SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 4366

with committee amendments

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  JUNE 1, 2026

      The Senate Education Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Senate Bill No. 4366.

      As amended, this bill would allow unexpended State aid for either the nonpublic school nursing services aid program or the nonpublic school security aid program to be used to support the services provided under the other program.  A school district would be required to report to the Commissioner of Education the amount of unexpended nonpublic school nursing services aid or nonpublic school security aid used to support the services provided under the other program in a manner and form, and on a schedule, to be determined by the commissioner.

      Under current law, in the event that the expenditures incurred by a school district are less than the State aid received to support required nursing or security services provided to nonpublic schools, the district is required to refund the unexpended State aid after the completion of the school year.  This bill would permit unexpended funds in either program to be used to support expenditures in the other program, before those funds are required to be refunded to the State.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:

      The committee amended the bill to:

· require a school district to report to the Commissioner of Education the amount of unexpended nonpublic school nursing services aid or nonpublic school security aid used to support the services provided under the other program in a manner and form, and on a schedule, to be determined by the commissioner; and

· make technical changes related to certain statutory citations.