Verona-Cedar Grove Schools Miss Out on State Aid Increases
New Jersey Department of Education announced Verona and Cedar Grove will receive the same amount of state funding as last year.
[Updated Fri. March 1, 11:30 a.m.] State aid for the 2013-14 school year for both the Verona and Cedar Grove school districts will remain flat, figures released by the state Thursday afternoon revealed. Both districts were hopeful they would see a significant increase in state aid after Gov. Chris Christie promised 377 districts across the state would receive increases in funding during Tuesday's 2013 budget address. According to the New Jersey Department of Education, Cedar Grove will be receiving the same amount of state aid, $723,287, as the previous year. Verona will receive $843,727, the same amount that district received last year. "In my opinion this is always good news when we can maintain state aide from one year to the next that …
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