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Snapshot: The Sequester and New Jersey’s Public School Children

Nov 4, 2013 | Snapshot

  1. The White House estimates that the sequester will result on $85 billion in automatic spending cuts.
  2. New Jersey will lose approximately $11.7M in federal funding for primary and secondary education.
  3. 15,000 fewer students will be served as a result of the sequester
  4. 60 schools will no longer receive federal funding
  5. New Jersey will lose approximately $17M in federal funding for special education.
  6. Approximately 210 teachers and para-professionals now serving children with disabilities will be cut.
  7. Approximately 1,300 low-income children will be eliminated from Hear Start and Early Head Start.

Data provided by the White House and published in The Washington Post (Feb. 24, 2013). Updated Feb. 25, 2013.