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 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 Burlington 214,577
(Pemberton Boro)
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 Camden 83,192
(Audubon Park)
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).
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
Approved April 3, 2023.