This article is spot on. S2 by design is an attempt to force regionalization as the pols in Trenton dance around that issue because of the fear of home rule. Each child should get an equal share of state aid. NJ has abandoned the promise of 50 years ago of state aid being at 50% of school budgets
There are regionalized school districts that are negatively impacted. Sweeney’s platform is/was regionalization. However, Freehold Regional High School District and Toms River Regional School District are two of the hardest hit. I go back and forth with towns that have one or two schools that are their own district. Sometimes people move to an area for what they want in a school district. Every child is entitled to receive a thorough and efficient education; state aid kills that idea.
This article is spot on. S2 by design is an attempt to force regionalization as the pols in Trenton dance around that issue because of the fear of home rule. Each child should get an equal share of state aid. NJ has abandoned the promise of 50 years ago of state aid being at 50% of school budgets
There are regionalized school districts that are negatively impacted. Sweeney’s platform is/was regionalization. However, Freehold Regional High School District and Toms River Regional School District are two of the hardest hit. I go back and forth with towns that have one or two schools that are their own district. Sometimes people move to an area for what they want in a school district. Every child is entitled to receive a thorough and efficient education; state aid kills that idea.