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The Lakewood Scoop · Aug 30, 2026

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NJ Lawmaker Wants Meta Settlement Money Sent to Underfunded Schools A New Jersey assemblyman is pushing to direct the state’s expected windfall from a multistate settlement with Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, toward school districts that fall short of the state’s own funding benchmarks. New Jersey is projected to receive roughly $700 million from the settlement. Assemblyman Alex Sauickie wants about $200 million of that sent immediately to the state’s most underfunded districts, with the remainder set aside for a multi-year funding commitment. “This is an extraordinary opportunity to fix a problem Trenton helped create,” said Sauickie (R-Ocean). READ MORE ⤵️ Click here to join the official TLS Community:

*NJ Lawmaker Wants Meta Settlement Money Sent to Underfunded Schools* A New Jersey assemblyman is pushing to direct the state’s expected windfall from a multistate settlement with Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, toward school districts that fall short of the state’s own funding benchmarks. New Jersey is projected to receive roughly $700 million from the settlement. Assemblyman Alex Sauickie wants about $200 million of that sent immediately to the state’s most underfunded districts, with the remainder set aside for a multi-year funding commitment. “This is an extraordinary opportunity to fix a problem Trenton helped create,” said Sauickie (R-Ocean). *READ MORE* ⤵️ https://thelakewoodscoop.com/news/nj-lawmaker-wants-meta-settlement-money-sent-to-underfunded-schools/ ~~~ Click here to join the official TLS Community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GGwlPaiG0d49MJTRLfHVPN ~~~

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