#SameKidsSameNeeds
Every public school student in New Jersey deserves to learn in a SAFE, HEALTHY, and SECURE school building. Support public charter school inclusion in bill A4496/S3247!
Since 2001, New Jersey has invested over $17 billion in school construction – and zero has been provided to public charter schools, despite over $900 million in charter facilities needs identified in the next decade. 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.
Here’s the truth:
The students who attend public charter 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 school students in SDA districts are students of color.
- 77% of public charter students in SDA districts qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
- 90% of public charter school students attend schools in SDA districts.
Learn more about fairness and equity and the inclusion of public charter and renaissance schools in bill A4496.
Please sign onto our letter to Governor Murphy and lawmakers to demand that public charter and renaissance schools be treated fairly!
"The students who attend 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.