Wednesday, April 25, 2018

What full funding of school aid would cost - NJ Spotlight

Well, just saw this piece in NJ Spotlight here - 'What would full funding of school aid look like? Add 2.3B to districts.'

It states, 'Given all the debate over what is indeed “full funding” of school aid in New Jersey, the state’s nonpartisan Office of Legislative Services has provided the latest estimate of what every district would receive under the school finance law in the best of circumstances. But beware of sticker shock; the OLS estimates that 70 percent of all districts are underfunded by more than $2.2 billion, if the state were to meet its full obligations under its decade-old law. Meanwhile, the remaining districts are seeing $660 million in aid that exceeds the state formula, leaving a net of $1.5 billion.'

Here's Middlesex County:



Anyhoo, there's something to get your attention.

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