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A1732 • 2026

Appropriates $3 million annually to Freedom Schools in New Jersey using funds collected under Social Equity Excise Fee.

Appropriates $3 million annually to Freedom Schools in New Jersey using funds collected under Social Equity Excise Fee.

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina
Last action
2026-02-19
Official status
Reported and Referred to Assembly Community Development and Women's Affairs Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Appropriates $3 million annually to Freedom Schools in New Jersey using funds collected under Social Equity Excise Fee.

Appropriates $3 million annually to Freedom Schools in New Jersey using funds collected under Social Equity Excise Fee.

What This Bill Does

  • Appropriates $3 million annually to Freedom Schools in New Jersey using funds collected under Social Equity Excise Fee.
  • Topic: Community Development and Women's Affairs Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-19 New Jersey Legislature

    Reported and Referred to Assembly Community Development and Women's Affairs Committee

  2. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Appropriates $3 million annually to Freedom Schools in New Jersey using funds collected under Social Equity Excise Fee.
Topic:
Community Development and Women's Affairs
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1732 AED Statement 2/19/26

ASSEMBLY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY,
No. 1732

STATE
OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:
�FEBRUARY
19, 2026

����� The Assembly Education Committee reports favorably
Assembly Bill No. 1732.

����� This bill appropriates $3 million annually, from funds
collected from the Social Equity Excise Fee that is assessed on cannabis, to
the Department of State to support funding for Freedom Schools in New Jersey.�

����� The Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and
Marketplace Modernization Fund is the repository of several revenues the State
collects within the confines of the regulated cannabis retail program.� One of
the revenues, the Social Equity Excise Fee, is the particular revenue stream to
which the Freedom Schools appropriation would be charged.

����� The New Jersey Office of Faith Based Initiatives
Freedom School Project supports New Jersey Freedom Schools.� Freedom Schools
provide education and character-building support to kindergarten through 12th
grade students and their families by implementing an intensive academic summer
program as well as continuous follow up, homework, and tutoring services
throughout the academic school year.�

����� This bill was pre-filed for introduction in the
2026-2027 session pending technical review.� As reported, the bill includes the
changes required by technical review, which has been performed.