S3072

An Act concerning the provision of State school aid for certain school districts 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 P.L.2018, c.67 (C.18A:7F-67 et al.) or any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a school district that is proposed to experience a reduction in total State school aid in the 2024-2025 school year shall receive an amount of Supplemental Stabilization 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 total State school aid received in the 2023-2024 school year and the amount of total State school aid proposed for the 2024-2025 school year. For the purposes of this section, total State school aid shall include: equalization aid, special education categorical aid, security categorical aid, transportation aid, adjustment aid, educational adequacy aid, school choice aid, and military impact aid.

To receive the Supplemental Stabilization Aid provided pursuant to this section, a school district shall submit to the Commissioner of Education, in a manner and form to be prescribed by the commissioner, a written plan explaining how the district will allocate these funds and how the district will fund operations in future school years in which the district does not receive Stabilization Aid or similar Supplemental Stabilization Aid.

b. In addition to the amounts proposed in the State aid notices for the 2024-2025 school year distributed to school districts in March 2024, there is appropriated the sum of $105,886,559 from the Property Tax Relief Fund to the Department of Education to effectuate the provisions of this act. The aid shall be distributed to school districts in the amounts as follows:

District	County	Amount
Brigantine City	Atlantic	$ 99,690
Corbin City	Atlantic	$ 69,938
Estell Manor City	Atlantic	$ 155,548
Galloway Twp	Atlantic	$ 97,994
Linwood City	Atlantic	$ 174,118
Longport	Atlantic	$ 11,231
Mainland Regional	Atlantic	$ 1,412,716
Margate City	Atlantic	$ 19,926
Northfield City	Atlantic	$ 812,633
Somers Point City	Atlantic	$ 1,135,459
Ventnor City	Atlantic	$ 111,879
Hasbrouck Heights Boro	Bergen	$ 847,113
Leonia Boro	Bergen	$ 407,795
New Milford Boro	Bergen	$ 10,730
Ridgefield Boro	Bergen	$ 425,941
River Dell Regional	Bergen	$ 303,773
River Edge Boro	Bergen	$ 516,152
Rockleigh	Bergen	$ 4,426
Waldwick Boro	Bergen	$ 191,460
Bass River Twp	Burlington	$ 378,780
Bordentown Regional	Burlington	$ 1,614,929
Chesterfield Twp	Burlington	$ 173,857
Delanco Twp	Burlington	$ 439,707
Evesham Twp	Burlington	$ 18,513
Lenape Regional	Burlington	$ 4,692,106
Lumberton Twp	Burlington	$ 1,017,516
Palmyra Boro	Burlington	$ 1,070,732
Rancocas Valley Regional	Burlington	$ 103,206
Riverton	Burlington	$ 116,136
Shamong Twp	Burlington	$ 576,413
Tabernacle Twp	Burlington	$ 280,445
Washington Twp	Burlington	$ 11,365
Westampton	Burlington	$ 44,448
Woodland Twp	Burlington	$ 265,662
Audubon Boro	Camden	$ 155,371
Barrington Boro	Camden	$ 786,780
Black Horse Pike Regional	Camden	$ 1,334,982
Cherry Hill Twp	Camden	$ 6,900,182
Collingswood Boro	Camden	$ 41,987
Eastern Camden County Reg	Camden	$ 1,180,378
Gibbsboro Boro	Camden	$ 195,974
Haddon Twp	Camden	$ 806,086
Oaklyn Boro	Camden	$ 610,819
Runnemede Boro	Camden	$ 4,150,077
Voorhees Twp	Camden	$ 1,052,957
Cape May Point	Cape May	$ 1,268
Dennis Twp	Cape May	$ 106,046
Lower Cape May Regional	Cape May	$ 103,170
Lower Twp	Cape May	$ 136,100
Middle Twp	Cape May	$ 628,919
North Wildwood City	Cape May	$ 35,549
Sea Isle City	Cape May	$ 32,266
Stone Harbor Boro	Cape May	$ 1,486
Upper Twp	Cape May	$ 507,534
West Wildwood	Cape May	$ 989
Wildwood City	Cape May	$ 723,821
Essex Co Voc-Tech	Essex	$ 742,710
West Orange Town	Essex	$ 702,783
Clearview Regional	Gloucester	$ 2,145,960
East Greenwich Twp	Gloucester	$ 694,554
Elk Twp	Gloucester	$ 180,274
Mantua Twp	Gloucester	$ 378,522
Newfield Boro	Gloucester	$ 727,444
Pitman Boro	Gloucester	$ 764,384
South Harrison Twp	Gloucester	$ 349,467
Wenonah Boro	Gloucester	$ 4,548
West Deptford Twp	Gloucester	$ 162,064
Bloomsbury Boro	Hunterdon	$ 12,485
Delaware Valley Regional	Hunterdon	$ 116,648
Franklin Twp	Hunterdon	$ 70,667
High Bridge Boro	Hunterdon	$ 89,958
Hunterdon Central Reg	Hunterdon	$ 31,227
Lebanon Boro	Hunterdon	$ 7,356
East Brunswick Twp	Middlesex	$ 1,320,365
Highland Park Boro	Middlesex	$ 272,156
Old Bridge Twp	Middlesex	$ 2,528,261
South Brunswick Twp	Middlesex	$ 1,409,045
South Plainfield Boro	Middlesex	$ 3,569,185
Allenhurst	Monmouth	$ 3,862
Asbury Park City	Monmouth	$ 4,157,049
Atlantic Highlands Boro	Monmouth	$ 309,066
Avon Boro	Monmouth	$ 15,466
Bradley Beach Boro	Monmouth	$ 51,707
Hazlet Twp	Monmouth	$ 240,516
Henry Hudson Regional	Monmouth	$ 499,068
Highlands Boro	Monmouth	$ 229,270
Lake Como	Monmouth	$ 18,081
Long Branch City	Monmouth	$ 10,401,402
Neptune City	Monmouth	$ 46,259
Neptune Twp	Monmouth	$ 4,448,559
Red Bank Boro	Monmouth	$ 1,719,294
Spring Lake Boro	Monmouth	$ 15,725
Butler Boro	Morris	$ 960,863
Jefferson Twp	Morris	$ 255,990
Morris Hills Regional	Morris	$ 1,191,896
Rockaway Boro	Morris	$ 148,910
Roxbury Twp	Morris	$ 1,859,977
Barnegat Twp	Ocean	$ 1,964,903
Bay Head Boro	Ocean	$ 9,005
Brick Twp	Ocean	$ 112,455
Central Regional	Ocean	$ 95,659
Eagleswood Twp	Ocean	$ 27,823
Jackson Twp	Ocean	$ 4,459,769
Lacey Twp	Ocean	$ 3,205,902
Little Egg Harbor Twp	Ocean	$ 1,562,692
Ocean Gate Boro	Ocean	$ 35,708
Ocean Twp	Ocean	$ 65,084
Pinelands Regional	Ocean	$ 1,980,813
Point Pleasant Beach	Ocean	$ 21,754
Seaside Heights Boro	Ocean	$ 103,684
Seaside Park Boro	Ocean	$ 12,778
Stafford Twp	Ocean	$ 489,080
Toms River Regional	Ocean	$ 2,798,243
Tuckerton Boro	Ocean	$ 262,435
Hawthorne Boro	Passaic	$ 884,720
Lakeland Regional	Passaic	$ 141,990
Passaic Valley Regional	Passaic	$ 30,586
Pompton Lakes Boro	Passaic	$ 414,172
West Milford Twp	Passaic	$ 81,537
Alloway Twp	Salem	$ 736,784
Elsinboro Twp	Salem	$ 239,194
Pittsgrove Twp	Salem	$ 11,543
Quinton Twp	Salem	$ 79,388
Woodstown-Pilesgrove Reg	Salem	$ 11,506
Franklin Twp	Somerset	$ 386,982
Hillsborough Twp	Somerset	$ 2,728,504
Green Twp	Sussex	$ 72,314
Hamburg Boro	Sussex	$ 171,634
Kittatinny Regional	Sussex	$ 156,782
Berkeley Heights Twp	Union	$ 7,865
Kenilworth Boro	Union	$ 1,408,802
Great Meadows Regional	Warren	$ 45,636
Greenwich Twp	Warren	$ 575,550
Hope Twp	Warren	$ 3,015
Knowlton Twp	Warren	$ 6,937
North Warren Regional	Warren	$ 50,583
Oxford Twp	Warren	$ 59,452
Warren Hills Regional	Warren	$ 301,730
Washington Twp	Warren	$ 64,693
White Twp	Warren	$ 48,772

c. The amounts provided to each school district pursuant to subsection b. of this section shall be distributed as Supplemental Stabilization Aid, to ensure that each district receives amounts equal to the difference between the amounts calculated and provided to the district for the 2023-2024 school year and the amounts calculated and proposed for the 2024-2025 school year.

d. Supplemental Stabilization Aid provided pursuant to this section 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).

2. This act shall take effect immediately and the aid provided pursuant to this act shall be distributed to school districts in the 2024-2025 school year.

STATEMENT

This bill provides that a school district that is subject to a reduction in total State school aid for the 2024-2025 school year will receive Supplemental Stabilization Aid. The aid provided under the bill would ensure that the district’s total State school aid in the 2024-2025 school year is equal to the amount of total State school aid received in the 2023-2024 school year. The bill defines total State school aid to include: equalization aid, special education categorical aid, security categorical aid, transportation aid, adjustment aid, educational adequacy aid, school choice aid, and military impact aid.

To receive the aid provided under the bill, a school district is required to submit to the Commissioner of Education, in a manner and form to be prescribed by the commissioner, a written plan explaining how the district intends to fund operations in future school years in which the district does not receive Stabilization Aid or similar supplemental State school aid. A county vocational school district that receives vocational expansion stabilization aid in the 2024-2025 school year is not eligible to receive Supplemental Stabilization Aid under the bill.

The bill appropriates a sum from the Property Tax Relief Fund to the Department of Education and provides a list of school districts eligible to receive additional aid under the bill, as well as the amount of additional aid to be provided to each district. A total of 140 districts are eligible under the bill to receive a share of approximately $105.9 million in additional aid.