From NorthJersey.com
| How Murphy’s budget will affect aid in your school district |
New Jersey school districts got a first look at their state aid figures for the coming school year on Thursday, two days after Gov. Phil Murphy unveiled his $37.4 billion spending plan.
Every school district in Bergen, Passaic, Morris and Essex counties would get extra aid under the plan, which boosts aid to schools by $283 million, up 3.5 percent from a year earlier.
But the rate of increase ranged widely among districts, with Haworth, Paramus, Franklin Lakes and Mendham getting boosts larger than 15 percent. Others, like Lakeland Regional, Randolph, Leonia and Englewood got increases under 2 percent.
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Still, school officials and parents welcomed the increase after years of mostly flat funding, hoping they could improve security, replace aging books and equipment and get relief from local property taxes that pay for the bulk of school expenses.
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