SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 3349

with committee amendments

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  JANUARY 12, 2023

     The Senate Education Committee favorably reports Senate Bill No. 3349 with committee amendments.

     As amended, this bill permits the Board of Education to admit a nonresident student for participation in a school sport or other extracurricular activity.

     Under the amended bill, a board of education may not admit any student that does not reside in a school district for the purposes of participation in a school sport or other extracurricular activity unless the board of education consents to admitting the student and the required tuition is paid.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:

     The committee amended the bill to:

· stipulate that a board of education may not admit any student that does not reside in a school district for the purposes of participation in a school sport or other extracurricular activity unless the board of education consents to admitting the student and the required tuition is paid; and

· make technical changes to the bill.