#SameKidsSameNeeds

Every public school student in New Jersey deserves to learn in a SAFE, HEALTHY, and SECURE school building.

Despite educating 1 in 5 public school students in New Jersey’s 31 poorest communities, public charter and renaissance schools have been excluded from funding for their facilities and have over $1 billion in facilities needs. Join us in urging Governor Murphy and the Legislature to address this long-overdue issue.

Since 2001, New Jersey has invested over $18 billion in school construction. Just like all other public schools, public charter and renaissance schools need to upgrade boilers, replace windows and roofs, and increase space in aging buildings and over $1 billion in charter facilities needs have been identified over the next decade.

Here’s the truth:

The students who attend public charter and renaissance schools in New Jersey are the same students who attend district schools.

Public charter and renaissance schools educate 1 in 5 students in Schools Development Authority (SDA) districts (New Jersey’s 31 most under-resourced school districts).
91% of public charter and renaissance school students in SDA districts are students of color.
76% of public charter and renaissance school students in SDA districts qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Nearly 30 public charter school buildings in New Jersey are 100 years old or older.

Please sign onto our letter to Governor Murphy and lawmakers to demand that public charter and renaissance schools be treated fairly!

TAKE ACTION!

"The students who attend public charter schools are the same students who attend district schools. They are friends, neighbors and in many cases, siblings."

Harry Lee

NJPCSA President and CEO

Learn more about New Jersey’s public charter schools and read more media coverage here.