State Aid Decrease In Store For Mendham Schools In 2025-26

MENDHAM, NJ — The Mendham Township, Borough, and Chester school districts will experience a slight reduction in state aid for the upcoming school year, according to figures released Thursday.

Both districts will experience a three percent decrease in state aid. Mendham Township will receive a total of $1,427,408, while the Borough will receive $609,726. Schools in Chester Township will see a total of $1,823,210 in state aid for the upcoming year.

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

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This marks the second year that the state has fully funded the K-12 school funding formula established under the School Funding Reform Act of 2008 and modified in 2017 by S2, the legislation that reduced "adjustment aid" for some districts while increasing funding for others that had been underfunded.

This article contains additional reporting by Karen Wall.