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Belleville board asks state to end fiscal monitor oversight, cites corrected findings and QSAC rating
Summary
On May 19, 2025 the Belleville Board of Education voted to request the Commissioner of Education return the Belleville Township Public School District to full local control and end fiscal monitor oversight, citing corrected material weaknesses, a forthcoming final loan payment and a high-performing QSAC rating.
The Belleville Township Public School District Board of Education voted May 19, 2025 to request that the New Jersey Commissioner of Education end fiscal monitor oversight and return the district to full local control, the board president announced after trustees approved a resolution added to the agenda that evening.
Trustee Michael Muniz read the resolution at length, citing a May 13/14 (transcribed as May 1334) commissioner letter that had authorized appointment of a state fiscal monitor under NJSA 18A:7A-55 after repeated findings of material weaknesses in the district’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR). The resolution states the board has made timely payments on a state aid advance loan of $4,162,426 (repayable over 10 years at $416,243 annually in 10…
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