Bill Text: NJ S3076 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends appropriations act to provide funding for restoration of State school aid reductions for certain school districts; shifts $64,920,000 from certain appropriations for purposes of restoring aid; provides supplemental appropriation of $145,215,047.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-11 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee [S3076 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-S3076-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator ANTHONY M. BUCCO
District 25 (Morris and Passaic)
Senator DECLAN J. O'SCANLON, JR.
District 13 (Monmouth)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senators Amato, Steinhardt, Bramnick, Space, Tiver, Henry, Polistina, Pennacchio, Schepisi, Corrado, Testa, Holzapfel and Singer
SYNOPSIS
Amends appropriations act to provide funding for restoration of State school aid reductions for certain school districts; shifts $64,920,000 from certain appropriations for purposes of restoring aid; provides supplemental appropriation of $145,215,047.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act To Amend And Supplement the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, P.L.2023, c.74.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The following items in section 1 of P.L.2023, c.74, the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, are amended as follows:
22 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
50 Economic Planning, Development, and Security
55 Social Services Programs
GRANTS-IN-AID
05-8050 Community Resources.......... [$154,741,000] $154,421,000
Total Grants-in-Aid appropriation,
Social Services Programs .. [154,741,000] $154,421,000
Grants-in-Aid:
[05 Bergenfield Dominoes Club - Operating Costs ..... (50,000)
05 New Jersey Interscholastic Lacrosse
Officials Association ............................................ (20,000)
05 Deal Sephardic Youth Center Inc. -
Playground Expansion ...................................... (250,000)]
STATE AID
05-8050 Community Resources.............. [$16,000,000] $11,000,000
Total State Aid appropriation,
Social Services Programs .... [$16,000,000] $11,000,000
(From Property Tax Relief Fund ....... [$16,000,000] $11,000,000)
State Aid:
[05 Branch Brook Park Cherry
Blossom Center (PTRF)................................. (5,000,000)]
70 Government Direction, Management, and Control
75 State Subsidies and Financial Aid
STATE AID
04-8030 Local Government Services [$1,140,332,000] $1,122,832,000
Total State Aid appropriation,
State Subsidies and Financial Aid.........................................
...................................... [$1,140,332,000] $1,122,832,000
(From General Fund ..................................... $17,589,000)
(From Property Tax Relief Fund ....... [$1,122,743,000] $1,105,243,000)
State Aid:
[04 Camden County -
Property Acquisition (PTRF)......................... ($5,000,000)
04 Township of Edision - Municipal Broadband Services (PTRF) (2,000,000)
04 Township of North Brunswick - Municipal Complex (PTRF) (1,500,000)
04 County of Essex -
Administration Building (PTRF) .................... (5,000,000)
04 Township of Woodbridge - Public Marina Improvements (PTRF) (4,000,000)]
74 DEPARTMENT OF STATE
30 Educational, Cultural, and Intellectual Development
37 Cultural and Intellectual Development Services
GRANTS-IN-AID
05-2530 Support of the Arts.................... [$45,325,000] $45,225,000
Total Grants-in-Aid appropriation,
Cultural and Intellectual Development Services
........................................ [$45,325,000] $45,225,000
Grants-in-Aid:
[05 Cheer Dynamics All Stars............................ ($100,000)]
Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.2021, c.133, the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, the following unexpended balance of the following appropriation made in section 1 of P.L.2022, c.49 is deappropriated:
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Grants-in-Aid |
Jersey City - Arts Museum Projects |
$18,000,000 |
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Total Deappropriation ......... |
$18,000,000 |
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82 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
50 Economic Planning, Development, and Security
51 Economic Planning and Development
GRANTS-IN-AID
38-2043 Economic Development....... [$323,682,000] $299,682,000
Total Grants-in-Aid appropriation,
Economic Planning and Development
....................................... [$323,682,000] $299,682,000
Grants-in-Aid:
[38 Jersey City Redevelopment Agency -
Art Museum Project.................................. ($24,000,000)]
2. In addition to the amounts appropriated under P.L.2023, c.74, the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, there are appropriated from the Property Tax Relief Fund and the General Fund the following amounts for the purposes specified:
34 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
30 Educational, Cultural, and Intellectual Development
31 Direct Educational Services and Assistance
STATE AID
03-5120 Miscellaneous Grants-in-Aid........................... $210,135,047
Total State Aid appropriation,
Direct Educational Services and Assistance $210,135,047
(From Property Tax Relief Fund ... $22,500,000)
State Aid:
03 Supplemental Stabilization
Aid (PTRF).......................................... ($22,500,000)
03 Supplemental Stabilization Aid.......... (187,635,047)
Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the amounts hereinabove appropriated for Supplemental Stabilization Aid shall be subject to the following conditions: a school district that received an allotment of Supplemental Stabilization Aid pursuant to P.L.2023, c.32 shall, in addition to the amount proposed in the State aid notice for the 2024-2025 school year distributed to school districts in March 2024, receive such aid in the same amount allotted to the district under P.L.2023, c.32; and a school district for which the State aid differential, as defined in section 3 of P.L.2018, c.67 (C.18A:7F-67), is positive in the 2024-2025 school year and that is subject to a State school aid reduction pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2018, c.67 (C.18A:7F-67 et al.) shall receive an amount of State school aid, in addition to the amount proposed in the State aid notice for the 2024-2025 school year distributed to school districts in March 2024, equal to the difference between the amount of aid received in the 2023-2024 school year and the amount of aid proposed for the 2024-2025 school year, except that Supplemental Stabilization Aid shall not be allocated to a county vocational school district that, according to the amounts proposed in the State aid notices for the 2024-2025 school year distributed to school districts in March 2024, is proposed to receive vocational expansion stabilization aid pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2018, c.67 (C.18A:7F-69).
3. This act shall take effect
immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill amends the FY 2024 appropriations act to provide funding for the restoration of State school aid reductions for certain school districts.
The bill ensures that: 1) school districts that previously received an allotment of Supplemental Stabilization Aid under P.L.2023, c.32 receive such aid in the same amount allocated to the district under that law; and 2) that a school district proposed to experience a State school aid reduction in the 2024-2025 school year receive an additional amount of State school aid equal to the difference between the amount of aid received in the 2023-2024 school year and the amount of aid proposed for the 2024-2025 school year. The total funds that would be appropriated under the bill to effectuate these purposes is $210,135,047.
The bill would shift a total of approximately $64.9 million in funds from current FY 2024 appropriations, as well as certain unexpended balances from appropriations made in prior fiscal years, to provide for a portion of the total funding needed to effectuate the purposes of the bill. In order to provide for the remaining need, the bill appropriates an additional $145.2 million from the General Fund for the bill's purposes.
