Jackson council funds school resource officers to ease strain on Board of Education from state aid cuts while maintaining 0% municipal tax increase.

The Jackson Township Council has announced that the latest budget will provide financial relief to the Jackson School District, which has been battered by years of state funding reductions.

Those reductions have led to the closure and sale of two schools, including one Blue Ribbon middle school and further consolidation of middle and high schools, increasing class sizes.

Now, the district, will have the ability to keep two police school resource officers, with aid from the township’s new budget.

Councilman Giuseppe Palmeri detailed how the Jackson Board of Education has lost more than 54% of its state aid under Gov. Phil Murphy’s S2 school

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