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Hudson County View For the third year in a row, the “Education Matters” team will take on the “Change for Children” slate, with three other candidates with the potential to bracket together entering the race, in a year where all three incumbents are not seeking re-election. The Jersey City Board of Education Headquarters at 346 Claremont Ave. Photo via Google Maps. By John Heinis/Hudson County View Board President Mussab Ali is not seeking re-election due to ongoing treatment for Stage IV Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, while Trustee Marilyn Roman is retiring, a former city acting mayor is retiring after 37 years of public service. ....
Hudson Reporter 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. Facebook Share 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. ....
Hudson County View 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. ....
Ali, Fulop vocalize issues with Jersey City school funding at joint meeting between BOE, council Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop (left) and Board of Education President Mussab Ali. Screenshots via Facebook Live. By Daniel Ulloa/Hudson County View Board of Education President Mussab Ali said early on at the roughly hour-long session that the district will have $250 million cut over the next three years before Mayor Steven Fulop gave his two cents on the matter. “I think we all share in a common goal recognizing that fixing the school problem here in Jersey City is crucial to the future of our city, and educating the next generation, and making sure we stay a vibrant and attractive city for future generations,” Fulop began. ....