Bill Text: NJ S3457 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Establishes "New Jersey Out-of-School Time Advisory Commission" to review before-school, after-school, and summer programs.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2026-01-02 - Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee [S3457 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-S3457-Amended.html
[Third Reprint]
SENATE, No. 3457
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED JUNE 17, 2024
Sponsored by:
Senator ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT
District 31 (Hudson)
Senator M. TERESA RUIZ
District 29 (Essex and Hudson)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senators Timberlake, Wimberly, Burgess, Vitale and Diegnan
SYNOPSIS
Establishes "New Jersey Out-of-School Time Advisory Commission" to review before-school, after-school, and summer programs.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As amended by the Senate on December 18, 2025.
An Act establishing the "New Jersey Out-of-School Time Advisory Commission."
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. 1a.1 There is established a New Jersey Out-of-School Time Advisory Commission.
1b.1 The commission shall consist of 1[20] 3[221] 233 members, including1:
(1)1 the Commissioners of Education, Human Services, and Children and Families, 1and the Secretary of Higher 2[education] Education2 ,1 ex officio, or their designees1[, the Secretary of Higher Education, ex officio, or a designee];
2[(2)1 one member of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate 1[,];
(3)1 one member of the General Assembly appointed by the Speaker of the General Assembly 1[,];1]2 and
1[14] 2[(4) 161] (2) 3[182] 193 public members appointed by the Governor, including 2one member appointed upon the recommendation of the President of the Senate, one member appointed upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the General Assembly, and2 one representative from each of the following: the New Jersey Council for Young Children; the 2[Association] Advocates2 for Children of New Jersey; the New Jersey School Age Care Coalition; the New Jersey Association of School Administrators; the New Jersey Parent-Teacher Association; the Statewide Parent Advocacy Network; the New Jersey Education Association; the 2[New Jersey State] American2 Federation of Teachers 2- New Jersey2 ; the New Jersey School Boards Association; the New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association; the New Jersey 3Public3 Charter Schools Association; the Advisory Committee for Nonpublic Schools of the Department of Education; the New Jersey Child Care Association; 1the Boys and Girls Clubs in New Jersey; the New Jersey YMCA State Alliance;1 3the New Jersey Recreation and Park Association;3 and one academic researcher in the field of youth development.
2. All appointments shall be made within 30 days after the effective date of this act. Vacancies in the membership of the commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments were made. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties within the limits of funds made available to the commission for its purposes.
3. The commission shall organize within 2[30] 602 days after the appointment of its members and shall select a chairperson 2[and] ,2 a vice-chairperson 2, and a secretary2 from among its 2[legislative]2 members 2[and a secretary who need not be a member of the commission]2.
2[4. The chairperson shall retain and may remove a consultant and other 1[such]1 personnel as deemed necessary for the performance of the commission's duties, and shall fix their compensation within the amounts made available. The duties of the consultant shall include, but not be limited to1[,]:1 organizing public hearings1[,];1 conducting site visits1[,];1 facilitating the interaction between the commission and work groups1[,];1 and preparing the interim and final reports.]2
2[5.] 4.2 It shall be the duty of the commission to:
a. assess the state of out-of-school time programs in New Jersey by reviewing the policies of all State agencies that fund before-school, after-school, or summer programs, as well as review existing research and best practices;
b. 2[adopt appropriate Statewide standards] recommend models2 for out-of-school time program design, implementation, and assessment;
c. examine the existing amount of funding available for out-of-school time programs and the source of the funding; and
d. examine the development and operation of out-of-school time programs in urban, suburban, and rural school districts, and make recommendations to increase the accountability and quality of before-school, after-school, and summer programs 2and improve access to the programs2.
2[6. Staff and related support services shall be provided to the commission by the Department of Education. The commission shall be entitled to call to its assistance and avail itself of the services of the employees of any State, county or municipal department, board, bureau, commission or agency as it may require and as may be available for its purposes.]2
25. The Department of Education shall provide staff and related support services to the commission or, in consultation with the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education and within 90 days of the effective date of this act, shall select a public institution of higher education that is willing to provide staff and related support services to the commission at no cost to the State.2
2[7.] 6.2 The commission shall issue an interim report of its findings and recommendations, including any recommended legislation, to the Governor, 2[the Senate Education Committee, and the Assembly Education Committee] and to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1)2, no later than one year after its organizational meeting, and a final report no later than two years after its organizational meeting.
2[8.] 7.2 This act shall take effect immediately and the commission shall expire 30 days after the submission of the final report.
