New Jersey S 4352: Permits use of unexpended State aid for specific nonpublic school programs may be used to support certain other nonpublic school programs rather than being refunded.

Bill Text

S4352 

SENATE, No. 4352 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 28, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� ROBERT W. SINGER

District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Permits use of unexpended State aid for specific 
nonpublic school programs may be used to support certain other nonpublic school 
programs rather than being refunded. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act concerning State aid for nonpublic schools and 
amending P.L.1991, c.226 and P.L.2016, c.49.

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

���� 1.� Section 9 of P.L.1991, 
c.226 (C.18A:40-31) is amended to read as follows:

���� 9.� a.� The support limit for 
the 1997-98 school year shall be $61.44.� For each school year thereafter the 
commissioner shall determine the support limit by multiplying the support limit 
for the previous school year times the sum of 1.0 plus the average annual 
percentage increase in the consumer price index for the New York and 
Philadelphia areas during the fiscal year preceding the prebudget year as 
reported by the United States Department of Labor.

���� b.��� On or before November 5 
of each year, each board of education shall forward to the commissioner an 
estimate of the cost of providing, during the next school year, the services 
required pursuant to this act and the number of pupils attending nonpublic schools 
located within the district as of the last school day of October of the current 
school year, excluding those pupils who have refused nursing services pursuant 
to section 8 of [this 
act] P.L.1991, 
c.226 (C.18A:40-30).� The commissioner shall provide State aid to each 
school district in an amount equal to the number of nonpublic school pupils 
within the district identified by the district on or before November 5 
multiplied by the State support limit.� In the event that the expenditure 
incurred by any district is less than the amount of State aid received, the 
district may use the unexpended State aid for expenditures under P.L.2016, 
c.49 (C.18A:58-37.8 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.

���� c.���� If in any year, the 
amount of State aid appropriated is insufficient to carry out in full the 
provisions of [this 
act] P.L.1991, 
c.226 (C.18A:40-23 et seq.), the commissioner shall apportion that 
appropriation among the districts in proportion to the State aid each district 
would have received had the full amount of State aid been appropriated.� In any 
year, no district shall be required to make expenditures for the purposes of 
this act in excess of the amount of State aid received for these purposes.

(cf: P.L.1996, c.138, s.69)

���� 2.� Section 5 of P.L.2016, 
c.49 (C.18A:58-37.12) is amended to read as follows:

���� 5. a. The support limit for 
the 2016-2017 school year shall be $75.� For each school year thereafter the 
commissioner shall determine the support limit by multiplying the support limit 
for the previous school year times the sum of 1.0 plus the average annual 
percentage increase in the consumer price index for the New York and 
Philadelphia areas during the fiscal year preceding the prebudget year as 
reported by the United States Department of Labor.

���� b.��� On or before November 5 
of each year, each board of education shall forward to the Commissioner of 
Education an estimate of the cost of providing, during the next school year, 
the security services, equipment, or technology required pursuant to this act and 
the number of students attending nonpublic schools located within the district 
as of the last school day of October of the current school year.� The 
commissioner shall provide State aid to each school district in an amount equal 
to the number of nonpublic school students within the district identified by 
the district on or before November 5 multiplied by the State support limit.� In 
the event that the expenditure incurred by any district is less than the amount 
of State aid received, the district may use the unexpended State aid for 
expenditures under P.L.1991, c.226 (C.18A:40-23 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.

���� c.���� If in any year, the 
amount of State aid appropriated is insufficient to carry out in full the 
provisions of [this 
act] P.L.2016, 
c.49 (C.18A:58-37.8 et seq.), the commissioner shall apportion that 
appropriation among the districts in proportion to the State aid each district 
would have received had the full amount of State aid bee