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S4366 1R
[First Reprint]
SENATE, No. 4366
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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INTRODUCED MAY 28, 2026
Sponsored by:
Senator� VIN GOPAL
District 11 (Monmouth)
Senator� ROBERT W. SINGER
District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
���� Permits unexpended State aid for nonpublic school
nursing services and nonpublic school security services to be used to support
other program.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� As reported by the Senate Education Committee on June
1, 2026, with amendments.
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An Act
concerning State aid for nonpublic schools and amending
P.L.1991, c.226 and P.L.2016, c.49.
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
����� 1.�
Section 9 of P.L.1991, c.226 (C.18A:40-31) is amended to read as follows:
����� 9.�
a.� The support limit for the 1997-98 school year shall be $61.44.� For each
school year thereafter the commissioner shall determine the support limit by
multiplying the support limit for the previous school year times the sum of 1.0
plus the average annual percentage increase in the consumer price index for the
New York and Philadelphia areas during the fiscal year preceding the prebudget
year as reported by the United States Department of Labor.
����� b.�� On
or before November 5 of each year, each board of education shall forward to the
commissioner an estimate of the cost of providing, during the next school year,
the services required pursuant to
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[
this act
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P.L.1991, c.226 (C.18A:40-23 et seq.)
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and the number of pupils attending nonpublic
schools located within the district as of the last school day of October of the
current school year, excluding those pupils who have refused nursing services
pursuant to section 8 of
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this act
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P.L.1991, c.226 (C.18A:40-30)
.� The
commissioner shall provide State aid to each school district in an amount equal
to the number of nonpublic school pupils within the district identified by the
district on or before November 5 multiplied by the State support limit.� In the
event that the expenditure incurred by any district is less than the amount of
State aid received, the district
may use the unexpended State aid for
nonpublic school security services expenditures under P.L.2016, c.49
(C.18A:58-37.8 et seq.).
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The district shall report to the commissioner the
amount of unexpended nonpublic school nursing services aid used to support
nonpublic school security services expenditures pursuant to this subsection in
a manner and form, and on a schedule, to be determined by the commissioner.
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If 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.
����� c.�� If
in any year, the amount of State aid appropriated is insufficient to carry out
in full the provisions of
[
this act
]
P.L.1991, c.226 (C.18A:40-23 et seq.)
, the
commissioner shall apportion that appropriation among the districts in
proportion to the State aid each district would have received had the full
amount of State aid been appropriated.� In any year, no district shall be
required to make expenditures for the purposes of
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this act
]
P.L.1991, c.226 (C.18A:40-23 et seq.)
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in excess of the amount of State aid received for
these purposes.
(cf:
P.L.1996, c.138, s.69)
����� 2.�
Section 5 of P.L.2016, c.49 (C.18A:58-37.12) is amended to read as follows:
����� 5.�
a. The support limit for the 2016-2017 school year shall be $75.� For each
school year thereafter the commissioner shall determine the support limit by
multiplying the support limit for the previous school year times the sum of 1.0
plus the average annual percentage increase in the consumer price index for the
New York and Philadelphia areas during the fiscal year preceding the prebudget
year as reported by the United States Department of Labor.
����� b.�� On
or before November 5 of each year, each board of education shall forward to the
Commissioner of Education an estimate of the cost of providing, during the next
school year, the security services, equipment, or technology required pursuant
to
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this act
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P.L.2016, c.49 (C.18A:58-37.8 et seq.)
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and the number of students attending nonpublic
schools located within the district as of the last school day of October of the
current school year.� The commissioner shall provide State aid to each school
district in an amount equal to the number of nonpublic school students within
the district identified by the district on or before November 5 multiplied by
the State support limit.� In the event that the expenditure incurred by any
district is less than the amount of State aid received, the district
may use
the unexpended State aid for nonpublic school nursing services expenditures
under P.L.1991, c.226 (C.18A:40-23 et seq.).
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The district shall report to the commissioner the
amount of unexpended nonpublic school security services aid used to support
nonpublic school nursing services expenditures pursuant to this subsection in a
manner and form, and on a schedule, to be determined by the commissioner.
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If 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.
����� c.�� If
in any year, the amount of State aid appropriated is insufficient to carry out
in full the provisions of
[
this act
]
P.L.2016, c.49 (C.18A:58-37.8 et seq.)
, the
commissioner shall apportion that appropriation among the districts in
proportion to the State aid each district would have received had the full
amount of State aid been appropriated.� In any year, no district shall be
required to make expenditures for the purposes of
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this act
]
P.L.2016, c.49 (C.18A:58-37.8 et seq.)
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in excess of the amount of State aid received for
these purposes.
(cf:
P.L.2016, c.49, s.5)
���� 3. This act shall take effect
immediately.�����������������������