The idea of cutting promised aid to 126 districts prompts an unusual alliance. The Senate president says it's 'pandering' not to trim where enrollments are down.
Gov. Chris Christie says he confident there will be a budget in place by next week’s deadline despite disagreement about how to proceed over school funding.
Democratic legislative leaders say they'll add $125 million to school aid and reallocate $46 million more. Any change needs Gov. Chris Christie's cooperation.
Thursday is the 100th day since Gov. Chris Christie gave lawmakers 100 days to work with him to come up with a new school funding formula. What happens next?
Unless there are changes to the school-funding formula and additional aid, the Senate won’t pass a state budget, Senate President Stephen Sweeney said.
An overflow crowd seeking more school-aid funding watched Monday's Assembly hearing. The education commission said the state needs more money or a new approach.
Gov. Chris Christie says he'll work with lawmakers for a new school aid formula by June. He warns he'll act alone if that fails, but his leverage isn't clear.
The school-aid hearings are over, but the suspense isn't. Will Gov. Chris Christie seek to impose changes in his budget? Will the aid formula be changed?
On the one hand, Gov. Chris Christie says his 2018 state budget proposal won’t include any big surprises. On the other, he's not ruling out embedding his school aid changes.