Paramus Could Get Additional State Aid for 2013-2014

Over the course of the next two days Paramus schools will learn if they will be among the districts slated to get a boost in state aid for the 2013-2014 year.

Governor Chris Christie promised no cuts for any K-12 school district and pledged to increase state aid for the third year in a row to 378 districts.

Christie revealed Tuesday during his state of the state address the budget provides "an increase of $87 million for school aid, bringing total state aid to education to almost $9 billion – an all-time record, for the second year in a row."

Steven Cea, business administrator for the Paramus Board of Education, said  the district is waiting to receive the state aid budget number which is expected Thursday.

The board will host a special meeting Monday, March 4 in order to approve a tentative budget which will then be submitted to the county for approval.

A budget presentation is slated to be presented to the public on March 21.

Last year the district wasfor a total of about $1.9 million in aid for 2012-2013.

For the 2011-2012 school year the district received $710,195  doubling its amount in aid for that school year after aid had been cut so severely the previous year the district had only received less than $8,000 for school year 2010-2011.

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