Verona Waits for State Aid Figures
District is anxious to see if it will be included in the 377 New Jersey school districts to see an increase.
The Verona Board of Education is waiting to see if they will be among the 377 school districts to see an increase in state aide as promised in Gov. Chris Christie's 2013 budget address. The 2013 New Jersey budget will provide an increase of $87 million in school aid, bringing the total state aid in education to almost $9 billion, said Christie during his Tuesday night address. However, only 377 out of the 600 New Jersey School District's will be seeing an increase, said Verona Board of Education member Joseph Bellino during Tuesday night's board meeting. “The other 233 that will not be sharing in the increase will maintain what they have,” said Bellino. Last time the board met the budget was about $700,000 to $800,000 over what they …
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