New Jersey A 1180: Defines a day in session for purposes of a school district's receipt of State school aid.

Bill Text

A1180 

ASSEMBLY, No. 1180 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman JOHN DIMAIO

District 23 (Hunterdon, Somerset and Warren)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Peterson

SYNOPSIS

���� Defines a day in session for purposes of a school 
district's receipt of State school aid.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning the receipt of State school aid and amending 
P.L.1996, c.138.

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

���� 1.��� Section 9 of P.L.1996, 
c.138 (C.18A:7F-9) is amended to read as follows:

���� 9.��� In order to receive any 
State aid pursuant to P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-43 et al.), a school district, 
county vocational school district, or county special services school district 
shall comply with the rules and standards for the equalization of opportunity 
which have been or may hereafter be prescribed by law or formulated by the 
commissioner pursuant to law, including those implementing P.L.1996, c.138 
(C.18A:7F-1 et al.) and P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-43 et al.) or related to the 
core curriculum content standards required by P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-43 et 
al.), and shall further comply with any directive issued by the commissioner 
pursuant to section 6 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-6).� The commissioner is 
hereby authorized to withhold all or part of a district's State aid for failure 
to comply with any rule, standard or directive.� No State aid shall be paid to 
any district [which 
has not provided public school facilities] 
unless the schools of the district have been in session for at least 180 
days during the preceding school year, but the commissioner, for good cause 
shown, may remit the penalty.

���� For the purposes of this 
section, a day in session means a day on which the school is open, students are 
under the guidance and direction of a teacher engaged in the teaching process, 
and is not less than six hours; except that the six-hour requirement shall not 
be applicable to a school that enrolls only kindergarten students.

(cf: P.L.2007, c.260, s.32)

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately and shall first be applicable to the calculation of State 
aid for the 2015-2016 school year. 

STATEMENT

���� Under current law, in order to 
receive its State school aid, a school district must be in session for at least 
180 days during the preceding school year.� This bill defines a �day in 
session� as a day on which the school is open, students are under the guidance 
and direction of a teacher engaged in the teaching process, and is not less 
than six hours.� The bill specifies that the six-hour requirement will not be 
applicable to a school that enrolls only kindergarten students.

���� Under current State Board of 
Education regulations at N.J.A.C.6A:32-8.3(b), a school day consists of not 
less than four hours.