{"id":1755,"date":"2018-03-16T12:18:40","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T16:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/?p=1755"},"modified":"2018-03-16T12:18:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T16:18:40","slug":"toms-river-proposed-to-receive-slight-increase-in-state-school-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2018\/03\/toms-river-proposed-to-receive-slight-increase-in-state-school-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Toms River Proposed to Receive Slight Increase in State School Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Toms River Regional (TRRS) Board of Education headquarters. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

The Toms River Regional school district, according to figures published by the state Department of Education today, will receive an increase in state funding for the 2018-19 school year.<\/p>\n

The funding, which is subject to the adoption of a final budget by the state legislature, would increase by 1.9 percent, to $68,224,666. Last year, the district received $66,975,394 in state funding, but only after a budget battle that restored funding<\/a> after a bipartisan deal threatened to reduce funding $3.3 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Most significantly, Toms River will receive $10,421,674 in what is known as \u201cadjustment aid,\u201d funding that is provided to school districts whose tax rates are not high enough according to a state formula. This was the aid that was targeted last year in the budget deal hatched between then-Gov. Chris Christie and Sen. President Steve Sweeney. The reduction was eventually totally reversed.<\/p>\n

Toms River Regional will also receive:<\/p>\n