STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 3850

with Senate Floor Amendments

(Proposed by Senator GOPAL)

ADOPTED: JUNE 20, 2023

      Senate Bill No. 3850 establishes a nonpublic school consortium transportation program to provide funding to consortiums of nonpublic schools that will assume responsibility for participating school districts’ mandated nonpublic school busing for those students. These Senate amendments stipulate that nothing in the bill is to be construed as altering the amount paid by the State for nonpublic school transportation costs pursuant to N.J.S.A18A:39-1a for any school district that participates in the program. These amendments make this bill identical to Assembly Bill No. 5412 (1R).