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West Orange board urges state to make school funding more transparent and predictable
Summary
The West Orange Board of Education passed a resolution urging the legislature to adopt changes to the school funding formula — including an early December aid release and limits on year-over-year local fair-share increases — and to expand special-education extraordinary aid. The resolution passed unanimously.
The West Orange Board of Education on Dec. 15 unanimously adopted a resolution urging the New Jersey Legislature to increase transparency and predictability in the state school funding formula, including earlier release of preliminary aid figures and stronger support for special-education costs.
President Rock told the board the resolution references two bills “A5966 and S4855,” which he said would, among other changes, cap how quickly a district’s local fair share can increase year to year and require the state Department of Education to publish a December preliminary aid figure that the commissioner…
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