“We’re gonna have to be lean moving forward,” said Supt. Jason Bing. “We cannot predict what’s going to happen with federal funding. We can take a guesstimate that we’ll receive flat state funding for the remainder of the run of this formula. … there’s a lot of different factors out there, but we have to be prudent.”
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2025-26 School Budget
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MaplewoodSchools / KidsSouth Orange
South Orange-Maplewood Board of Ed to Present 2025-26 Budget March 13
School district staff have been working to close a $4M budget gap for the 2025-26 FY — despite a 6% increase in state aid over last year’s allocation.
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GovernmentMaplewoodSchools / KidsSouth Orange
SOMA Schools Get 6% Increase in State Aid, But Need to Close $4M Gap
Regarding the $4 million gap, Business Admin. Imani Moody said, “We have a conviction across all of the constituencies here to have this budget process be a success, and to get to a place where we’re providing a balanced budget and avoiding reductions in force and things of that nature by really being strategic about how we’re deploying resources.”
