Jack Ciattarelli on Education

We're going to roll back the LGBTQ curriculum; goes too far

"You won't have to deal with it when I'm governor, but we're not teaching gender ID and sexual orientation to kindergarteners. We're not teaching sodomy in sixth grade. And we're going to roll back the LGBTQ curriculum. It goes too far."

Implement a Parents' Bill of Rights providing transparency

Don't mandate college vaccination until others vaccinated

Reconfigure state school funding to where it's needed today

Re-balance over-funded vs/ under-funded school districts

Limit aid to overfunded school districts

School Funding Reform to Solve the Property Tax Crisis
• Reduce excess aid for the most extremely overfunded school districts like Hoboken by 20% per year over 5 years, with savings re-directed to the underfunded school districts in middle-class towns across the state.
• Redefine 'Local Fair Share' so no community funds less than 25% of their school operating budget or construction costs through the local property tax levy, phased in over 5 years or 20% per year.
• Reduce state school aid to districts like Asbury Park whose cost-per-student exceeds 150% of 'adequacy' or whose operating budget exceeds 200% of adequacy.
• Prevent communities like Jersey City and others from abating school taxes on new development with 75% of negotiated payments-in-lieu-of-taxes (i.e. PILOTS) dedicated to the local school district
• Reform the current state-funded Pre-K system so it's not limited to a handful of districts like Newark, with a co-pay required for families with significant means.