Gov. Murphy slams planned Trump administration cuts to 20 NJ school districts
The White House aims to reclaim $85 million in federal funds.
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Apr 1, 2025, 4:23 PM
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Updated 23 days ago
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7h agoLocal lawmakers are sounding the alarm about President Donald Trump’s education cuts.
State officials say that 20 public school districts will see cuts to critical infrastructure projects as the White House tries to claw back $85 million.
Gov. Phil Murphy condemned the move and called the federal cuts “devastating.”
“New Jersey is proud of its best-in-the-nation public school system. At a time of unprecedented chaos and uncertainty at the federal level, Washington is failing the next generation,” Murphy wrote in a statement.
The districts impacted are:
- Bergenfield School District
- Fairview School District
- Westwood Regional School District
- Delran School District
- Gloucester City School District
- Bridgeton School District
- East Orange Public Schools
- Newark Public Schools
- North Bergen School District
- Guttenberg School District
- Hamilton Township School District
- Keansburg Public Schools
- Brick Township School District
- Clifton Township School District
- Passaic City Public Schools
- Paterson City Public Schools
- Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District
- Elizabeth Public Schools
- Linden Public Schools
- Robert Treat Academy Charter School
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