Politics & Government

Morris School District Gets State Aid Increase

District to get $464,305, 8.4 percent, more in 2012-13.

The will receive an 8.4 percent increase in state aid in 2012-13.

The NJ Department of Education released state aid numbers Thursday afternoon, which show the District getting $5,509,314, an increase of $464,305 last year.

According to Superintendent of Schools Thomas Ficarra, the additional money will be used toward tax relief. 

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"We need it and we're very, very grateful to get it," he said, noting the district will give its first presentation of this year's schools budget at .

The Morris Plains Boro District, which sends its students to the Morris School District come high school, is receiving a nearly-21 percent increase in state aid for 2012-13. That district will receive $465,716, an increase this year of $97,412.

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All school districts in Morris County are receiving state aid bumps, with the School District of the Chathams getting the highest increase by percentage, 29.7, totaling $429,210. By comparison, the Dover School District is getting only a 5.2 percent increase, but that uptick equals $1,187,045, bringing their total state aid up to $22,675,054, the largest in the county.


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