How is funding for at-risk students different under the new formula?
Under the old law, “at-risk” students were defined as those eligible for free lunch. The new formula expands that definition to include students eligible for reduced price lunch as well. This means that more districts will receive more aid under the new formula to serve their at-risk student populations. Further, districts with higher concentrations of at-risk students will receive more aid per student than districts with lower concentrations of at-risk students. NJEA supported this change in the formula.
