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Panel wrestles with New Jersey school funding

By Geoff Mulvihill
Published May 6, 2014 4:00am ET
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Panel wrestles with New Jersey school funding
Deputy Commissioner Charles Richman, left, listens as Richard E. Constable, III, Commissioner New Jersey Department of Community Affairs answers a question about the current status of Superstorm Sandy relief funds during a Senate Budget Committee hearing Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at the Statehouse inTrenton, N.J. Senate Budget Committee chairman Sen. Paul A. Sarlo, D-Wood-Ridge, N.J., says New Jersey is facing significant late-year budget cuts because Gov. Chris Christie's administration overestimated how much tax revenue the state would receive. Sarlo says up to $800 million in fixes will be needed in the next two months to close out the fiscal year with a balanced budget, which the state constitution requires. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) | Mel Evans

TRENTON, N.J. — Amid another budget crunch, New Jersey lawmakers are wrestling with a question of fairness: Is it better to give more state aid to school districts with the greatest need, or to use the state’s subsidy to help all schools equally?

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