Bill Text: NJ A189 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that certain school districts will not receive State school aid reductions in 2023-2024 school year.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-09 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee [A189 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-A189-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman DAWN FANTASIA
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
Assemblyman MICHAEL INGANAMORT
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
SYNOPSIS
Provides that certain school districts will not receive State school aid reductions in 2023-2024 school year.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning the provision of State school aid for certain school districts.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.2018, c.67 (C.18A:7F-67 et al.) or any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a school district in which, for any of the 2021-2022, 2022-2023, or 2023-2024 school years, the State aid differential, as defined in section 3 of P.L.2018, c.67 (C.18A:7F-67), is positive and that is subject to a State school aid reduction pursuant to the provisions of section 4 of P.L.2018, c.67 (C.18A:7F-68) shall receive an amount of State school aid in the 2023-2024 school year that is equal to the highest amount of State school aid provided to the district for any of the 2020-2021, 2021-2022, or 2022-2023 school years.
b. To the extent permitted by federal law, the costs borne by the State to ensure that a school district receives State school aid in the amount provided pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be paid for from federal funds allocated to the State under the federal "American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act," Pub.L.117-2, or any other federal funding made available to address the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
2. This act shall take effect immediately but shall remain inoperative until the enactment into law of the fiscal year 2024 appropriations act.
STATEMENT
This bill provides that a school district that has been subject to a reduction in State school aid under S2 in any of the school years 2021-2022, 2022-2023, or 2023-2024 will receive an amount of State school aid in the 2023-2024 school year that is equal to the highest amount received by the district in the school years for any of the 2020-2021, 2021-2022, or 2022-2023 school years.
This bill requires the costs of providing this level of State school aid to be paid for from the federal funds allocated to the State under the federal "American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act," or any other federal funding available to address the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
