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A1193 • 2026

Requires school districts and municipalities to enter into shared services agreements for purpose of verifying student residency.

Requires school districts and municipalities to enter into shared services agreements for purpose of verifying student residency.

Education
Passed Legislature

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

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

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires school districts and municipalities to enter into shared services agreements for purpose of verifying student residency.

Requires school districts and municipalities to enter into shared services agreements for purpose of verifying student residency.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires school districts and municipalities to enter into shared services agreements for purpose of verifying student residency.
  • Topic: Education Fiscal note: This bill has 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 Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires school districts and municipalities to enter into shared services agreements for purpose of verifying student residency.
Topic:
Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1193

ASSEMBLY, No. 1193

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman� JOHN DIMAIO

District 23 (Hunterdon, Somerset and Warren)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires school districts and municipalities to enter
into shared services agreements for purpose of verifying student residency.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
concerning student residency and supplementing chapter
38 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. �Each school district
shall, pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-1 et al.), enter
into a shared services agreement with each municipality in which students of
the district reside for the purpose of verifying student residency, in
accordance with applicable State and federal laws, rules, and regulations.� Under
the agreement:

���� (1) �each school district shall
prepare on an annual basis a report which lists the residential address of each
student enrolled in the district.� The district shall submit the report to each
municipality in which students of the district reside on or before November 1
of each year; and

���� (2) �each municipality shall
review the report submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection and
verify, to the extent feasible, student residency.� The municipality shall
submit a list to the school district of all student addresses that could not be
verified within 30 days of the receipt of the report.

���� b. �Unverified student
addresses shall be subject to additional review by the school district, in
accordance with applicable State and federal laws, rules, and regulations.� ���

���� c.� The Commissioner of
Education shall impose a fine of not more than $500 for each violation on each
school district that fails to comply with the provisions of this section.�

���� 2. �This act shall take effect
on the first day of the fourth month next following the date of enactment.

STATEMENT

���� ���� This
bill requires school districts and municipalities to enter into shared services
agreements for the purpose of verifying student residency.�

���� Under the bill, each school
district is required to enter into a shared services agreement with each
municipality in which students of the district reside for the purpose of
verifying student residency, in accordance with applicable State and federal
laws, rules, and regulations.� Under the agreement:

���� (1) �each school district is
required to annually prepare a report which lists the residential address of
each student enrolled in the district; and

���� (2) �each municipality is
required to review the report and verify, to the extent feasible, student
residency.� The municipality is further required to submit a list to the school
district of all student addresses that could not be verified within 30 days of
the receipt of the report.

���� Under the bill, unverified
student addresses would be subject to additional review by the school
district.� The bill provides the Commissioner of Education with the authority
to impose a fine of not more than $500 on each school district that fails to
comply with the provisions of the bill.