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North Brunswick Township Board of Education adopts tentative $169 million 2025–26 budget, recommends 2% tax levy increase
Summary
At a March 12 special workshop, the North Brunswick Township Board of Education approved a tentative 2025–26 budget totaling about $169 million, citing a 3% state aid cut ($1.7 million), rising health-benefit costs and other pressures; the board will submit the budget for county and state review.
On March 12, the North Brunswick Township Board of Education approved a tentative operating budget for the 2025–26 school year totaling roughly $169 million and authorized submission of that preliminary budget to county and state education officials for review.
The vote followed a detailed presentation by Superintendent Argus Choroca, who thanked the community for turnout on a $67,000,000 bond referendum the previous day and then reviewed operating revenue and cost pressures. “We would like to thank our community for everything they did to help us pass our $67,000,000 bond referendum yesterday,” Choroca said, adding that the referendum results must be certified later in the month.
Choroca told the board the district faces a 3 percent reduction in state aid — about $1.7 million — and other headwinds including a roughly 12 percent increase in health-benefit costs, a 25 percent anticipated cut in some Title program…
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