Majority of special school election ballot questions fail

It was a tough night for New Jersey school districts after voters rejected most of the ballot initiatives in Tuesday’s special school referendum elections.

Voters in fourteen school districts and seventeen municipalities went to the polls to approve school construction and improvement projects, school district mergers, and additional spending authorizations. Voter approval is required for local school boards to qualify for debt service aid of up to 40% annually.

Bay Head voters approved a $3 million bond initiative for elementary school improvements, 177-35; the state will pick up about $1.2 million.

Voters in Collingswood rejected a $44.5 million bond to build a new school addition and upgrade other schools, 1,105-2,577. The project was eligible to receive $4.7 million from the state if voters said yes.



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