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S4351 • 2026

Provides that unexpended nonpublic textbook aid or aid for Nonpublic Technology Initiative may be used to support services provided under other program.

Provides that unexpended nonpublic textbook aid or aid for Nonpublic Technology Initiative may be used to support services provided under other program.

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Passed Legislature

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Sponsor
Singer, Robert W.
Last action
2026-05-28
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Provides that unexpended nonpublic textbook aid or aid for Nonpublic Technology Initiative may be used to support services provided under other program.

Provides that unexpended nonpublic textbook aid or aid for Nonpublic Technology Initiative may be used to support services provided under other program.

What This Bill Does

  • Provides that unexpended nonpublic textbook aid or aid for Nonpublic Technology Initiative may be used to support services provided under other program.
  • 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. 2026-05-28 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Provides that unexpended nonpublic textbook aid or aid for Nonpublic Technology Initiative may be used to support services provided under other program.
Topic:
Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S4351

SENATE, No. 4351

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

INTRODUCED MAY 28, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� ROBERT W. SINGER

District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Provides that unexpended nonpublic textbook aid or
aid for Nonpublic Technology Initiative may be used to support services
provided under other program.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
concerning State aid for nonpublic schools, amending
P.L.1974, c.79, and supplementing chapter 58 of Title 18A of the New Jersey
Statutes.

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

���� 1.� Section 7 of P.L.1974,
c.79 (C.18A:58-37.7) is amended to read as follows:

���� 7.� The sums payable as State
aid to school districts pursuant to
[
this
act
]

P.L.1974,
c.79 (C.18A:58-37.1 et seq.)
shall be paid in full no later than July 31.�
The State Treasurer shall make such payment to each board of education upon a
certificate of the commissioner and warrant of the Director of the Division of
Budget and Accounting.

���� �
[
A
]

In the event that the
expenditure incurred by any district pursuant to P.L. 1974, c. 79
(C.18A:58-37.1 et seq.) is less than the amount of State aid received, the
district may use the unexpended State aid for expenditures under the Nonpublic
Technology Initiative.� In the event that the expenditures incurred by any
district for these programs are less than the total amount of State aid for
these programs, the
district shall refund any unexpended State aid after
completion of the school year
[
if
the expenditures incurred by the district pursuant to P.L. 1974, c. 79 (C.
18A:58-37.1 et seq.) are less than the amount of State aid received therefor
]
.� The refund
shall be paid no later than December 1.

(cf: P.L.1986, c.17, s.1)

���� 2.� (New section)� In the
event that the expenditure incurred by any district under the Nonpublic
Technology Initiative is less than the amount of State aid received, the
district may use the unexpended State aid for expenditures under P.L.1974, c.79
(C.18A:58-37.1 et seq.).� In the event that the expenditures incurred by any
district are less than the total amount of State aid for these programs, the
district shall refund the unexpended State aid after the completion of the
school year, but not later than December 1 of the following school year.

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

STATEMENT

���� Under current law, in the
event that the expenditures incurred by a school district are less than the
State aid received to support certain services provided to nonpublic schools,
the district is required to refund the unexpended State aid after the completion
of the school year.� This provision applies in the case of nonpublic textbook
aid and aid provided under the Nonpublic Technology Initiative.� This bill
would allow unexpended State aid for either of these programs to be used to
support the services provided under the other program.