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The Jersey City BOE pushed a vote on a $955M budget that would come with a $2,400 annual tax increase per household at last night's meeting.

The Jersey City BOE is staring down a $68,540,271 cut to state funding the next scholastic year, the NJ Dept. of Education announced today.

Jersey City Together held a virtual forum to discuss plans related to drinkable water, transparency, and sustained funding at the BOE.

Mental health, drinking water, transparency and budgeting were the four main issues for the group in regards to Jersey City pubic schools.

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The Jersey City Board of Education chose Gerald Lyons as their new President at their reorganization meeting. Younass Barkouch, Paula Jones-Watson, and Natalia Ioffe, who won seats on the School Board in November, were sworn in.

The board appointed a new board president and two vice presidents, but held off on appointing an interim superintendent.

Hudson Reporter Jersey City school board adopts $814.1 million budget Average homeowners to pay an estimated $993 in school taxes × Jersey City Board of Education President Mussab Ali said the district expects to receive roughly $90 million in federal relief aid. With a 6-3 vote the Jersey City Board of Education has adopted its final $814.1 million budget for the 2021-2022 academic year. The budget represents a roughly $77.5 million increase from last year’s budget. According ...

Jersey City school board adopts massive $814 million budget, increasing taxes for the second straight year Updated May 11, 2021; Posted May 11, 2021 Jersey City Board of Education President Mussab Ali holds up a graph at a joint meeting of the school board and the city council. Facebook Share Jersey City’s Board of Education finalized its massive $814 million budget for the 2021-2022 school year, raising taxes on the average homeowner by almost $1,000. The BOE adopted the final budget, whic...

Hudson County View The Jersey City Board of Education approved a fully funded $814,051,708 budget for the 2021-2022 scholastic year at an uncharacteristically brief meeting last night that lasted just over an hour. There were just three speakers, all of whom are a part of Jersey City Together, during the public portion: Dr. Jyl Josephson, Nancy Pokler, and Brigid D’Souza. As they did last week, they all implored the board to vote for a fully-funded budget. The spending plan, which...