A 5153

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
ASSEMBLY, No. 5153
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
� ADOPTED
JUNE 15, 2026
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman� ALEXANDER "AVI" SCHNALL
District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)
Assemblywoman� VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblyman� GARY S. SCHAER
District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Brennan, Assemblyman Simonsen, Assemblywoman
Swain and Assemblyman Tully
SYNOPSIS
���� Requires unexpended State aid for nonpublic school
nursing services and nonpublic school security services to be used to support
nonpublic school transportation services.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Substitute as adopted by the Assembly Education
Committee.
��
An Act concerning State aid for nonpublic schools and
amending P.L.1991, c.226 and P.L.2016, c.49.
���� 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 [this
act] P.L.1991,
c.226 (C.18A:40-23 et seq.) 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 [this
act] 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 shall refund the unexpended State aid after the completion of the
school year, but not later than December 1 of the following school year.� Any
unexpended nonpublic school nursing services aid refunded to the State after
the completion of the school year shall be used to increase the maximum amount
of nonpublic school transportation costs per pupil provided for in
N.J.S.18A:39-1 for the school year succeeding 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 [this act] P.L.1991,
c.226 (C.18A:40-23 et seq.) 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 [this act] P.L.2016,
c.49 (C.18A:58-37.8 et seq.) 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 shall
refund the unexpended State aid after the completion of the school year, but
not later than December 1 of the following school year.� Any unexpended
nonpublic school security services aid refunded to the State after the
completion of the school year shall be used to increase the maximum amount of
nonpublic school transportation costs per pupil provided for in N.J.S.18A:39-1
for the school year succeeding 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 [this act] P.L.2016,
c.49 (C.18A:58-37.8 et seq.) 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.