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Little Egg Harbor Township board approves sending letter to state budget committee urging more school funding
Summary
The Little Egg Harbor Township Board of Education voted to add and approve a resolution authorizing a letter to the New Jersey State Budget Committee chair urging increased funding for public schools; the vote passed by voice and the board said it will reconvene in person for public comment after virtual access problems.
The Little Egg Harbor Township Board of Education voted to approve a resolution authorizing submission of a letter to the New Jersey State Budget Committee chair urging increased funding for public schools.
At a special meeting disrupted by widespread technical problems, the clerk (speaker 1) read the resolution aloud: “Resolved that the Board of Education approve the submission of a letter to the New Jersey State Budget Committee chair in support of more public funding to public schools.” Committee member (speaker 8) moved the amendment to the agenda to include the resolution; committee member (speaker 5) seconded the motion. The motion passed by voice vote and the chair (speaker 2) declared, “The motion carries.”
The resolution itself, as read on the record, asks the board to submit its letter supporting increased state funding for public schools to the Budget Committee chair. Board members did not debate the text at length during the disrupted meeting; no roll-call dissent or abstentions were recorded on the transcript of the voice vote.
Why it matters: local school districts use state budget decisions to plan staffing and programs. Board approval to send the letter formalizes the district’s advocacy to state officials ahead of budget decisions.
What happens next: the board said it will reconvene the special meeting in person to allow public comment and further discussion; staff will circulate any emailed comments received before that meeting to board members.
Quotes from the meeting: the clerk read the resolution language onto the record, and after the vote the chair declared, “The motion carries.” The motion was moved and seconded by members recorded as committee member (speaker 8) and committee member (speaker 5) in the transcript.
The board cited the Open Public Meetings Act in opening the session and said the meeting had been advertised in the Asbury Park Press and the Atlantic City Press and posted at the board office at 307 Broad Pond Road and the municipal clerk’s office.
