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Sweeney, Ruiz say use of PARCC as graduation requirement violates legislative intent

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By LINH TAT

04/21/17 07:20 PM EDT

State Senate President Stephen Sweeney and Sen. Teresa Ruiz, chair of the chamber’s Education Committee, penned a letter to state education officials this week, indicating that the use of PARCC as a high school exit exam violates legislative intent.

The letter, addressed to state Board of Education President Mark Biedron and acting Education Commissioner Kimberley Harrington, asks the board to revise its rules governing graduation testing requirements. The letter comes a month after the state Assembly adopted a resolution (ACR215) which also stated that using PARCC to fulfill graduation testing requirements is inconsistent with legislative intent.

https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2017/04/21/sweeney-ruiz-say-use-of-parcc-as-exit-exam-violates-legislative-intent-111447?utm_campaign=new-jersey-politics&utm_content=2017-24-04-9454772&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=New%20Jersey%20Politics

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Sweeney, Lawmakers Push Casinos and Jersey Unity in the Meadowlands

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A coalition of New Jersey legislators gathered in front of the offices of the Meadowlands Chamber of Commerce to highlight what they feel is a necessary expansion of casino gaming away from only Atlantic City and into North Jersey. At the event Democrats Senate President Steve Sweeney, Senator Paul Sarlo, Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, Senator Bob Gordon, Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco and several Bergen County freeholders spoke in favor of the expansion. Alyana Alfaro, PolitickerNJ Read more

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Reader says an Increase in the Gas Tax will go to pay for past promises on wages & benefits for unionized labor, not to invest in the future of the state

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what are Sweeney, Sarlo and Prieto trying to do to our gasoline taxes? What’s going to happen to our property taxes? State income tax increases on the top 1%, i.e. anyone who earns over $350,000? Higher sales taxes anyone? How about all of the above. And for what you ask? To feed the vampire squid sucking the lifeblood out of the state of NJ. All of the tax revenues raised will go to pay for past promises on wages & benefits for unionized labor, not to invest in the future of the state. These thugs in Trenton won’t ask any questions, they’ll just throw more hard earned money down the black hole of pension and healthcare corruption.

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Sweeney: Restoring pension COLAs would bankrupt N.J. system

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By Samantha Marcus | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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on August 29, 2015 at 8:30 AM, updated August 29, 2015 at 9:34 AM

TRENTON — New Jersey’s faltering public-sector retirement system would be swamped by new pension liabilities if the state Supreme Court strikes down cuts to retirees’ pension benefits, the state Senate president said this week.

Those cuts were a critical piece of a 2011 overhaul of government worker benefits expected to save tens of billions of dollars over the coming decades. A group of retired state workers brought a lawsuit against the state challenging a freeze on cost-of-living adjustments in their pension payouts.

State Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester) told The Star-Ledger’s editorial board Thursday that a victory for the retirees and the restoration of COLAs would bankrupt the pension system, but he predicts the state will prevail.

“I don’t think they win it, to be honest with you. And I think it would cause the bankruptcy of the pension system,” he said.

https://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/08/sweeney_restoring_pension_colas_would_bankrupt_nj.html

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Sweeney, Kyrillos to sponsor bill that would cap unused sick pay

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Sweeney, Kyrillos to sponsor bill that would cap unused sick pay

TRENTON – Senate President Steve Sweeney and Senator Joseph Kyrillos are renewing efforts to cap unused sick pay for public employees, according to a statement released by the state Senate today. (Brush/PolitickerNJ)

https://www.politickernj.com/76926/sweeney-kyrillos-cap-unused-sick-pay