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S4356 • 2026

Prohibits application of State aid growth limit to State school aid provided in 2026-2027 school year; appropriates $332.6 million.

Prohibits application of State aid growth limit to State school aid provided in 2026-2027 school year; appropriates $332.6 million.

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Amato, Carmen F., Jr.
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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Prohibits application of State aid growth limit to State school aid provided in 2026-2027 school year; appropriates $332.6 million.

Prohibits application of State aid growth limit to State school aid provided in 2026-2027 school year; appropriates $332.6 million.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits application of State aid growth limit to State school aid provided in 2026-2027 school year; appropriates $332.6 million.
  • 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

Prohibits application of State aid growth limit to State school aid provided in 2026-2027 school year; appropriates $332.6 million.
Topic:
Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S4356

SENATE, No. 4356

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 28, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� CARMEN F. AMATO, JR.

District 9 (Ocean)

Senator� JAMES W. HOLZAPFEL

District 10 (Monmouth and Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits application of State aid growth limit to
State school aid provided in 2026-2027 school year; appropriates $332.6
million.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning State school aid and making an
appropriation.

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

���� 1. a.� Notwithstanding the
provisions of any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the Commissioner of
Education shall not apply any State aid growth limit to increases in State
school aid whereby a school district�s uncapped State school aid for the
2026-2027 school year, as calculated for the district pursuant to the State
school aid notice distributed to the district in March 2026, is reduced.

���� b.� As used in this section,

���� �State school aid� means the
sum of a district�s equalization aid, transportation aid, special education
categorical aid, and security categorical aid; and

���� �Uncapped State school aid�
means the amount of equalization aid, transportation aid, special education
categorical aid, and security categorical aid, as calculated for a school
district prior to the application of any State aid growth limit.

���� 2.� There is appropriated from
the Property Tax Relief Fund to the Department of Education the sum of $332,570,597
to effectuate the provisions of this act.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill prohibits the
application of a State aid growth limit to State school aid provided to school
districts in the 2026-2027 school year.

���� The FY 2027 Governor�s Budget
includes language limiting increases in State school aid, defined as the sum of
equalization aid, transportation aid, special education categorical aid, and
security categorical aid, to six percent of a district�s allocation of aid in
the 2025-2026 school year.� The bill would entitle a school district to receive
the full amount of State school aid calculated for the 2026-2027 school year
prior to the application of the six percent growth limit.

���� The bill appropriates $332.6
million to provide additional aid to the affected school districts.