By John Saccenti, Managing Editor
Local school districts can expect to get the same, if not more, in state school aid this year.
State aid figures released Wednesday show that Cranbury and Monroe will receive the same amount in state aid for the 2009-10 school year as they did for the current year while Jamesburg can expect to receive about $230,000 more.
According to the figures, Cranbury can expect to receive $769,042 in state aid, the same as it received for the current school year. Of that, it will receive $321,757 in transportation aid, $381,573 in special education categorical aid and $65,712 in security aid. The aid amounts to $859 per student, according to the figures.
Jamesburg can expect to receive $4.689 million in state aid, $234,493 more than it received for the current school year. Of that, the district will receive $4.02 million in equalization aid, $289,438 in transportation aid, $470,053 in special education categorical aid and $137,771 in security aid. The aid amounts to $5,897 per student.
School Business Administrator Tom Reynolds said the school board expected to have a budget workshop after The Cranbury Press’s mid-afternoon deadline to discuss how the money would be used.
Monroe can expect to receive $4.668 million in state aid, the same as it received for the current school year. Of that, it will receive $2.043 million in transportation aid, $2.226 million in special education aid and $398,375 in security aid. The aid amounts to $878 per student.
