ASSEMBLY OVERSIGHT, REFORM AND FEDERAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 2067

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  MARCH 7, 2022

      The Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 2067.

      This bill requires the Department of Education, in addition to the submission of any report concerning federal stimulus dollars that is required pursuant to federal law or any other State law, to submit an annual report to the Governor and Legislature concerning the amount of grant funds received by the department and distributed to school districts pursuant to the federal “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act,” Pub.L.116-136, the federal “Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act, 2021” Pub.L. 116-260, the federal “American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021,” Pub.L.117-2, or any other federal funding made available to states to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The department would also be required to report the purposes for which grant funds were used by recipient school districts.  The department would further be required to submit a final report regarding the expenditure of federal grant funds received to address the impact of COVID-19 on public education no later than six months following the complete exhaustion of funds by recipient school districts.