Hoboken School District To Receive Roughly $9M in School Aid

The Hoboken School District will receive roughly $9 million in state aid—$2.4 million more than last year—for the 2011-2012 school year, according to numbers released by the Christie Administration on Tuesday.

Hoboken's schools received a total of $6,993,088 for the 2010-2011 school year. This year, Hoboken is entitled to $9,399,671.

Christie said the money is part of an extra $850 million being pumped into New Jersey's public schools into the state's Fisical Year 2012 Budget. There will be a $250 million increase for all school districts, as well as an additional $450 million for Abbott districts. Non-Abbotts will get an additional $150 million. Hoboken, , is eligible for extra funding made available for poorer districts.

"It is now time to focus on aggressive education reform," said Acting Education Commissioner Chris Cerf in a statement on Tuesday.

According to the Christie administration, the increased aid restores all cuts made to state aid last year, plus an additional $30 million.

"We are keeping faith with our commitment to New Jersey’s children and families, spending more money per pupil on New Jersey’s students than almost any other state in the country," said Gov. Chris Christie in a press release.