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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Local 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
