New Jersey A710 mandates the Department of Education to provide school districts with data and software algorithms used to calculate State school aid.

New Jersey A710 requires the Department of Education to release upon request the data and software program algorithms used to calculate State school aid to any school district. This includes data necessary for calculating and reconciling adequacy budgets, equalization aid, and local shares for all districts. The department must also provide a reconciliation demonstrating that total local share plus total equalization aid equals the total of all adequacy budgets statewide. The software program must be provided regardless of whether it is considered proprietary.

New Jersey A710 mandates the Department of Education to provide school districts with data and software algorithms used to calculate State school aid.

New Jersey A710 requires the Department of Education to release upon request the data and software program algorithms used to calculate State school aid to any school district. This includes data necessary for calculating and reconciling adequacy budgets, equalization aid, and local shares for all districts. The department must also provide a reconciliation demonstrating that total local share plus total equalization aid equals the total of all adequacy budgets statewide. The software program must be provided regardless of whether it is considered proprietary.