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Jersey City school board adopts massive $814 million budget, increasing taxes for the second straight year
Updated May 11, 2021;
Posted May 11, 2021
Jersey City Board of Education President Mussab Ali holds up a graph at a joint meeting of the school board and the city council.
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Jersey City’s Board of Education finalized its massive $814 million budget for the 2021-2022 school year, raising taxes on the average homeowner by almost $1,000.
The BOE adopted the final budget, which is being increased by $78 million from last year, in a 6-3 vote with little dispute Monday. Board trustees Joan Terrell-Paige, Gina Verdibello, Gerald Lyons, Lorenzo Richardson, Marilyn Roman and board President Mussab Ali voted yes.
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The Jersey City Board of Education approved a fully funded $814,051,708 budget for the 2021-2022 scholastic year at an uncharacteristically brief meeting last night that lasted just over an hour.
There were just three speakers, all of whom are a part of Jersey City Together, during the public portion: Dr. Jyl Josephson, Nancy Pokler, and Brigid D’Souza. As they did last week, they all implored the board to vote for a fully-funded budget.
The spending plan, which narrowly passed on first reading back in March, comes with a $278,019,494 local tax levy – which includes a bank cap of $85,000,000 – and an annual tax increase of approximately $996 per homeowner with an assessed value of about $460,000.