NJ House rejects lottery appropriation for teachers

Comment #14

LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 03:51:49 GMT

its ashamed that teachers make less and they are the ones who are role models.

Comment #13

CASH Only — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:36:46 GMT

Comment #12

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:14:53 GMT

teachers should be paid more than they are......

Comment #11

Todd — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 15:30:22 GMT

Yes they do.

Comment #10

CASH Only — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 14:49:55 GMT

Well, they do.

Comment #9

LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:09:15 GMT

Comment #8

CASH Only — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 14:39:01 GMT

People like to argue over lottery proceeds.

Comment #7

Rip Snorter — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 19:33:39 GMT

However, it does do that. I wonder if the issue of where the money goes is really an important one. I've never cared much, and I doubt anyone in NM would buy fewer tickets than they buy today if it was learned the money was all going to fund some new Trinity project for the Los Alamos boys to assemble another atomic bomb to shoot off on us, maybe make Sky City a literality.Arguments about where the money's going to go seem mainly to be an exercize in rationalizing rhetoric on behalf of lawmaker... [ More ]

Comment #6

orangeman — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 18:28:46 GMT

Lottery is a lousy way to fund education. It can't be used for pay raises because the income is so uncertain and if you use it for building schools, etc., it doesn't stretch that far. It has to go into the general fund and then the money gets lost in the shuffle. Might as well own up to these facts and stop pretending lottery really aids education. It raises extra money for the state . . .period.Orangeman

Comment #5

CalifDude — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 17:57:50 GMT

Well, I guess they must speak Spanish in New Jersey: rejectes that must be Spanish

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goldrush — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 17:51:52 GMT

NJ should set up a scholarship fund, for all unclaimed lottery funds, and award scholarships to students to attend non-state schools.

Comment #3

empassioned1 — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 01:09:13 GMT

It's pretty sad, you have a specific number of teachers in the state, and they can't just send them a check? They have to go through a contract type process to distribute the money? I say let it ride and at the end of the year whatever is in the pool, divide it equally among all current teachers. Let it be a bonus as a way of saying we appreciate your efforts in our state .If I got a 50 buck bonus I wasn't expecting, I would think MOST teachers would be thankful for it.C.K.

Comment #2

Todd — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 13:14:27 GMT

No, that kind of thing actually happens, I've seen it myself. Even with things like having teachers attend training sessions, sometimes the parents get together and pool their money to send a teacher to a convention or training when the school won't do it.

Comment #1

Rip Snorter — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 13:00:23 GMT

PSS teacher representative Ambrose Bennett had lobbied the Senate to allocate the funds to classroom teachers who are oftentimes forced to use their own money to buy badly needed classroom supplies.If this is true the matter needs investigating by the lawmakers and they need to either allocate money to cover the cost out of the general revenues if there's not lottery money available, or they need to abandon the illusion they're providing an education for the kids in their jurisdictions.But then,... [ More ]

NJ House rejects lottery appropriation for teachers

Lottery Post — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 12:09:01 GMT

The New Jersey House of Representatives rejected yesterday the Senate amendment to appropriate $33,000 in unclaimed lottery funds to full-time Public School System teachers.House Education Committee chair Justo S. Quitugua said the bill now goes to the conference committee for resolution.He said there is a need to change some language in the bill. For instance, he said that, if the entire fund of $33,000 is distributed among the 500 PSS teachers, each recipient would only end up getting $66. I... [ More ]