Sherrill budget proposes $12.4 billion in school aid

Across New Jersey, 400 districts will see school aid rise, but 167 will see aid declines under Gov. Mikie Sherrill's first budget proposal.

By: Nikita Biryukov

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: March 13, 2026

Words: 776

Last Updated: 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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New Jersey would send more than $12.4 billion in aid to New Jersey schools under the budget Gov. Mikie Sherrill unveiled earlier this week, a proposal that would boost funding to more than two-thirds of the state’s school districts.

The governor’s first budget proposal largely maintains the school funding system used under the prior administration, and provisions enacted last year to limit steep swings in aid amounts, base special education assistance on actual enrollment and …

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