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Bill Text

S3364 

SENATE, No. 3364 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 5, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� SHIRLEY K. TURNER

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

SYNOPSIS

���� Extends eligibility for certain SDA grant funding to 
Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act concerning school facilities projects at the Marie H. 
Katzenbach School for the Deaf and amending P.L.2000, c.72.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� Section 15 of P.L.2000, 
c.72 (C.18A:7G-15) is amended to read as follows:

���� 15. a. In the case of a 
district other than an SDA district, for any project approved by the 
commissioner after the effective date of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-1 et al.), 
the district may elect to receive a one-time grant for the State share of the 
project in accordance with the provisions of subsection b. of this section 
rather than annual debt service aid under section 9 of P.L.2000, c.72 
(C.18A:7G-9).� The State share payable to the district shall equal the product 
of the project's final eligible costs and the district aid percentage or 40 
percent, whichever is greater. If the project's design incorporates the 
implementation of energy efficiency improvements or the installation of energy 
efficient features or equipment, the district aid percentage shall be increased 
by no more than five percent.� In order to qualify for a district aid 
percentage increase for the implementation of energy efficiency improvements or 
the installation of energy efficient features or equipment pursuant to this 
subsection, a district shall submit to the development authority and Department 
of Education a certification, along with evidential documentation, attesting 
that the project's design incorporates the implementation of energy efficiency 
improvements or the installation of energy efficient features or equipment.� The 
Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf shall be eligible to receive a one-time 
grant in accordance with the provisions of subsection b. of this section.�� 

���� b.��� The commissioner shall 
establish a process for the annual allocation of grant funding.� Under that 
process, the commissioner shall annually notify districts of the date on which 
the commissioner shall begin to receive applications for grant funding.� A district 
shall have 90 days from that date to submit an application to the 
commissioner.� The commissioner shall make a decision on a district's 
application within 90 days of the submission of all such applications and shall 
allocate the grant funding in accordance with the priority process established 
pursuant to paragraph (4) of subsection m. of section 5 of P.L.2000, c.72 
(C.18A:7G-5).

���� c.���� The development 
authority shall provide grant funding for the State's share of the final 
eligible costs of a school facilities project pursuant to an agreement between 
the district and the development authority which shall, in addition to other 
terms and conditions, set forth the terms of disbursement of the State share.� 
The funding of the State share shall not commence until the district secures 
financing for the local share.

(cf: P.L.2023, c.311, s.10)

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately.� 

STATEMENT

���� This bill extends eligibility 
for certain grant funding from the New Jersey Schools Development Authority 
(SDA) to the Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf.� 

���� The SDA provides grant funding 
to non-SDA districts, also known as �regular operating school districts.�� 
These grants, referred to as �section 15 grants,� are provided to address 
health and safety issues and other critical needs.� Under this bill, the Marie 
H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf would be eligible to apply for a one-time 
section 15 grant.����