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Jersey City school board adopts $814.1 million budget
Average homeowners to pay an estimated $993 in school taxes ×
Jersey City Board of Education President Mussab Ali said the district expects to receive roughly $90 million in federal relief aid.
With a 6-3 vote the Jersey City Board of Education has adopted its final $814.1 million budget for the 2021-2022 academic year.
The budget represents a roughly $77.5 million increase from last year’s budget.
According to Business Administrator Regina Robinson, these funds would come from dwindling state aid, federal aid, the payroll tax – which the district assumed would be $86 million this year instead of the certified $65 million – and a roughly 47 percent increase in the local school tax levy.
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.