Belleville Schools State Aid Increases by $500K

The Belleville School District will receive an additional $500,000 in state aid for 2013-14, bringing next year's total state aid to the district up to $25,630,065, state officials announced today.

The increase follows a year where the District's aid increased by $1,366,397, the largest dollar increase among Essex County's 22 districts.

After getting 23,763,668 in 2011-12, Belleville aid was be bumped up 5.7 percent to 25,130,065 – the fifth largest total given to a district countywide behind Newark (714,315,679), East Orange (176,635,492), Irvington (111,604,784), and Orange (71,995,702).

Of the new aid to be allotted, $2,840,089 will go toward special education, $285,421 toward security, and another $202,174 toward transportation.

Interim Belleville Superintendent of schools Helene Feldman was not available for comment. The full Belleville numbers from the state are below. 

K-12 2012-2013 Total Aid: $25,130,065
Equalized Aid: $21,802,381
Education Adequacy Aid: $0
Choice Aid: $0
Transportation Aid: $202,174
Special Education Aid: $2,840,089
Security Aid: $285,421
Under Adequacy Aid: $500,000
Supplemental Enrollment Growth Aid: $0
Adjustment Aid: $0
Additional Adjustment Aid: $0
K-12 2013-2014 Total Aid: $25,630,065
One Year Aid Change: $500,000
% Aid Change: 2 %