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A1136 • 2026

Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 from General Fund to Rutgers University - New Brunswick for Nurture thru Nature program.

Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 from General Fund to Rutgers University - New Brunswick for Nurture thru Nature program.

Budget Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Danielsen, Joe
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 from General Fund to Rutgers University - New Brunswick for Nurture thru Nature program.

Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 from General Fund to Rutgers University - New Brunswick for Nurture thru Nature program.

What This Bill Does

  • Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 from General Fund to Rutgers University - New Brunswick for Nurture thru Nature program.
  • Topic: Higher Education Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 from General Fund to Rutgers University - New Brunswick for Nurture thru Nature program.
Topic:
Higher Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1136

ASSEMBLY, No. 1136

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman JOE DANIELSEN

District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)

SYNOPSIS

���� Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 from
General Fund to Rutgers University - New Brunswick for Nurture thru Nature
program.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

��

A
Supplement
to the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending
June 30,
2025, P.L.2024, c.22
.

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

���� 1.� In addition to the amounts
appropriated under P.L.2024, c.22, the annual appropriations act for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 2025, there is appropriated from the General Fund the
following amount for the purpose specified:

74 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

30 Educational, Cultural, and
Intellectual Development

36 Higher Educational Services

2410 Rutgers, The State University �
New Brunswick

GRANTS-IN-AID

82-2410� Institutional
Support ............................................... $500,000

���������������� Total
Grants-in-Aid
Appropriation,
Rutgers, The State University � New Brunswick

�����������������������
..........................................................................
$500,000

Grants-in-Aid:

�������� 82��� Nurture
thru Nature (NtN)....................... ($500,000)

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill makes a fiscal year
2025 supplemental appropriation of $500,000 from the State General Fund to
Rutgers University, New Brunswick for the Nurture thru Nature (NtN) program.�
The NtN program was founded by Rutgers faculty in 2009 to provide science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) educational opportunities and
hands-on learning opportunities to students in grades three through 12.

���� The program addresses unique
challenges facing students in nearby inner-city school districts, including
under-representation in STEM fields, insufficient preparation for STEM careers,
and summer learning loss.� The program has demonstrated significant benefits in
increasing science and mathematics grades, increasing interest in STEM
disciplines, increasing the rate of pursuit of higher education in STEM fields,
and developing non-cognitive skills including problem solving, pro-social
behavior, and leadership skills.