TRENTON, N.J. – Facing more than $105 million in state aid cuts under Gov. Phil Murphy’s budget proposal, superintendents and school officials across New Jersey are supporting increased state aid under Assembly Republican Leader John DiMaio’s plan to fully fund schools and cut property taxes. “Fairly funding schools means...
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TRENTON, N.J. – A member of the Assembly Education Committee, Assemblyman Erik Simonsen, told the panel meeting Friday in Trenton that while he prefers to start fresh with a completely new school funding formula, he supports bills to help districts facing state aid cuts more immediately. The committee advanced...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblyman Alex Sauickie told members of the Assembly Budget Committee Wednesday that state funding decisions for schools in New Jersey should never come at the expense of other children’s education or taxpayers. Sauickie urged members to prioritize funding for public schools districts experiencing up to seven...
TRENTON, N.J. – There were no surprises for coastal Ocean and Monmouth school districts when the state released its school aid figures on Thursday. Every year for the last six years, many of the 17 districts represented by Assemblymen Greg McGuckin and Paul Kanitra have seen that aid slashed...
TRENTON, N.J. – The N.J. Department of Education is slated to release more than $3.5 million in stabilization aid to five school districts in Ocean, Monmouth and Middlesex counties, Assemblymen Rob Clifton and Alex Sauickie announced Wednesday. “While this stabilization aid is a huge win for us and a...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assembly Budget Committee member Al Barlas criticized Gov. Phil Murphy’s budget address delivered before a joint session of the Legislature Tuesday, for failing to address the school funding formula and educational challenges. “During the governor’s budget address we did not hear a word about learning loss...
TRENTON, N.J. – Trenton should foot the bill for the problems Trenton causes, Assemblyman Alex Sauickie says. Specifically, the state should shoulder the costs foisted on local school districts by the commissioner of education to pay for state monitor salaries and associated costs. On Monday, Sauickie, joined by three...
TRENTON, N.J. – Seniors in New Jersey deserve property tax relief, say Assemblywomen Kim Eulner and Marilyn Piperno, but residents should be skeptical that the election-year StayNJ proposal, sponsored by Senate Democrats Nick Scutari and Vin Gopal, will deliver on its promises. The controversial school funding law, passed in 2018...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblywomen Kim Eulner and Marilyn Piperno are advocating for structural changes to school funding to increase state aid for schools and lower property taxes at the same time. The Asbury Park TapInto reported Thursday that Democrat Sen. Vin Gopal is looking for a temporary Band-Aid to...
TRENTON, N.J. – Schools in Cape May County will lose another $5.6 million in state aid under the controversial school funding formula that purports to bring financial equity to New Jersey’s nearly 600 public school districts. Those cuts were announced at the same time last week that Gov. Phil...