Doubts About N.J. State Aid, as School Budget Decisions Loom
It’s still early, but as New Jersey’s public schools begin crafting their budgets for next year, the guessing games have begun as to whether the state aid picture in 2011 will be a repeat of 2010.
The budget preparations of 2010 included more than $1 billion in state aid cuts from Gov. Chris Christie and the legislature, the biggest reductions in New Jersey history and a big factor in widespread program and staff cuts.
Now with 2011-2012 budgets due to the state by late March and up for vote in April, local districts have begun drafting different scenarios of where the revenue will come from, with conflicting signals already emanating from Trenton as to what to expect from the state.
The state Department of Education said in an internal memo to districts last week that they should prepare for possible cuts again, albeit stressing that actual aid numbers won’t be announced for another month with Christie’s proposed budget.
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