Bill Text: NJ S4351 | 2026-2027 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that unexpended nonpublic textbook aid or aid for Nonpublic Technology Initiative may be used to support services provided under other program.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced) 2026-05-28 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee [S4351 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2026-S4351-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator ROBERT W. SINGER
District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
Provides that unexpended nonpublic textbook aid or aid for Nonpublic Technology Initiative may be used to support services provided under other program.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning State aid for nonpublic schools, amending P.L.1974, c.79, and supplementing chapter 58 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 7 of P.L.1974, c.79 (C.18A:58-37.7) is amended to read as follows:
7. The sums payable as State aid to school districts pursuant to [this act] P.L.1974, c.79 (C.18A:58-37.1 et seq.) shall be paid in full no later than July 31. The State Treasurer shall make such payment to each board of education upon a certificate of the commissioner and warrant of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.
[A] In the event that the expenditure incurred by any district pursuant to P.L. 1974, c. 79 (C.18A:58-37.1 et seq.) is less than the amount of State aid received, the district may use the unexpended State aid for expenditures under the Nonpublic Technology Initiative. In the event that the expenditures incurred by any district for these programs are less than the total amount of State aid for these programs, the district shall refund any unexpended State aid after completion of the school year [if the expenditures incurred by the district pursuant to P.L. 1974, c. 79 (C. 18A:58-37.1 et seq.) are less than the amount of State aid received therefor]. The refund shall be paid no later than December 1.
(cf: P.L.1986, c.17, s.1)
2. (New section) In the event that the expenditure incurred by any district under the Nonpublic Technology Initiative is less than the amount of State aid received, the district may use the unexpended State aid for expenditures under P.L.1974, c.79 (C.18A:58-37.1 et seq.). In the event that the expenditures incurred by any district are less than the total amount of State aid for these programs, the district shall refund the unexpended State aid after the completion of the school year, but not later than December 1 of the following school year.
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
Under current law, in the event that the expenditures incurred by a school district are less than the State aid received to support certain services provided to nonpublic schools, the district is required to refund the unexpended State aid after the completion of the school year. This provision applies in the case of nonpublic textbook aid and aid provided under the Nonpublic Technology Initiative. This bill would allow unexpended State aid for either of these programs to be used to support the services provided under the other program.
