School funding data by district

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Dear New Jersey Department of Education,

This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.

Records requested:

Please provide the following information for each school district in New Jersey, for school years 2018-19 through 2021-22, as it pertains to K-12 funding:

1. County name;
2. District code (the "Dist" column in the State Aid Summaries district spreadsheets: https://www.nj.gov/education/stateaid/);
3. District name;
4. Adequacy Budget;
5. Capped Aid (aka Total/Actual Aid);
6. Uncapped Aid (aka State Aid Target);
7. Total Categorical Aid;
8. Debt Service Aid;
9. Local Fair Share;
10. Equalized Value (for calculating LFS);
11. Aggregate Income (for calculating LFS);
12. Previous budget year local school tax levy;
13. Projected Enrollment (FTE);
14. Vocational indicator (whether it's a vocational district);
15. Abbott indicator (whether it's an "Abbott district").

Please send these records electronically in spreadsheet format.