Jersey City BOE And City Council To Host 2nd Joint Meeting

JERSEY CITY, NJ — Jersey City Board of Education officials and City Council members will hold a joint meeting on Tuesday to try to find a solution to the school district's budget issue. This is the second meeting in the series that started in April.

The meeting will be at the Franklin L. Williams Middle School at 6 p.m. to go over the 2021-22 school budget. The Board of Education is slated to vote on May 10 on the final budget.

Jersey City schools saw the largest decrease in state aid than any district in the state under New Jersey's new school funding formula. Under the formula, $71 million was reduced from the city's school budget.

The meeting is open to the public — if you would like to speak at the special meeting, you can call the Office of the Secretary to the Board at 201-915-6074 or email boarddocs@jcboe.org prior to 4:00 p.m., Tuesday.