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175 school districts received a cut to their State Aid for 2025-26. 135 of those received the maximum cut allowable under Governor Phil Murphy's budget - 3% (across the categories of equalization, transportation, special education, and security aids).
A graphic from the NJ Fair Funding Collective features a statistic stating that “77% of districts who saw state funding decreases received the maximum allowable cut by the state for 2025-26.” The text is accompanied by a visual representation of 100 graduation cap icons, with 77 filled in teal and 23 in white, illustrating the percentage. The organization’s website, www.njffc.org, is displayed at the bottom.
March 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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47 school districts (8%) across the State of New Jersey received cuts in their State Aid in both 2024-25 and 2025-26. 53% of those districts are located in South Jersey.

Does NJ's school funding have a geographic bias?

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March 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Th State of New Jersey's current approach to special education funding assumes a one-size-fits-all rate, allocating resources as though 15.9% of students in every district require special education services.

This assumption is far from reality.

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Infographic highlighting the imbalance in special education funding in New Jersey. It states that 67% of NJ school districts receive less special education funding than they need, while $287 million of special education funding is allocated to districts that don’t need it. The graphic is from NJ Fair Funding Collective, with a link to their website at www.njffc.org.
February 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM