New Brunswick Schools Get $159 Million From State Next Year

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — The New Brunswick school district will gain an 11 percent increase in funding for the 2021-22 school year, as Gov. Phil Murphy released the proposed state funding allotments for New Jersey school districts on Thursday.

The city of New Brunswick public school district will receive $159 million from the state Department of Education, about 11 percent more than it received in 2020/21.

All New Jersey school districts get state funding from Trenton, to supplement what is paid in local property taxes. However, some towns get much more state funding than others. For example, Edison will receive $35 million from the state next year. Highland Park, a very small district, will get about $4 million. Woodbridge, a very large district, will get $63 million from the state.

New Brunswick schools currently remain all virtual, and have been that way since the start of the school year.

Verizon is also donating a Chromebook laptop clamshell touch LTE to all sixth through eighth grade students in Lincoln Annex School, McKinley Community School and New Brunswick Middle School for the 2021-’22 school year. All the students will also receive a free accompanying 30GB 4G LTE data plans from Verizon.

Here is what all New Jersey school districts will get under Murphy's proposed school funding for 2021/22: 193 Districts May Face Tax Increase: 2021 NJ School Aid Figures

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