A 5152

ASSEMBLY, No. 5152
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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INTRODUCED MAY 28, 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)
SYNOPSIS
���� Permits unexpended nonpublic school textbook aid or
aid for Nonpublic Technology Initiative to be used to support other program.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� As introduced.
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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.) for nonpublic school textbook services is less than the amount of
State aid received, the district may use the unexpended State aid for expenditures
under the Nonpublic Technology Initiative.� If the expenditures incurred by a
district for these programs are less than the total amount of State aid
received for the 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 expenditures incurred by a school district under the Nonpublic
Technology Initiative is less than the amount of State aid received, the
district may use the unexpended State aid for nonpublic school textbook
services expenditures under P.L.1974, c.79 (C.18A:58-37.1 et seq.).� If the
expenditures incurred by a district are less than the total amount of State aid
received 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
���� This bill would allow
unexpended State aid for either the nonpublic school textbook aid program or
aid for the Nonpublic Technology Initiative to be used to support services
provided under the other program.� Currently, in the event that the
expenditures incurred by a school district are less than the State aid received
to provide certain textbook and technology services to nonpublic schools, the
district is required to refund the unexpended State aid after the completion of
the school year.� This bill would permit unexpended funds in either program to
be used to support expenditures in the other program, before those funds are
required to be refunded to the State.�