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Belleville School Board Approves Preliminary Budget

Belleville is expected to get more school aid than last year from New Jersey as part of the latest state budget proposal.

BELLEVILLE, NJ — The Belleville Board of Education gave the green light to a preliminary budget for fiscal year 2022-2023 during their Monday meeting.

The preliminary budget will be submitted to the Essex County Superintendent of Schools for technical review. It can be revised prior to its final adoption at a public hearing.

The school board unanimously approved the tentative spending plan, but details were sparse at the March 28 meeting.

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The next meeting of the board of education is scheduled for Monday, April 18.

Belleville is expected to get more school aid than last year from New Jersey as part of the latest state budget proposal. Belleville would get a total of $43,951,378 under the proposal, an increase of 23.97 percent.

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