Requires Commissioner of Education to permit certain school districts losing State school aid to submit budgets after enactment of FY2025 appropriations act.
This bill allows certain New Jersey school districts that will lose state aid to submit their budgets after the state's FY2025 budget is finalized. It specifically applies to districts where the state aid reduction exceeds their unused tax authority (known as "banked cap" under current law). The Commissioner of Education must permit these districts to submit budgets within five days after the FY2025 appropriations act is enacted, and may adjust the budget calendar to create a compressed timeline for approval. The change applies only to the 2024-2025 school year.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
General Assembly Passage
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Mar 14, 2024
Signed May 14, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 13, 2024 · General Assembly Apr 15, 2024
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
May 13, 2024
D
Democratic25
96% Yea
R
Republican15
86% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
6
Committee
5
May 14, 2024
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2024, c.12.
executive
May 13, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0)
upper
May 9, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
May 6, 2024
Committee
Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
upper
May 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
May 6, 2024
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
upper
Apr 15, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (74-0-0)
lower
Apr 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Mar 14, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
lower
4 primary · 16 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Andrea Katz
DDemocratic
P
Jim Beach
DDemocratic
P
Pam Lampitt
DDemocratic
P
Sterley Stanley
DDemocratic
Co
Angela McKnight
DDemocratic
Co
Antwan McClellan
RRepublican
Co
Benjie Wimberly
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Moen
DDemocratic
Co
Erik Simonsen
RRepublican
Co
HC
Herb Conaway
DDemocratic
Co
Joe Cryan
DDemocratic
Co
Linda Carter
DDemocratic
Co
Luanne Peterpaul
DDemocratic
Co
Margie Donlon
DDemocratic
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