Bill Text: NJ A3668 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Makes FY 2022 supplemental appropriation to provide State military impact aid to certain school districts.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-06-16 - Substituted by S1929 (1R) [A3668 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2022-A3668-Amended.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JOHN F. MCKEON
District 27 (Essex and Morris)
Assemblyman P. CHRISTOPHER TULLY
District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblyman HERB CONAWAY, JR.
District 7 (Burlington)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Barranco
SYNOPSIS
Makes FY 2022 supplemental appropriation to provide State military impact aid to certain school districts.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee on June 9, 2022, with amendments.
A Supplement to the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, P.L.2021, c.133.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. In addition to the amounts appropriated under P.L.2021, c.133, the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, there is appropriated from the Property Tax Relief Fund the following amount for the purpose specified:
34 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
30 Educational, Cultural, and Intellectual Development
31 Direct Educational Services and Assistance
5120 Division of School Finance and Regulatory Services
STATE AID
03-5120 Miscellaneous Grants-in-Aid.... 1[$1,529,089] $1,135,7491
(From Property Tax Relief Fund...1[$1,529,089)] $1,135,749)1
Total State Aid Appropriation,
Direct Educational Services and Assistance 1[$1,529,089] $1,135,7491
(From Property Tax Relief Fund...1[$1,529,089)] $1,135,749)1
State Aid:
03 Stabilization Aid (PTRF) 1[($1,529,089)] $1,135,749)1
Of the amount hereinabove appropriated for Stabilization Aid, 1[$1,529,089] $1,135,7491 is appropriated for the purpose of providing State military impact aid 1[pursuant to P.L.2021, c.283 (C.18A:7F-71)]1 to eligible school districts that 1[have not already received a fiscal year 2022 allocation of State military impact aid prior to the enactment of P.L. , c. (pending before the Legislature as this bill)] received a payment of federal Impact Aid under section 7002 or section 7003 of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. s.7002 or 20 U.S.C. s.7003) in the 2019-2020 school year according to the district's Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for that school year and are either: (1) a limited purpose regional school district located in a county of the fifth class, which county has a population density of over 1,300 people per square mile according to the most recent federal decennial census data for 2020, and had current resident enrollment of between 1,300 and 1,350 students during the enrollment count taken on October 15, 2020; or (2) a school district located in a county of the second class, which county has a population of over 500,000 and a population density of under 1,200 according to the most recent federal decennial census data for 2020, and had current resident enrollment of between 2,100 and 2,265 students during the enrollment count taken on October 15, 2020. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.2021, c.283 (C.18A:7F-71) or of any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the amount of aid provided to an eligible district under this provision shall be calculated as follows: MIA = (PPLTL - PPIA) x REFCMS, where: PPLTL is the per pupil general fund tax levy, which is derived by dividing the district's 2019-2020 school year general fund tax levy by student enrollment expressed in terms of average daily attendance as reported by the National Association of Federally Impacted Schools for federal fiscal year 2019, without the inclusion of military enrollment expressed in terms of average daily attendance as reported by the National Association of Federally Impacted Schools for federal fiscal year 2019; PPIA is the per pupil federal impact aid amount, which is the result of dividing the amount of an eligible school district's federal impact aid payment as noted in the district's Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the 2019-2020 school year by its military enrollment expressed in terms of average daily attendance as reported by the National Association of Federally Impacted Schools for federal fiscal year 2019; and REFCMS is an eligible school district's military enrollment expressed in terms of average daily attendance as reported by the National Association of Federally Impacted Schools for federal fiscal year 2019. A school district shall not receive military impact aid pursuant to this provision if the difference between PPTL and PPIA is negative1.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
