STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman ELLEN J. PARK
District 37 (Bergen)
SYNOPSIS
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1 million for New Jersey Commission on Asian American Heritage.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
A Supplement to the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, P.L.2025, c.74.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. In addition to the amounts appropriated under P.L.2025, c.74, the annual appropriations act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, there is appropriated from the General Fund the following amount for the purpose specified:
34 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
30 Educational, Cultural, and Intellectual Development
34 Educational Support Services
DIRECT STATE SERVICES
40-5064 Student Services ................................................... $1,000,000
Total Direct State Services Appropriation,
Educational Support Services .......................... $1,000,000
Direct State Services:
40 New Jersey Commission on Asian American Heritage ($1,000,000)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill makes a supplemental appropriation of $1 million to support the New Jersey Commission on Asian American Heritage.
Under current law, the commission is tasked with various responsibilities, including: providing assistance and advice to public and nonpublic schools with respect to the implementation of historical, cultural, and educational programs concerning people of Asian and Asian American descent; infusing the history of Asian Americans into the social studies curriculum in order to provide an accurate, complete, and inclusive history; ensuring that teachers are equipped to effectively teach the New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies; and developing, in consultation with the Department of Education, curriculum guidelines for the teaching subjects and topics concerning and relating to the culture, history, and heritage of people of Asian and Asian American descent.