Requires DOE to release to school district upon request data and software program algorithms used to calculate State school aid.
This bill requires New Jersey's Department of Education to provide any school district that requests it with all data and software algorithms used to calculate state school aid. Specifically, it mandates the release of: (1) district-level data for aid calculations, (2) details on adequacy budgets and equalization aid adjustments, and (3) the proprietary software algorithms, regardless of the department's claims of confidentiality. The department must also provide a district-by-district reconciliation showing how total local shares plus equalization aid equal statewide adequacy budgets. This transparency measure aims to allow school districts to verify the accuracy of their state aid calculations under existing law.
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Jan 2024
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
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Jim Holzapfel
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