Manasquan Schools Facing 5.3% Increase In Aid For 2022-23

MANASQUAN, NJ — The Manasquan School District will have its state school funding increased by more than 5 percent for the 2022-23 school year, under state aid figures released by the state Department of Education.

Gov. Phil Murphy's administration proposed $9.2 billion for New Jersey pre-K to 12 schools, including an additional $649.8 million for K-12 aid to put K-12 "formula" aid at $9.92 billion.

Manasquan is slated to receive $853,007 in aid for 2022-23, $43,442 more than the district received in 2021-22 with $809,565.

The incoming aid breakdown includes $76,841 in transportation aid, $671,702 in special education aid, $20,596 in adjustment aid and $83,868 in security aid.

Manasquan and other school districts are still waiting for the state Department of Education to turn over the data and formula codes that go with the algorithm the state says is used to determine the aid distribution.

The education department was ordered to turn over the data and codes in a January ruling by a state judge, who has granted the state extra time to fulfill the Open Public Records Act request that the judge ruled had been unlawfully denied, the Asbury Park Press reported.

The data and codes are needed to check to see if the state's math on state aid is correct, officials have said.