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Somerset County 2022 School Aid: Who's Getting More, Who's Getting Less
Out of the 18 districts in Somerset County, only two may see decreases in funding from the state this year, while others could get more.
SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ — There is good news for students in Somerset County as most of the school districts are expected to get more money than last year in school aid from New Jersey as part of the latest state budget proposal.
Gov. Phil Murphy has proposed $19.2 billion for New Jersey pre-K to 12 schools for the Fiscal Year 2023 budget, including an additional $649.8 million for K-12 aid to put K-12 "formula" aid at $9.92 billion. Read More: NJ School Aid: Who's Getting More, Who's Getting Less
School districts in Somerset County would receive a total of $160,303,513 for the next fiscal year under the proposal — a 12.33 percent increase over its state aid for the current school year.
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Out of the 18 districts in the county, only two may see decreases — Franklin Township and Hillsborough. Somerville Borough will see no change in aid over last year.
The rest of the school districts could see an increase with Manville Borough getting the largest bump of 27.35 percent more aid.
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See below all of the Somerset County school districts and how much they could receive in state aid:
| Town | Amount | Percentage |
| Bedminster | $1,074,967 | + 11.34 |
| Bernards | $6,517,070 | + 15.76 |
| Bound Brook | $24,893,211 | + 22.23 |
| Branchburg | $3,061,931 | + 11.24 |
| Bridgewater-Raritan Regional | $12,454,341 | + 8.74 |
| Franklin | $15,621,841 | - 0.21 |
| Green Brook | $1,639,874 | + 12.88 |
| Hillsborough | $21,555,634 | - 6.12 |
| Manville | $16,875,070 | + 27.35 |
| Montgomery | $6,815,919 | + 16.27 |
| North Plainfield | $46,433,613 | + 19.30 |
| Somerville | $9,344,104 | 0 |
| Somerset County Vocational | $1,428,562 | + 5.49 |
| Somerset Hills Regional | $2,066,554 | + 13.77 |
| South Bound Brook | $4,981,273 | + 19.71 |
| Warren | $2,169,770 | + 5.98 |
| Watchung | $887,252 | + 21.03 |
| Watchung Hills Regional | $2,251,800 | + 13.12 |
State aid is an influential factor in a school district's share of property taxes. Many districts say that cuts — or even flat spending — force them to raise taxes for local homeowners.
Property taxes in New Jersey are made up of three parts: school, municipal and county. Last year, the average property owner in the state paid roughly 52.9 percent of their total for school taxes, 29.4 percent for municipal taxes and 17.8 percent for county taxes.
New Jersey tends to have among the nation's highest property taxes. In fact, New Jersey had the highest average taxes on a $217,500 home ($5,419) than any state in 2022, according to WalletHub.
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