Get the Facts: Ciattarelli Record of Attacks on Public Schools

For years, Ciattarelli has led the charge to dismantle and defund public education in New Jersey. He’s pushed schemes to siphon taxpayer dollars to wealthy private schools through vouchers, charter expansion, and “educational savings accounts.” He’s attacked fully funded pre-K, calling it “indefensible” when offered to certain districts.
 
Even in the wake of deadly school shootings, Ciattarelli stood with Chris Christie to vote against requiring panic alarms and exterior emergency lights in schools to protect students and staff. And in February 2025, he embraced Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education - pledging to slash the New Jersey Department of Education to “a couple dozen people.”
 
Ciattarelli’s agenda is as extreme as it is dangerous: gut oversight, slash investment in our kids, and shift resources away from working- and middle-class communities. Ciattarelli isn’t fighting for students or teachers, he’s working to pull the rug right out from under them. [2025 NJ GOP Primary Debate, 2/4/25; Press of Atlantic City, 12/31/24; Star-Ledger, 1/11/18; NJ Assembly Republican Caucus Press Release, 5/17/17; NJ State Legislature, A3691, 12/19/13]
 
Ciattarelli has shown his true colors – and we can’t trust him. The choice we have in November could not be clearer.