Clark, Garwood Schools To Get More State Aid For 2020-21

CLARK/GARWOOD, NJ — Clark and Garwood Schools can expect to see an increase in their state aid for the 2020-21 school year.

Gov. Phil Murphy's administration released the proposed state aid numbers on Thursday for every school district in the 2020-21 school year.

Clark is expected to see a 16.10 percent increase in state aid. This means the district would receive a total of $1,663,692 or $230,711 more in state aid.

"While the percent of increase may sound large, these increases are being applied to bring a below-funded district like ours to a more equitable level and, even with that increase applied, we are still below-funded. With that being said, our proposed increase will assist us with being able to offer high quality programs for our students," said Clark Superintendent Edward Grande.

Garwood is expected to see a 5.62 percent increase in state aid. This means the district would receive a total of $553,437 or $29,463 more in state aid.

Linden received the highest increase in aid in Union County with 18.78 percent.

Winfield Township received the least with a decrease of 1.38 percent. Winfield was the only Union County school district to get a decrease.

Overall, state aid would increase 3.8 over the 2019-20 school year under a plan that requires approval from the state Legislature. That number would be larger than the 2.43 percent increase Murphy proposed last year.

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