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Bill Text

A4910 

ASSEMBLY, No. 4910 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 7,� 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman� BALVIR SINGH

District 7 (Burlington)

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes �Support for Immigration 
Enforcement-Affected Students Fund� in DOE to support public schools in 
addressing impact of immigration enforcement activities. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act concerning mental health support for students 
affected by immigration enforcement activities and supplementing chapter 40 of 
Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a.� There is established 
in the Department of Education a non-lapsing, revolving fund to be known as the 
�Support for Immigration Enforcement-Affected Students Fund� that shall be held 
separate and apart from all other funds of the State.� All monies appropriated 
annually by the Legislature, federal and other grants received by the State, 
and any other monies made available for the purposes of the fund shall be 
deposited in the fund.� 

���� b.� Monies in the �Support for 
Immigration Enforcement-Affected Students Fund� shall be used by the Department 
of Education to provide support and funding to public schools throughout the 
State for purposes that may include the following:

���� (1) initiatives to provide 
school-based therapy and trauma-informed mental health services to students who 
have been affected by immigration enforcement;

���� (2) the identification and 
promotion of resources to assist public schools in addressing unmet needs of 
students who have been affected by immigration enforcement;

���� (3) initiatives to support 
students who have been affected by immigration enforcement to address trauma, 
grief, and the effects of prolonged parental separation; and

���� (4) the provision of grants to 
public schools to fund the employment and training of personnel who provide 
school-based therapy and mental health services to students.

���� c.���� The Department of 
Education shall administer the fund and allocate balances in the fund to public 
schools pursuant to a methodology to be determined by the department.

���� d.��� A public school that 
receives funds pursuant to this section shall report to the Department of 
Education, in a manner and form to be determined by the department, details 
concerning the use of these funds.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill establishes a 
non-lapsing, revolving fund, the �Support for Immigration Enforcement-Affected 
Students Fund,� in the Department of Education to provide support and funding 
to public schools throughout the State to support school-based therapy and 
mental health services for students who have been affected by immigration 
enforcement activities.

���� The fund would be credited 
with monies appropriated annually by the Legislature, federal and other grants 
received by the State, and any other monies made available for the purposes of 
the fund.� These funds may be used to support: initiatives to provide 
school-based therapy and trauma-informed mental health services to students who 
have been affected by immigration enforcement; the identification and promotion 
of resources to assist public schools in addressing unmet needs of students who 
have been affected by immigration enforcement; initiatives to support students 
who have been affected by immigration enforcement to address trauma, grief, and 
the effects of prolonged parental separation; and the provision of grants to 
public schools to fund the employment and training of personnel who provide 
school-based therapy and mental health services to students.

���� Under the bill, the Department 
of Education is required to administer the fund and allocate balances in the 
fund to public schools pursuant to a methodology to be determined by the 
department.� Finally, a public school that receives funds is required to report 
to the department details concerning the use of these funds.