ASSEMBLY, No. 3882
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman CRAIG J. COUGHLIN
District 19 (Middlesex)
Assemblywoman ANNETTE QUIJANO
District 20 (Union)
Assemblyman DAN HUTCHISON
District 4 (Atlantic, Camden and Gloucester)
Senator M. TERESA RUIZ
District 29 (Essex and Hudson)
Senator ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT
District 31 (Hudson)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson, Assemblyman Karabinchak, Assemblywomen Speight, Drulis, Assemblyman Freiman and Assemblywoman Haider
SYNOPSIS
Requires public schools to post link to subsidized school meals application, and certain informational videos related to application, in prominent place on Internet website.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Appropriations Committee on March 19, 2026, with amendments.
An Act concerning free and reduced-priced meal applications and supplementing P.L.2022, c.104 (C.18A:33-3.2 et al.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. In addition to the requirements of section 16 of P.L.2022, c.104 (C.18A:33-21b1), a participating school, which is a public school, shall post a link to the subsidized school meals application1, as well as a link to at least one informational video produced by the New Jersey Office of the Food Security Advocate regarding the school meals application,1 in a prominent location on the school’s Internet website.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.