Jack Ciattarelli in The Newark Star Ledger

On Education: Reconfigure state school funding to where it's needed today

Wants to make changes to the state's school funding formula. He calls for "reweighing cost-per-student spending targets ... so the distribution aligns with need today, not the 1980s." He also wants to reduce excess aid to overfunded schools districts and redistribute the money to underfunded schools. Source: Newark Star Ledger on 2021 New Jersey Gubernatorial race May 15, 2019

On Health Care: Would veto ending religious exemptions for vaccinations

Public school students in New Jersey are required to be vaccinated against illnesses like measles, mumps, polio, and chickenpox--though the state does allow parents to opt out for religious reasons. A Democratic-sponsored bill to remove that religious exemption failed twice to pass.

Ciattarelli said he would veto that bill if he's elected and it came to his desk. He also said he would expand the rules to include a "philosophical exemption" to required school vaccinations.

Source: Newark Star Ledger on 2021 New Jersey Gubernatorial race Jul 27, 2021

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