New Jersey S 4351: Revises certain requirements for individual and small employer health benefits plans and for small employer members of multiple employer welfare arrangements.

Bill Text

S4351 

SENATE, No. 4351 

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

���� 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.

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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.