State Aid

Parents want to know if their children are getting a good education and the traditional measure of a school's quality of education is Proficiency test scores

NJ Governor Phil Murphy announced $11.7 billion in State Funding for School Districts, but 63 South Jersey School Districts will see a decrease in state aid

A Senate committee Thursday advanced a bill that would green-light larger property tax increases in some school districts losing state aid.

The expansion aid to 28 school districts brings New Jersey's total spending on preschool aid to more than $800 million this year.

Gov. Chris Christie is releasing more than $53 million in aid to towns that he had ordered held until savings in New Jersey's health plan were identified.

With state aid to municipalities expected to hold steady again this year in New Jersey, towns all over the Garden State are scrambling to come up with innovative new ways to generate revenue, because built-in costs like pensions and benefits continue to rise.

New Jersey's mayors are crossing their fingers that they will see more money coming to their municipalities from the state in the future.

State officials have told the Parsippany-Troy Hills school district that they will withhold its $3.6 million in state aid unless district officials cut the superintendent's salary by $43,000 to fit under a state-mandated salary cap.