Tag: state aid
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South Brunswick School District gears up for start of 2022-23 school year
As the 2022-23 school year approaches, the South Brunswick School District plans to form a District and Community Budget Committee, hopes to be awarded full-day, free preschool and is down custodial positions. The three topics were part of Superintendent of Schools Scott Feder’s update at a South Brunswick Board of Education meeting on Aug. 25.…
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East Brunswick receives $5M additional state aid for 2021-22 school year
EAST BRUNSWICK–With Gov. Phil Murphy releasing 2021-22 state aid numbers for school districts, Superintendent Victor Valeski addressed the impact of funding for the East Brunswick Public School District. The proposed FY2022 budget provides $578 million in additional K-12 school aid and nearly $50 million in additional preschool funding. When paired with additional investments in Extraordinary…
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Hopewell Valley’s school district braces for loss in state aid
The coronavirus pandemic continued to alter school budgets when Gov. Phil Murphy announced a $335 million reduction in school aid from the proposed 2020 state budget. As the Murphy administration released specific figures on May 25, Hopewell Valley Regional School District was one of the districts receiving a reduction. The school district’s state aid will…
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South Brunswick schools face $8 million cut in state aid over time
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The South Brunswick School District is facing a decrease of $8 million in state aid. “When the new funding formula was implemented, South Brunswick actually received over $1 million in increased aid. At that time the valuation of the town was approximately $8.6 billion. In the next year, the valuation of the…
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Paraprofessionals in Old Bridge schools may be outsourced due to reduction in state aid
OLD BRIDGE – School officials are weighing the option of privatizing and outsourcing paraprofessional services as they continue to reel from the sudden reduction in state aid. Emotions ran high at a Board of Education meeting on Feb. 19 as school staff, paraprofessionals and parents voiced their concerns on privatizing paraprofessionals, who they say have…
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Old Bridge school officials will discuss reduction in state aid at forum Jan. 24
OLD BRIDGE – The sudden reduction in state aid came without warning last July and has left school officials in Old Bridge reeling on how best to handle what officials have called a “catastrophic” situation. “The state aid we have received over the six years I have been here has been between $44 to $45…
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Jackson school budget cuts raise concerns
JACKSON – As a result of decisions made on the state level in mid-July, the Jackson School District Board of Education was forced to accommodate a $1.35 million reduction in state aid two weeks into the 2018-19 fiscal year. Under Gov. Phil Murphy’s initial proposal in March, the district’s state aid package for the 2018-19…
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Middletown school board cuts budget after $1.7M reduction in state aid
MIDDLETOWN – The Middletown Township School District Board of Education has accommodated a $1.7 million decrease in state aid by reducing certain personnel positions and postponing the implementation of textbook adoptions in the district’s two high schools. In March, the school district was awarded a state aid package that totaled $18.35 million for the 2018-19…
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Tinton Falls school board dips into reserves to accommodate loss in state aid
TINTON FALLS – The Tinton Falls School District Board of Education will withdraw $230,000 from its emergency reserve to accommodate a sudden reduction in state aid. The emergency appropriation will be used to finance a portion of the 2018-19 school budget. Under Gov. Phil Murphy’s initial proposal in March, the district’s state aid package for…