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S3886 • 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
McKnight, Angela V.
Last action
2026-03-12
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education 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: Education Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-12 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee

Official Summary Text

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

Current Bill Text

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S3886

SENATE, No. 3886

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 12, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT

District 31 (Hudson)

Senator� SHIRLEY K. TURNER

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

SYNOPSIS

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

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
concerning Freedom Schools, and supplementing Title 24
of the Revised Statutes.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� Notwithstanding the
provisions of section 41 of P.L.2021, c.16 (C.24:16I-50) or any other law or
regulation to the contrary, revenues collected from the Social Equity Excise
Fee pursuant to subsection d. of section 41 of P.L.2021, c.16 (C.24:6I-50)
shall be appropriated as follows: $3,000,000 each fiscal year to the Department
of State to support funding for Freedom Schools in New Jersey, subject to the
approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.�

���� 2. This act shall take effect
immediately.

STATEMENT

���� 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 support New Jersey Freedom Schools.�
Freedom Schools provide education and character-building support to K-12
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.�