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The state will spend $200 million to build schools in SDA districts using tax dollars and borrowed money. But a longer-term plan is elusive.

The Legislature's Joint Committee on the Public Schools holds the first in what it says will be multiple hearings on racial imbalances in the state's schools.

Even though they make up less than 7% of all schools in the U.S., every year hundreds of news articles highlight the persistent lack of transparency and accountability in the crisis-prone charter school sector. Even worse, everyone is under pressure to stand passively on the sidelines and watch as these outsourced privatized schools, which siphon

NJ must reinstate $173 million in aid to the states poorest K-12 school districts to stay compliant with American Rescue Plan requirements.

Trenton ordered to return aid to remain eligible for COVID relief worth billions.

NJ must reinstate $173 million in aid to the states poorest K-12 school districts to stay compliant with American Rescue Plan COVID relief funds.

NJ must reinstate $173 million in aid to the states poorest K-12 school districts to stay compliant with American Rescue Plan requirements.

NJ must reinstate $173 million in aid to the states poorest K-12 school districts to stay compliant with American Rescue Plan requirements.

Credit: (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) File photo In the face of protests and legal challenges, the Murphy administration and legislative leaders have been adamant in staying the course on their multiyear school funding plans that include big increases to previously underfunded districts and cuts to certain districts. But tucked in as the very last provision in the latest state budget may be a reprieve for those now contesting those cuts, offering some hope — although maybe fleeting — that their ...

NJ school districts are learning the details of the dizzying federal relief bill that will pump $2.7 billion into their districts.