Clifton Wins Funding Fight‼

I am sending this update out with excitement at the anticipation of the new agreement that was made by Sweeney and Prietto to begin the process of fair funding. Clifton will be receiving an additional 3.9 million for the 17-18 budget year.

Sweeney threatens N.J. government shutdown over school funding

New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney on Tuesday declared he would not pass a budget next month that doesn't change the formula the state uses to fund schools, effectively threatening to shut down the government. - Andrew Seidman, Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News