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A4910
ASSEMBLY, No. 4910
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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INTRODUCED MAY 7,� 2026
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman� BALVIR SINGH
District 7 (Burlington)
SYNOPSIS
���� Establishes �Support for Immigration
Enforcement-Affected Students Fund� in DOE to support public schools in
addressing impact of immigration enforcement activities.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� As introduced.
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An Act
concerning mental health support for students
affected by immigration enforcement activities and supplementing chapter 40 of
Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.��� a.� There is established
in the Department of Education a non-lapsing, revolving fund to be known as the
�Support for Immigration Enforcement-Affected Students Fund� that shall be held
separate and apart from all other funds of the State.� All monies appropriated
annually by the Legislature, federal and other grants received by the State,
and any other monies made available for the purposes of the fund shall be
deposited in the fund.�
���� b.� Monies in the �Support for
Immigration Enforcement-Affected Students Fund� shall be used by the Department
of Education to provide support and funding to public schools throughout the
State for purposes that may include the following:
���� (1) initiatives to provide
school-based therapy and trauma-informed mental health services to students who
have been affected by immigration enforcement;
���� (2) the identification and
promotion of resources to assist public schools in addressing unmet needs of
students who have been affected by immigration enforcement;
���� (3) initiatives to support
students who have been affected by immigration enforcement to address trauma,
grief, and the effects of prolonged parental separation; and
���� (4) the provision of grants to
public schools to fund the employment and training of personnel who provide
school-based therapy and mental health services to students.
���� c.���� The Department of
Education shall administer the fund and allocate balances in the fund to public
schools pursuant to a methodology to be determined by the department.
���� d.��� A public school that
receives funds pursuant to this section shall report to the Department of
Education, in a manner and form to be determined by the department, details
concerning the use of these funds.
���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.
STATEMENT
���� This bill establishes a
non-lapsing, revolving fund, the �Support for Immigration Enforcement-Affected
Students Fund,� in the Department of Education to provide support and funding
to public schools throughout the State to support school-based therapy and
mental health services for students who have been affected by immigration
enforcement activities.
���� The fund would be credited
with monies appropriated annually by the Legislature, federal and other grants
received by the State, and any other monies made available for the purposes of
the fund.� These funds may be used to support: initiatives to provide
school-based therapy and trauma-informed mental health services to students who
have been affected by immigration enforcement; the identification and promotion
of resources to assist public schools in addressing unmet needs of students who
have been affected by immigration enforcement; initiatives to support students
who have been affected by immigration enforcement to address trauma, grief, and
the effects of prolonged parental separation; and the provision of grants to
public schools to fund the employment and training of personnel who provide
school-based therapy and mental health services to students.
���� Under the bill, the Department
of Education is required to administer the fund and allocate balances in the
fund to public schools pursuant to a methodology to be determined by the
department.� Finally, a public school that receives funds is required to report
to the department details concerning the use of these funds.