Bill Text: NJ S3388 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Redirects $300 million in certain federal funds under FY 2023 appropriations act to create competitive capital project grant program in Office of Secretary of Higher Education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-12-15 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee [S3388 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2022-S3388-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator MICHAEL L. TESTA, JR.
District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)
SYNOPSIS
Redirects $300 million in certain federal funds under FY 2023 appropriations act to create competitive capital project grant program in Office of Secretary of Higher Education.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act amending P.L.2022, c.49, the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023.
Whereas, The fiscal year 2023 appropriations act includes an overabundance of special appropriations that benefit specifically-named public and private organizations and groups; and
Whereas, These special, direct appropriations are included in the appropriations act without providing similar organizations and groups across the State the opportunity to earn these public dollars; and
Whereas, The fiscal year 2023 appropriations act inappropriately authorizes $300 million in federal funds to be allocated to Rutgers University for undisclosed capital needs while other institutions of higher education and postsecondary schools throughout the State have legitimate infrastructure needs that have been ignored; and
Whereas, These federal funds can be more fairly and efficiently allocated if the State makes them available to all institutions of higher education and other postsecondary schools on a competitive basis, which recognizes the needs of all of these educational entities and seeks regional balance in the distribution of monies; and
Whereas, It is altogether fitting and proper that the State redirect the $300 million currently available only to Rutgers University for its capital needs, to create a competitive grant program that can make monies available to all institutions of higher education in the State; now, therefore,
Be It Enacted by the Senate and the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The language provisions in section 1 of P.L.2022, c.49, the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, are amended to read as follows:
FEDERAL FUNDS
Notwithstanding the provisions of any law or regulation to the contrary,
moneys are appropriated from the federal "Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery
Fund" (SFRF) established pursuant to the federal "American Rescue Plan Act of
2021," Pub. L. 117-2, in the following amounts for the following purposes
without the additional approval by the Joint Budget Oversight Committee:
|
Program |
Agency |
Appropriation |
|
TOTAL |
[$1,763,447,000] $1,463,447,000 |
|
|
[Rutgers University - Capital Needs |
State |
$300,000,000] |
|
Water Infrastructure
|
DEP |
300,000,000 |
|
Home Lead Paint Remediation |
DCA |
170,000,000 |
|
UPK Facilities Fund (SDA) |
DOE |
120,000,000 |
|
Rebuild by Design Hoboken |
DEP |
100,000,000 |
|
Liberty State Park |
IDA |
50,000,000 |
|
Capital Improvements, Statewide |
IDA |
50,000,000 |
|
Enrollment Based Payment Extension |
DHS |
48,000,000 |
|
Resident Services Upgrades |
OIT |
40,000,000 |
|
Railroad and Bus Operations (NJ Transit Improvements) |
DOT |
40,000,000 |
|
Overlook Medical Center - Emergency Department Renovation |
DOH |
35,000,000 |
|
Child Care Facilities Fund |
EDA |
30,000,000 |
|
Real Estate Projects Fund - Property Assemblage |
EDA |
30,000,000 |
|
Revolutionary War State Owned Historic Sites |
Treasury |
25,000,000 |
|
Greenway Planning, Development, and Remediation |
DEP |
20,000,000 |
|
Maternal and Infant Health Center Capital |
EDA |
20,000,000 |
|
Middlesex County College |
Treasury |
20,000,000 |
|
Middlesex County Improvement Authority |
DCA |
20,000,000 |
|
Union County Improvement Authority |
DCA |
20,000,000 |
|
Kean University Science Buildings |
State |
20,000,000 |
|
Arts Support and Placemaking |
EDA |
15,000,000 |
|
Unemployment Processing Modernization and Improvements |
DOL |
15,000,000 |
|
IHE Mental Health Provider Grants |
OSHE |
15,000,000 |
|
State Building Electrification Pilot |
Treasury |
10,000,000 |
|
Increased County Jail Population due to COVID |
DOC |
10,000,000 |
|
RWJ Barnabas Health - Mobile Health Division |
DOH |
10,000,000 |
|
Gap Financing - Real Estate Projects Funding |
EDA |
10,000,000 |
|
Telehealth Mental Health Supports |
OSHE |
10,000,000 |
|
Resident Services Upgrades |
MVC |
9,000,000 |
|
Capital Health - Satellite Emergency Department, Trenton |
DOH |
8,000,000 |
|
Paulsboro Port Road Paving |
DOT |
8,000,000 |
|
Virtua Health - Hospital Infrastructure and Workforce Education |
DOH |
8,000,000 |
|
Ferry Terminal Support - Carteret |
NJT |
8,000,000 |
|
Ferry Terminal Support - South Amboy |
NJT |
8,000,000 |
|
Irvington Park |
DCA |
7,500,000 |
|
Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Credit |
DCA |
7,500,000 |
|
School Linked Services Federal Revenue Planning |
DCF |
6,500,000 |
|
Newark Pedestrianization |
DCA |
6,500,000 |
|
Universal Newborn Home Visitation |
DCF |
6,000,000 |
|
Office of Eviction Prevention |
DCA |
5,500,000 |
|
Assertive Community Treatment Pilot |
DCF |
5,000,000 |
|
New Jersey Performing Arts Center - Community Center |
IDA |
5,000,000 |
|
Centralized Advertising Budget |
DHS |
5,000,000 |
|
South Toms River Landfill |
DEP |
5,000,000 |
|
Elizabeth, Storm Recovery Support |
DCA |
5,000,000 |
|
Atlantic County Airport |
DCA |
5,000,000 |
|
Stormwater Drainage Repair & Replacement - NJ State Prison |
DOC |
5,000,000 |
|
Inspira Health - Hospital Infrastructure and Workforce Education |
DOH |
5,000,000 |
|
Cooper University Hospital - Ronald McDonald House Southern New Jersey |
DOH |
5,000,000 |
|
Carrier Clinic - Inpatient Behavioral Health Expansion |
DOH |
5,000,000 |
|
St. Peter's Hospital - Family Health Center |
DOH |
5,000,000 |
|
Coriell Institute for Medical Research - New Research Facility |
DOH |
5,000,000 |
|
Rowan University-Rutgers Camden Board of Governors |
State |
5,000,000 |
|
The New Valley Hospital - Pandemic and Emergency Preparedness |
DOH |
5,000,000 |
|
COVID Respite Services |
DCF |
4,300,000 |
|
County Area Agencies on Aging |
DHS |
4,000,000 |
|
Port Liberte Ferry Terminal |
NJT |
4,000,000 |
|
Developing Resiliency with Engaging Approaches to Maximize Success (DREAMS) |
DOE |
3,600,000 |
|
Educator and Staff Training Initiatives |
DOE |
3,300,000 |
|
Hudson County Jail |
DOC |
3,200,000 |
|
Worker Experience & Service Delivery |
OOI |
3,200,000 |
|
Veterans Haven North HVAC System |
MVA |
2,930,000 |
|
Teen Mental Health First Aid Pilot |
DHS |
2,700,000 |
|
Neighborhood Preservation Program |
DCA |
2,500,000 |
|
Potable Water Treatment Improvements - New Lisbon/Hunterdon |
DHS |
2,417,000 |
|
Higher Education Peer Counseling |
DHS |
2,400,000 |
|
State Police - Storage Warehouses |
LPS |
2,200,000 |
|
Manufacturing Initiative - Workforce Development |
DOL |
2,000,000 |
|
CareWell Health - Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility |
DCA |
2,000,000 |
|
United in Care |
DCA |
1,500,000 |
|
Mental Health First Aid |
DHS |
1,500,000 |
|
Society for Prevention of Teen Suicide |
DCF |
1,200,000 |
|
Employer Supports CC&R Agency Support |
DHS |
1,000,000 |
|
IHE MH Professional Development |
OSHE |
1,000,000 |
|
Former State Buildings Planning Study |
Treasury |
1,000,000 |
Notwithstanding the provisions of any law or regulation to the contrary, $300,000,000 from funding allocated to the State from the federal "Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund" established pursuant to the federal "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021," Pub.L.117-2, is appropriated to the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education for the purpose of establishing a competitive capital project grant program without the additional approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee. Public and independent institutions of higher education and proprietary institutions licensed to offer academic degrees shall be eligible to apply to the office for grant funds. The purpose of the grant program shall be to award funds that support eligible institutions or schools in addressing capital needs, with priority for funding given to capital projects that enhance student safety and those that prepare students for successful careers in high-growth jobs as determined by the office. An eligible institution or school shall apply to the office in accordance with application guidelines and procedures prescribed by the office. To the maximum extent possible, funds awarded under the grant program shall be allocated equally among the northern, central, and southern regions of the State. Funding for the capital project grant program shall be made available subject to a determination by the Executive Director of the Governor's Disaster Recovery Office that the proposed use of the funds is an eligible purpose under the "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021," and subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill redirects $300 million in federal funds, which are currently provided to Rutgers University for capital needs under the fiscal year 2023 appropriations act, to create a competitive capital project grant program in the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education. The $300 million provided to Rutgers University is from funding allocated to the State from the federal "Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund" established pursuant to the federal "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021."
The purpose of the grant program would be to award funds that support eligible institutions or schools in addressing capital needs, with priority for funding given to capital projects that enhance student safety and those that prepare students for successful careers in high-growth jobs. Under the bill, public and independent institutions of higher education, as well as proprietary institutions licensed to offer academic degrees, would be eligible to apply for funds. The bill stipulates that funds awarded under the grant program would be allocated equally among the northern, central, and southern regions of the State, to the maximum extent possible.
