

The information provided as part of the user-friendly budget summaries is for contracts in effect as of January 1, 2022. These postings must stay on-line for a year, until they are replaced by the following year's budget summary. 18A:7F-5.3 requires that the user-friendly budgets contain detailed information on the salaries and benefits of each district superintendent, assistant superintendent, school business administrator and school district employee whose annual base salaries exceeds $75,000, and who is not a member of a collective bargaining unit. It includes: all appropriation line items aggregated by item type the school tax rate the equalized school tax rate revenues by major category the amount of available surplus a description of unusual revenues or appropriations with a description of the circumstances of the revenues and appropriations and a list of shared services agreements in which the district is participating. The NJDOE worked with the New Jersey Association of School Business Officials to create the format for the budget summary. 18A:22-8a) and the Department of Education's website. After the election (and following municipal review if the budget is defeated), a final user-friendly summary of the final budget must be posted on both the district's website (pursuant to N.J.S.A. 6A:23A-8.1(c) requires the user-friendly budget summary to be posted on the district’s website within 48 hours after the public hearing on the budget. 18A:22-8 requires officials in each school district to place a user-friendly summary of their proposed budget on the district's website (if one exists). In order to provide increased public accountability and transparency, N.J.S.A. User-Friendly Plain Language Budget Summaries and Salaries and Benefits of Select School District Employees 2022-23 School District Budget Summaries/Salaries & Benefits
