents and children accept less and pay more. Tell your legislators that enough is enough!

Please call NOW and tell your state Senator and/or Assemblyman to "provide fair and equal treatment to nonpublic schools in the state of New Jersey”. Please click here to find out who your state Senator and/or Assemblyman are.

If every yeshiva and day school parent calls, there will be thousands of calls, so if you reach a voicemail message, please do not hang up! Stay on the line and leave a message after the tone. It is very important, because these offices track exactly how many people call on each issue and every single call makes a difference.

Once again, please click here to find out who your state Senator and/or Assemblyman are, and then contact them directly to ask that they "provide fair and equal treatment to nonpublic schools in the state of New Jersey”.


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