South Brunswick Schools To Form Committee To Help Navigate Budget Cuts

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ — The South Brunswick School District is proposing to form a budget committee as finances get tough in the district due to state budget cuts.

During the Board of Education meeting on Aug. 25, Superintendent Scott Feder informed the community that plans were in place to form a committee that could help the school district navigate budget cuts.

“The budget is becoming more complex. As we’ve shared before, we are potentially about to hit a very tough spot if this continues with cuts from the state,” Feder said.

“What we would like to do is form a district/community budget committee that would be inclusive of people in the district, community members and people that are interested in this.”

For the 2022-23 school year, the district saw its funding cut by more than $1.7 million. More: South Brunswick Schools Facing $1.7M State Aid Cut For '22-23

Although there are no concrete plans on how to formulate the committee yet, the committee will be an administrative one, Feder said.

"We think it's important for the community to fully understand what’s going, what options we have, what impact funding loss has,” the Superintendent explained.

According to the proposed state budget, South Brunswick schools is slated to get $19,748,191 in aid this school year, down from the $21.5 million the district received in 2021-22.

The state's school-funding formula for aid comes from S2 — a controversial law passed in 2018 that modified how New Jersey determines to allocate its funding for each district. FY2023 would be the fifth of seven state budgets that S2 will impact.

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