Sponsored by:
Senator BRIAN P. STACK
District 33 (Hudson)
Senator SHIRLEY K. TURNER
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblyman GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ
District 33 (Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Allocates certain portion of appropriations made to New Jersey Schools Development Authority from “New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund”; appropriates $3.25 million for certain high cost special education services.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning funds for Union City School District and making an appropriation.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2 of P.L.2022, c.18 or any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, from the amounts appropriated from the “New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund,” established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2021, c.125 (C.52:9H-2.2), to the New Jersey Schools Development Authority for school facilities projects, emergent needs, and capital maintenance in SDA districts pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2022, c.18, an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be allocated to the Department of Education, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, for the engineering, design, and construction of parking facilities or structures used by the faculty, administration, and students of the Colin Powell Elementary School in Union City School District for parking. The Department of Education shall enter into a grant agreement with the Union City School District setting forth the terms, conditions, and disbursement schedule of the funds allocated pursuant to this section. The State Treasurer shall modify as necessary prior grant agreements with the New Jersey Schools Development Authority setting forth the terms, conditions, and disbursement schedule of the funds appropriated from the “New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund” to the New Jersey Schools Development Authority pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2022, c.18.
2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Education the sum of $3,250,000 to be distributed to Union City School District for High Cost Special Education Services, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting.
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill provides funds to Union City School District to support certain expenditures.
The bill allocates to the Department of Education a portion of certain appropriations previously made from the “New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund” to the New Jersey Schools Development Authority for the parking facilities or structures of the Colin Powell Elementary School in Union City School District.
In 2022, the Legislature appropriated from the “New Jersey Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund” the sum of $1.9 billion to the New Jersey Schools Development Authority for the purpose of funding school facilities projects, emergent needs, and capital maintenance in school districts. Of that amount, $1.55 billion was appropriated for the facilities needs of SDA districts, which have been identified by the State as having special educational needs that require supplemental programs and facilities improvements.
Under this bill, an amount not to exceed $10 million of the $1.55 billion allocated in 2022 for the facilities needs of SDA districts would be allocated to the Department of Education for the engineering, design, and construction of parking facilities or structures used by the faculty, administration, and students of the Colin Powell Elementary School in Union City School District. The bill directs the department to enter into a grant agreement with the Union City School District setting forth the terms, conditions, and disbursement schedule of the funds allocated pursuant to the bill. The bill also directs the State Treasurer to modify as necessary prior grant agreements with the New Jersey Schools Development Authority setting forth the terms, conditions, and disbursement of the funds.
This bill also appropriates $3.25 million from the General Fund to the Department of Education for High Cost Special Education Services in Union City School District.