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West Orange board urges public to comment on NJDOE funding‑formula survey, details local concerns
Summary
Board President Rock urged residents Nov. 10 to complete the New Jersey Department of Education funding‑formula survey, outlining six topics—local resource measures (including the use of town income), limits on annual aid changes, tax‑levy flexibility, transportation aid shortfalls, special‑education and extraordinary aid—and said the board will submit formal feedback.
President Rock urged West Orange residents during the Nov. 10 board meeting to weigh in on a New Jersey Department of Education survey about the state school‑funding formula and explained why the board believes several survey topics deserve careful comment.
Rock walked the board and the public through six elements of the survey: how the state measures local resources (equalized property valuation and local gross income), whether those measures should be averaged over time, limits on annual aid decreases (a 3% floor was discussed), tax‑levy flexibility…
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