NJ lawmakers aim to bring ‘clarity’ to school budgeting with new bill

School leaders have griped they don’t know soon enough how much state aid they will receive annually. A new bill aims to change that.

By: Nikita Biryukov

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: June 15, 2026

Words: 813

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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The Assembly Education Committee advanced a bill that would require the state to release preliminary state aid figures to school districts and allow districts to submit their budgets after the state completes its own.

The legislation, which passed through the committee in a unanimous vote, would also require state officials to use multi-year averages of measures weighed by New Jersey’s school funding formula and, in a marked shift, launch a public tool …

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