Thursday, March 15, 2018

Increase in NJ School Aid


TRENTON — Nearly every school district in New Jersey would get an increase in state aid next year and none would see a reduction, according to figures released Thursday by the Murphy administration.
School budgets are the single greatest driver of New Jersey's property taxes, which are the highest in the nation.
Murphy's budget would boost state aid by 3.5 percent, or $283.5 million. The proposal also increases pre-school aid to existing programs by $33 million and add $25 million to expand pre-school for another 3,500 children.
Gov. Phil Murphy said his school aid proposal would be the first step in getting Trenton to fully fund the formula that the state developed in 2008.
“As an educator, I’m excited about this budget because it’s the first time in years that we’ve seen this level of emphasis on investing in education,” Acting Education Commissioner Lamont O. Repollet, the former Asbury Park schools superintendent, said in a prepared statement.

                               2019     Total                        Increase
Atlantic   Mullica Twp  $5,481,097              $61,358    1.1%
 
   http://nj1015.com/nj-school-districts-that-would-get-the-most-money-under-murphy/                                                

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