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Toms River board sets Citizens Budget Advisory meeting for April 1 as budget calendar firms up
Summary
The Board scheduled a Citizens Budget Advisory Committee meeting for April 1 at 5:30 p.m. as administrators outlined a tentative budget timeline with a March 19 tentative budget due date and a roughly $1,000,000 one-time gap to address.
The Toms River Regional School District has scheduled a Citizens Budget Advisory Committee meeting for April 1 at 5:30 p.m. at Toms River High School North Media Center, board members confirmed during a Budget & Finance session. The district's tentative budget due date is March 19, aligning with the board’s March 18 meeting where a tentative budget will be presented.
Mister Dearing, who briefed the board on the calendar, said state-aid assumptions are being treated as flat and noted the district must fill a prior one-time tax-levy incentive gap. "Last year, we had $1,000,000 in tax levy incentive aid. That was a one-time aid, so that's a hole we knew we'd have to fill," he said. Board members discussed whether to hold the citizens advisory meeting March 25 or April 1; due to member conflicts the board settled on April 1.
Why it matters: the advisory meeting is where administrators plan to unpack the tentative budget into functional areas for public review and input before the budget is finalized later in the cycle. Administrators told the board state aid notices should arrive in time for the scheduled meetings, though the board acknowledged uncertainty about any remaining state 'guardrails' that previously limited aid changes.
