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Revisiting NJOSA & the Lakewood Effect « School Finance 101

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Revisiting NJOSA & the Lakewood Effect

The current version of the New Jersey Opportunity Scholarship Act would pilot the tuition tax credits for private schooling in the following locations:
  • Asbury Park City School District
  • Camden City School District
  • Elizabeth City School District
  • Lakewood City School District
  • Newark City School District
  • City of Orange School District
  • Passaic City School District, and
  • City of Perth Amboy School District
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2012/Bills/S2000/1779_I1.PDF
http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/12/0316/0145/
NJOSA is often pitched publicly as a scholarship program that would allow students trapped in failing urban