Teaneck Public Schools Getting Nearly $900,000 Increase in State Aid

Teaneck’s public school district will receive about $4 million in the 2011 – 2012 budget cycle, up from $3 million last year. Based on last year’s amount, school officials have factored $3 million in the preliminary school budget for this year.

“Any increase in state aid is good news,” Board of Education President Ardie Walser said in an e-mail Wednesday.

The news comes after Gov. Chris Christie said in every district in the state would see an aid increase—part of a $250 million boost to education aid overall.

“Last year, our state faced severe fiscal challenges, and we had to make some very difficult choices. Reductions to education funding were among the most agonizing of those choices,” Christie said in a statement. “Because of the foundation we set in last year's budget, and our responsible management of the state's finances, New Jersey is on firmer footing and we are able to put more funding into classrooms throughout New Jersey.”

Teaneck’s school district was forced to cut $6.1 million after the voters rejected last year’s school budget.  School District Business Administrator Robert Finger has .  The exact impact of the state aid on the ongoing school budget process was not immediately clear.  The Board of Education will hold a special public meeting March 2 to approve the preliminary budget.

The exact state aid amounts for Teaneck: 

Total aid 2010-2011: $3,104,326

Total aid 2011-2012: $4,008,259

The proposed state aid for Bergen County schools is  below:

DISTRICTS 2010-11 TOTAL AID 2011-12 TOTAL AID AID CHANGE ALLENDALE BORO 0 143,135 143,135 ALPINE BORO 0 58,167 58,167 BERGEN COUNTY VOCATIONAL 4,074,780 4,664,804 590,024 BERGENFIELD BORO 8518945 9,095,707 576,762 BOGOTA BORO 4,813,896 4,999,643 185,747 CARLSTADT BORO 0 89,014 89,014 CARLSTADT-EAST RUTHERFORD 0 142,024 142,024 CLIFFSIDE PARK BORO 2,163,749 2,533,993 370,244 CLOSTER BORO 0 164,845 164,845 CRESSKILL BORO 63,066 292,981 229,915 DEMAREST BORO 0 123,613 123,613 DUMONT BORO 7,361,216 7,754,826 393,610 EAST RUTHERFORD BORO 260,754 392,028 131,274 EDGEWATER BORO 251,649 387,301 135,652 ELMWOOD PARK 1,601,959 1,902,438 300,479 EMERSON BORO 0 178,906 178,906 ENGLEWOOD CITY 7,612,899 8,241,716 628,817 ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS BORO 6,218 108,516 102,298 FAIR LAWN BORO 1,095,364 1,892,985 797,621 FAIRVIEW BORO 6,153,335 6,342,952 189,617 FORT LEE BORO 385,683 951,643 565,960 FRANKLIN LAKES BORO 44,398 296,023 251,625 GARFIELD CITY 44,787,657 45,510,230 722,573 GLEN ROCK BORO 0 406,228 406,228 HACKENSACK CITY 9,931,739 10,783,810 852,071 HARRINGTON PARK BORO 3,731 104,496 100,765 HASBROUCK HEIGHTS BORO 415,068 649,140 234,072 HAWORTH BORO 5,774 80,425 74,651 HILLSDALE BORO 286,864 467,107 180,243 HO HO KUS BORO 101,789 224,148 122,359 LEONIA BORO 2,707,840 2,965,640 257,800 LITTLE FERRY BORO 908,009 1,084,425 176,416 LODI BOROUGH 12,317,718 12,822,160 504,442 LYNDHURST TWP 1,031,892 1,350,489 318,597 MAHWAH TWP 735,363 1,289,749 554,386 MAYWOOD BORO 637,145 809,030 171,885 MIDLAND PARK BORO 73,411 264,714 191,303 MONTVALE BORO 82,664 223,761 141,097 MOONACHIE BORO 219,633 296,793 77,160 NEW MILFORD BORO 887,061 1,175,124 288,063 NORTH ARLINGTON BORO 1,056,845 1,288,242 231,397 NORTHERN HIGHLANDS REG 0 238,500 238,500 NORTHERN VALLEY REGIONAL 0 469,183 469,183 NORTHVALE BORO 0 83,897 83,897 NORWOOD BORO 166,422 253,767 87,345 OAKLAND BORO 0 251,532 251,532 OLD TAPPAN BORO 0 143,797 143,797 ORADELL BORO 38,169 140,038 101,869 PALISADES PARK 1,225,062 1,436,901 211,839 PARAMUS BORO 7,879 718,074 710,195 PARK RIDGE BORO 0 232,349 232,349 PASCACK VALLEY REGIONAL 0 412,996 412,996 RAMAPO-INDIAN HILL REG 0 463,514 463,514 RAMSEY BORO 0 474,070 474,070 RIDGEFIELD BORO 1,523,443 1,859,260 335,817 RIDGEFIELD PARK TWP 3,758,214 4,057,603 299,389 RIDGEWOOD VILLAGE 0 849,425 849,425 RIVER DELL REGIONAL 0 256,261 256,261 RIVER EDGE BORO 27,842 169,228 141,386 RIVER VALE TWP 0 186,101 186,101 ROCHELLE PARK TWP 187,770 286,833 99,063 ROCKLEIGH 0 6,401 6,401 RUTHERFORD BORO 1,372,333 1,742,525 370,192 SADDLE BROOK TWP 372,677 629,479 256,802 SADDLE RIVER BORO 0 81,908 81,908 SOUTH HACKENSACK TWP 71,530 138,484 66,954 TEANECK TWP 3,104,326 4,008,259 903,933 TENAFLY BORO 0 563,057 563,057 TETERBORO 0 2,592 2,592 UPPER SADDLE RIVER BORO 0 201,276 201,276 WALDWICK BORO 130,028 384,809 254,781 WALLINGTON BORO 2,434,633 2,590,547 155,914 WESTWOOD REGIONAL 451,079 906,178 455,099 WOOD-RIDGE BORO 312,523 466,608 154,085 WOODCLIFF LAKE BORO 0 130,457 130,457 WYCKOFF TWP 0 324,057 324,057