Committee meeting of Joint Committee on the Public Schools: the Committee will be receiving a presentation of the 2015-2016 school budgets of the four State Takeover Districts (Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, and Camden), with specific focus on deficits and shortfalls, and how those deficits and shortfalls will be addressed; The Committee will hear from the districts on how they are progressing toward regaining local control, and how meeting the QSAC requirements to facilitate return to local control will be impacted by these budget deficits and shortfalls: December 15, 2015