[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 5328

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

220th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED MARCH 16, 2023

 


 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  ROY FREIMAN

District 16 (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset)

Assemblyman  PAUL D. MORIARTY

District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)

Assemblywoman  LISA SWAIN

District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblyman  RAJ MUKHERJI

District 33 (Hudson)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywomen McKnight, Reynolds-Jackson, Lampitt, Pintor Marin, Jasey, Assemblymen Sampson, Tully, Simonsen, McClellan, Assemblywoman Chaparro, Assemblyman Stanley, Assemblywoman Speight, Assemblymen Verrelli, Atkins, Assemblywomen Murphy, Jaffer, Assemblymen Danielsen, Sauickie, Assemblywomen Mosquera, Tucker, Park and Assemblyman Barranco

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Provides additional State school aid to certain school districts; appropriates $103,023,579.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Appropriations Committee on March 23, 2023, with amendments.

  


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[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 for which the State aid differential, as defined in section 3 of P.L.2018, c.67 (C.18A:7F-67), is positive in the 2023-2024 school year and that is subject to a State school aid reduction pursuant to the provisions of section 4 of P.L.2018, c.67 (C.18A:7F-68) shall receive an amount of State school aid, in addition to the amount proposed in the State aid notice for the 2023-2024 school year distributed to school districts in March 2023, equal to 66 percent of the difference between the amount of aid received for the 2022-2023 school year and the amount of aid proposed for the 2023-2024 school year. To receive the amounts 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 intends to fund operations in future school years in which the district does not receive Stabilization Aid or similar supplemental State school aid.

     b.  In addition to the amounts proposed in the State aid notices for the 2023-2024 school year distributed to school districts in March 2023, there is appropriated the sum of $102,784,455 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

 $              179,930

Buena Regional

Atlantic

 $                  8,399  

Corbin City

Atlantic

 $                14,276

Estell Manor City

Atlantic

 $              120,028

Folsom Boro

Atlantic

 $                59,834

Mainland Regional

Atlantic

 $                48,907

Margate City

Atlantic

 $                     678

Mullica Twp

Atlantic

 $              150,361

Somers Point City

Atlantic

 $              728,519

Ventnor City

Atlantic

 $              113,804

Weymouth Twp

Atlantic

 $                96,798

New Milford Boro

Bergen

 $              397,496

Rockleigh

Bergen

 $                  1,379

Waldwick Boro

Bergen

 $              137,612

Bordentown Regional

Burlington

 $              427,888

Chesterfield Twp

Burlington

 $                62,457

Evesham Twp

Burlington

 $              486,787

Hainesport Twp

Burlington

 $                51,947

Lenape Regional

Burlington

 $              775,551

Lumberton Twp

Burlington

 $                88,800

Medford Lakes Boro

Burlington

 $              277,811

Pemberton Twp

Burlington

 $              214,577

Riverton

Burlington

 $              266,077

Shamong Twp

Burlington

 $              176,013

Southampton Twp

Burlington

 $                36,053

Tabernacle Twp

Burlington

 $              276,473

Washington Twp

Burlington

 $                36,932

Woodland Twp

Burlington

 $                41,069

Hi Nella

Camden

 $                87,368

Somerdale Boro

Camden

 $              138,435

Cape May City

Cape May

 $                  3,874

Cape May Point

Cape May

 $                  2,730

Dennis Twp

Cape May

 $              365,234

Lower Cape May Regional

Cape May

 $              549,982

Lower Twp

Cape May

 $              658,502

North Wildwood City

Cape May

 $                37,322

Sea Isle City

Cape May

 $                10,826

Upper Twp

Cape May

 $              937,275

Wildwood City

Cape May

 $          1,412,376

Wildwood Crest Boro

Cape May

 $                20,351

Commercial Twp

Cumberland

 $                42,020

Downe Twp

Cumberland

 $                74,976

Stow Creek Twp

Cumberland

 $                31,638

Clearview Regional

Gloucester

 $              689,415

Franklin Twp

Gloucester

 $              168,866

Logan Twp

Gloucester

 $              338,215

Mantua Twp

Gloucester

 $              372,458

Newfield Boro

Gloucester

 $              140,045

Pitman Boro

Gloucester

 $              973,152

Washington Twp

Gloucester

 $              996,411

Wenonah Boro

Gloucester

 $                23,466

Hoboken City

Hudson

 $              142,215

Hudson County Vocational

Hudson

 $              297,779

Jersey City

Hudson

 $        33,701,019

North Bergen Twp

Hudson

 $              780,065

Weehawken Twp

Hudson

 $                38,065

Alexandria Twp

Hunterdon

 $                60,181

Bethlehem Twp

Hunterdon

 $                50,805

Califon Boro

Hunterdon

 $                11,781

Clinton Town

Hunterdon

 $                  4,043

Delaware Valley Regional

Hunterdon

 $              278,960

Flemington-Raritan Reg

Hunterdon

 $              107,069

Frenchtown Boro

Hunterdon

 $                49,840

High Bridge Boro

Hunterdon

 $              228,823

Holland Twp

Hunterdon

 $              140,779

Hunterdon Central Reg

Hunterdon

 $                61,737

Kingwood Twp

Hunterdon

 $                61,303

Lebanon Twp

Hunterdon

 $                71,563

Milford Boro

Hunterdon

 $                44,594

N Hunt/Voorhees Regional

Hunterdon

 $              207,983

Old Bridge Twp

Middlesex

 $          1,325,330

Piscataway Twp

Middlesex

 $              350,077

South Brunswick Twp

Middlesex

 $          2,681,738

Asbury Park City

Monmouth

 $          5,667,589

Avon Boro

Monmouth

 $                  8,476

Belmar Boro

Monmouth

 $                25,374

Bradley Beach Boro

Monmouth

 $                79,228

Eatontown Boro

Monmouth

 $                96,348

Farmingdale Boro

Monmouth

 $                52,322

Freehold Regional

Monmouth

 $          4,464,057

Hazlet Twp

Monmouth

 $          1,066,791

Henry Hudson Regional

Monmouth

 $                38,338

Highlands Boro

Monmouth

 $                41,796

Howell Twp

Monmouth

 $          1,149,009

Keansburg Boro

Monmouth

 $              403,195

Keyport Boro

Monmouth

 $                96,664

Lake Como

Monmouth

 $                38,632

Loch Arbour

Monmouth

 $                     807

Manalapan-Englishtown Reg

Monmouth

 $              797,983

Marlboro Twp

Monmouth

 $              141,479

Middletown Twp

Monmouth

 $              217,769

Millstone Twp

Monmouth

 $                80,399

Monmouth Regional

Monmouth

 $                67,232

Neptune City

Monmouth

 $                94,305

Neptune Twp

Monmouth

 $          2,787,119

Ocean Twp

Monmouth

 $                32,861

Red Bank Boro

Monmouth

 $              360,165

Tinton Falls

Monmouth

 $                50,776

Upper Freehold Regional

Monmouth

 $              232,290

Jefferson Twp

Morris

 $          1,007,260

Randolph Twp

Morris

 $              410,721

Roxbury Twp

Morris

 $              488,799

Washington Twp

Morris

 $              308,550

West Morris Regional

Morris

 $                47,606

Brick Twp

Ocean

 $          1,677,892

Eagleswood Twp

Ocean

 $                  8,055

Jackson Twp

Ocean

 $          4,149,911

Lacey Twp

Ocean

 $          2,619,533

Lavallette Boro

Ocean

 $                  4,019

Little Egg Harbor Twp

Ocean

 $              283,441

Ocean Gate Boro

Ocean

 $              155,454

Ocean Twp

Ocean

 $              419,134

Plumsted Twp

Ocean

 $              627,931

Point Pleasant Beach

Ocean

 $                  2,235

Point Pleasant Boro

Ocean

 $              168,202

Seaside Heights Boro

Ocean

 $              147,948

Seaside Park Boro

Ocean

 $                  2,493

Stafford Twp

Ocean

 $          1,566,594

Toms River Regional

Ocean

 $          9,518,422

Tuckerton Boro

Ocean

 $              103,413

Bloomingdale Boro

Passaic

 $                23,795

Lakeland Regional

Passaic

 $              427,002

Ringwood Boro

Passaic

 $                97,495

Wanaque Boro

Passaic

 $                57,530

West Milford Twp

Passaic

 $              788,110

Alloway Twp

Salem

 $              338,012

Lower Alloways Creek

Salem

 $                35,967

Mannington Twp

Salem

 $                27,548

Quinton Twp

Salem

 $                  4,642

Upper Pittsgrove Twp

Salem

 $                18,982

Hillsborough Twp

Somerset

 $              602,650

Andover Reg

Sussex

 $                48,494

Byram Twp

Sussex

 $                16,292

Frankford Twp

Sussex

 $                84,213

Fredon Twp

Sussex

 $                18,984

Green Twp

Sussex

 $              427,010

Hampton Twp

Sussex

 $                31,660

Hardyston Twp

Sussex

 $                50,044

High Point Regional

Sussex

 $                33,680

Hopatcong

Sussex

 $              712,854

Kittatinny Regional

Sussex

 $              441,514

Stillwater Twp

Sussex

 $                97,148

Vernon Twp

Sussex

 $              211,766

Wallkill Valley Regional

Sussex

 $                69,619

Kenilworth Boro

Union

 $                66,628

Winfield Twp

Union

 $                11,836

Belvidere Town

Warren

 $                92,227

Blairstown Twp

Warren

 $                47,583

Franklin Twp

Warren

 $                36,568

Frelinghuysen Twp

Warren

 $                38,394

Great Meadows Regional

Warren

 $              292,800

Harmony Twp

Warren

 $                     640

Hope Twp

Warren

 $                52,533

Knowlton Twp

Warren

 $              102,958

Mansfield Twp

Warren

 $              124,277

North Warren Regional

Warren

 $              377,929

Oxford Twp

Warren

 $                59,327

Warren County Vocational

Warren

 $                93,196

Warren Hills Regional

Warren

 $              553,212

Washington Twp

Warren

 $              224,213

White Twp

Warren

 $                89,369

     c.  The amounts provided to each school district pursuant to subsection b. of this section shall be distributed as additional equalization aid, special education categorical aid, security aid, transportation aid, and adjustment aid, to ensure that each district receives amounts equal to 66 percent of the difference between the amounts calculated and provided to the district for the 2022-2023 school year and the amounts calculated and proposed for the 2023-2024 school year.]1

 

     11.  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 for which the State aid differential, as defined in section 3 of P.L.2018, c.67 (C.18A:7F-67), is positive in the 2023-2024 school year and that is subject to a State school aid reduction pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2018, c.67 (C.18A:7F-67 et al.) shall receive an amount of Supplemental Stabilization Aid, in addition to the amount proposed in the State aid notice for the 2023-2024 school year distributed to school districts in March 2023, equal to 66 percent of the difference between the amount of aid received for the 2022-2023 school year and the amount of aid proposed for the 2023-2024 school year. 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 2023-2024 school year distributed to school districts in March 2023, there is appropriated the sum of $103,023,579 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

                           179,930

 

Buena Regional

 

Atlantic

                          8,399

Corbin City

Atlantic

                             14,276

Estell Manor City

Atlantic

                           120,028

Folsom Boro

Atlantic

                             59,834

Mainland Regional

Atlantic

                             48,907

 

Margate City

Atlantic

                                   678

Mullica Twp

Atlantic

                           150,361

Somers Point City

Atlantic

                           728,519

Ventnor City

Atlantic

                           113,804

Weymouth Twp

Atlantic

                             96,798

New Milford Boro

Bergen

                           397,496

Rockleigh

Bergen

                               1,379

Teterboro

Bergen

                               3,661

Waldwick Boro

Bergen

                           137,612

Bordentown Regional

Burlington

                           427,888

Chesterfield Twp

Burlington

                             62,457

Evesham Twp

Burlington

                           486,787

Hainesport Twp

Burlington

                             51,947

Lenape Regional

Burlington

                           775,551

Lumberton Twp

Burlington

                             88,800

Medford Lakes Boro

Burlington

                           277,811

Pemberton Twp (Pemberton Boro)

Burlington

                           214,577

Riverton

Burlington

                           266,077

 

Shamong Twp

 

Burlington

                           176,013

 

Southampton Twp

 

Burlington

                             36,053

Tabernacle Twp

Burlington

                           276,473

Washington Twp

Burlington

                             36,932

Woodland Twp

Burlington

                             41,069

Audubon Boro (Audubon Park)

Camden

                             83,192

 

Haddonfield (Tavistock)

Camden

                                   187

Hi Nella

Camden

                             87,368

Somerdale Boro

Camden

                           138,435

Cape May City

Cape May

                               3,874

Cape May Point

Cape May

                               2,730

Dennis Twp

Cape May

                           365,234

Lower Cape May Regional

Cape May

                           549,982

Lower Twp

Cape May

                           658,502

North Wildwood City

Cape May

                             37,322

Sea Isle City

Cape May

                             10,826

Upper Twp

Cape May

                           937,275

Wildwood City

Cape May

                       1,412,376

Wildwood Crest Boro

Cape May

                             20,351

Commercial Twp

Cumberland

                             42,020

Downe Twp

Cumberland

                             74,976

Stow Creek Twp

Cumberland

                             31,638

Clearview Regional

Gloucester

                           689,415

 

Franklin Twp

 

Gloucester

                           168,866

Logan Twp

Gloucester

                           338,215

 

Mantua Twp

 

Gloucester

                           372,458

Newfield Boro

Gloucester

                           140,045

Pitman Boro

Gloucester

                           973,152

Washington Twp

Gloucester

                           996,411

Wenonah Boro

Gloucester

                             23,466

 

Hoboken City

Hudson

                           142,215

Hudson County Vocational

Hudson

                           297,779

Jersey City

Hudson

                     33,701,019

North Bergen Twp

Hudson

                           780,065

Weehawken Twp

Hudson

                             38,065

Alexandria Twp

Hunterdon

                             60,181

Bethlehem Twp

Hunterdon

                             50,805

Califon Boro

Hunterdon

                             11,781

Clinton Town (Glen Gardner)

Hunterdon

                             33,907

Delaware Valley Regional

Hunterdon

                           278,960

Flemington-Raritan Reg

Hunterdon

                           107,069

Frenchtown Boro

Hunterdon

                             49,840

High Bridge Boro

Hunterdon

                           228,823

Holland Twp

Hunterdon

                           140,779

Hunterdon Central Reg

Hunterdon

                             61,737

Kingwood Twp

Hunterdon

                             61,303

Lebanon Twp

Hunterdon

                             71,563

 

Milford Boro

 

Hunterdon

                             44,594

N Hunt/Voorhees Regional

Hunterdon

                           207,983

 

Old Bridge Twp

 

Middlesex

                       1,325,330

Piscataway Twp

Middlesex

                           350,077

South Brunswick Twp

Middlesex

                       2,681,738

Spotswood (Helmetta)

Middlesex

                           109,486

Asbury Park City

Monmouth

                       5,667,589

 

Avon Boro

Monmouth

                               8,476

Belmar Boro

Monmouth

                             25,374

Bradley Beach Boro

Monmouth

                             79,228

Eatontown Boro

Monmouth

                             96,348

Farmingdale Boro

Monmouth

                             52,322

Freehold Regional

Monmouth

                       4,464,057

Hazlet Twp

Monmouth

                       1,066,791

Henry Hudson Regional

Monmouth

                             38,338

Highlands Boro

Monmouth

                             41,796

Howell Twp

Monmouth

                       1,149,009

Keansburg Boro

Monmouth

                           403,195

Keyport Boro

Monmouth

                             96,664

Lake Como

Monmouth

                             38,632

Loch Arbour

Monmouth

                                   807

Manalapan-Englishtown Reg

Monmouth

                           797,983

Marlboro Twp

Monmouth

                           141,479

Middletown Twp

Monmouth

                           217,769

 

Millstone Twp

 

Monmouth

                             80,399

Monmouth Regional

Monmouth

                             67,232

 

Neptune City

 

Monmouth

                             94,305

Neptune Twp

Monmouth

                       2,787,119

Ocean Twp

Monmouth

                             32,861

Oceanport Boro (Sea Bright)

Monmouth

                               1,148

Red Bank Boro

Monmouth

                           360,165

 

Tinton Falls

Monmouth

                             50,776

Upper Freehold Regional

Monmouth

                           232,290

Jefferson Twp

Morris

                       1,007,260

Randolph Twp

Morris

                           410,721

Roxbury Twp

Morris

                           488,799

Washington Twp

Morris

                           308,550

West Morris Regional

Morris

                             47,606

Brick Twp

Ocean

                       1,677,892

Eagleswood Twp

Ocean

                               8,055

Jackson Twp

Ocean

                       4,149,911

Lacey Twp

Ocean

                       2,619,533

Lavallette Boro

Ocean

                               4,019

Little Egg Harbor Twp

Ocean

                           283,441

Ocean Gate Boro

Ocean

                           155,454

Ocean Twp

Ocean

                           419,134

 

Plumsted Twp

 

Ocean

                           627,931

Point Pleasant Beach

Ocean

                               3,606

Point Pleasant Boro

Ocean

                           168,202

Seaside Heights Boro

Ocean

                           147,948

 

Seaside Park Boro

 

Ocean

                               2,493

Stafford Twp

Ocean

                       1,566,594

Toms River Regional

Ocean

                       9,518,422

Tuckerton Boro

Ocean

                           103,413

Bloomingdale Boro

Passaic

                             23,795

 

Lakeland Regional

Passaic

                           427,002

Ringwood Boro

Passaic

                             97,495

Wanaque Boro

Passaic

                             57,530

West Milford Twp

Passaic

                           788,110

Alloway Twp

Salem

                           338,012

Lower Alloways Creek

Salem

                             35,967

Mannington Twp

Salem

                             27,548

Quinton Twp

Salem

                               4,642

Upper Pittsgrove Twp

Salem

                             18,982

Hillsborough Twp

Somerset

                          

585,188

 

 

 

Hillsborough Twp (Millstone)

Somerset

                             17,462

Andover Reg

Sussex

                             48,494

Byram Twp

Sussex

                             16,292

Frankford Twp

Sussex

                             94,423

 

Fredon Twp

 

Sussex

                             18,984

Green Twp

Sussex

                           427,010

Hampton Twp

Sussex

                             31,660

Hardyston Twp

Sussex

                             50,044

High Point Regional

Sussex

                             33,680

 

Hopatcong

 

Sussex

                           712,854

Kittatinny Regional

Sussex

                           441,514

Stillwater Twp

Sussex

                             97,148

Vernon Twp

Sussex

                           211,766

Wallkill Valley Regional

Sussex

                             69,619

Kenilworth Boro

Union

                             66,628

 

Winfield Twp

Union

                             11,836

 

Belvidere Town

Warren

                             92,227

 

Blairstown Twp

Warren

                             15,252

 

Blairstown Twp (Hardwick)

Warren

                             32,331

 

Franklin Twp

Warren

                             36,568

 

Frelinghuysen Twp

Warren

                             38,394

 

Great Meadows Regional

Warren

                           292,800

 

Harmony Twp

Warren

                                   640

 

Hope Twp

Warren

                             52,533

 

Knowlton Twp

Warren

                           102,958

 

Mansfield Twp

Warren

                           124,277

 

North Warren Regional

Warren

                           377,929

 

 

Oxford Twp

 

Warren

                             59,327

 

Warren County Vocational

Warren

                             93,196

 

Warren Hills Regional

Warren

                           553,212

 

Washington Twp

Warren

                           224,213

 

White Twp

Warren

                             89,369

 

 

     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 66 percent of the difference between the amounts calculated and provided to the district for the 2022-2023 school year and the amounts calculated and proposed for the 2023-2024 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 2023-2024 school year distributed to school districts in March 2023, is proposed to receive vocational expansion stabilization aid pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2018, c.67 (C.18A:7F-69).1

 

     2.  This act shall take effect immediately 1[but shall remain inoperative until the enactment into law of the fiscal year 2024 appropriations act]1.