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In NJ, there is a severe deficiency in this in many schools, and federal funding does not come into play directly. Here, when your school can’t provide service
by Scubabear68 3y ago
In NJ, there is a severe deficiency in this in many schools, and federal funding does not come into play directly. Here, when your school can’t provide services, they can be forced to pay for another school that offers those services. Our district spends hundreds of thousands of dollars a year paying for out of district schooling because they don’t have the resources themselves.
- alephnerd 3y agoThat makes sense. How is the fiscal health of school districts in NJ? I'd assume they aren't the greatest because of how Balkanized NJ local govt seems to be, but you guys also have variable property taxes and that might make it better than a lot of those in CA.
- Scubabear68 3y agoIt is all over the place. Some districts are great, some are terrible. There is a theoretical framework of accountability at the County and State level, but it is not enforced hardly at all. So it is up to local school boards and superintendents, and the local municipal tax levy. Most medium and small districts’ BOE members are regular citizens who are elected with no qualifications at all, and lean on the Superintendent for everything. So if you get a bad one (and it is common), your district is screwed for many years.