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A1675
ASSEMBLY, No. 1675
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Carter, Assemblymen McClellan and Rodriguez
SYNOPSIS
���� Makes supplemental appropriation of $1 billion for
After School Recreation in Urban Areas.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
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A
Supplement
to �An Act making appropriations
for the support of the State Government and the several public purposes for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 2022 and regulating the disbursement thereof,�
approved, 2021 (P.L.2021, c.�� ).
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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.2021, c.�� , the annual appropriations act for
Fiscal Year 2021-2022, there is appropriated out of the General Fund the
following sum for the purpose specified:
34 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
30 Educational, Cultural, and Intellectual Development
34 Educational Support Services
�GRANTS-IN-AID
40-5064
Student Services� ..............................
$1,000,000,000
Total Grants-in-Aid Appropriation,�
Educational� Support Services
$1,000,000,000
Grant-in-Aid:
40
Grants for After School Recreation
in Urban Areas..........................................
($1,000,000,000)
The
amounts hereinabove appropriated for Grants for After School Recreation in
Urban Areas shall be allocated by the Commissioner of Education pursuant to an
application process to be established by the commissioner for the following
purposes: improving, retrofitting, and rebuilding playgrounds, public swimming
pools, and other recreational infrastructure; reopening parks that have not
been in operation for a long period of time; and establishing, enhancing,� and
procuring equipment and other materials for mentorship programs, organized
after school and summer educational programs that shall include computer
science education, home economics education, and education concerning other
life-building skills.��
���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.
STATEMENT
���� This bill provides a
supplemental appropriation of $1 billion to provide Grants for After School
Recreation in Urban Areas.� The bill provides that the grants will be allocated
by the Commissioner of Education for the following purposes: improving,
retrofitting, and rebuilding playgrounds, public swimming pools, and other
recreational infrastructure; reopening parks that have not been in operation
for a long period of time; and establishing, enhancing,� and procuring
equipment and other materials for mentorship programs and organized after
school and summer educational programs that would include computer science
education, home economics education, and education concerning other
life-building skills.��