State Aid Increase In Store For Galloway Schools In 2025-26

GALLOWAY, NJ — The Galloway Township and Greater Egg Harbor Regional school districts will see a bump in state aid in the upcoming school year, according to numbers released Thursday.

Both districts will see an increase of 6 percent in state aid. For Galloway, the total is $29,218,033. For Greater Egg Harbor Regional, the total is $42,273,861.

Galloway will also receive $4,664,385 for preschool aid.

Most districts in the state only saw an increase of 6 percent or, if they were getting funding cut, a decrease of 3 percent.

Aid cuts and increases are smaller this year than previously. That's because Gov. Phil Murphy, in his latest budget address, promised changes to New Jersey's school funding to eliminate wild swings in state aid to the state's nearly 600 school districts. Read more: See Which NJ Schools Will Get More State Aid For 2025-26

This is the second year that the state has fully funded the K-12 school funding formula as established under the School Funding Reform Act of 2008 and modified in 2017 by S2, the legislation passed that cut so-called "adjustment aid" from some districts around the state while increasing aid to others that had been underfunded.

This article contains additional reporting by Karen Wall.