New school funding law could cut deeply into state aid, force 52 percent tax increase*

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

By Tom De Martini |Special to The Morning Call

January 15, 2008

source www.mcall.com

Outgoing Phillipsburg Superintendent of Schools H. Gordon Pethick warned the Phillipsburg Board of Education of serious issues concerning the 2008-09 district budget that could force steep property tax increases and educational cuts.

Pethick and Business Administrator William Poch told school directors members Monday night that recently passed school funding laws will thin available state aid and cause a district shortfall of more than $10.1 million for the 2008-09 school year.
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