State Aid Increase For West Windsor Schools

WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP, NJ — The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District will receive an increase in state aid, according to revised numbers released by the state last week.

The district will receive $8,563,582 in state aid for the 2018-19 school year. It is an increase of $709,054 (9.03 percent) over the $7,854,528 the district received last year. The figure is the same Governor Phil Murphy originally said it would receive in his budget message earlier this year.

The Murphy administration says the new figures take significant steps to begin the process of fully and fairly funding New Jersey school districts, saying that $8.5 billion will be disbursed to the state's school districts, including an additional $68 million to bring aid in balance for underfunded districts.

"A stronger, fairer New Jersey means making sure that New Jersey's schools are receiving the funds they need to advance academic excellence for our students," Murphy said. "After years of neglect, we are turning the page to bring a balanced approach to school aid by removing the growth cap on funding increases and finally beginning the process of fully implementing the state's school funding formula established in 2008."

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