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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.
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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.
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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.