A 5310 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Makes various changes to school funding law and Educational Adequacy Report; establishes Special Education Funding Review Task Force.*

This bill makes several changes to New Jersey's school funding system. It requires the Department of Education to publish school district funding calculations in plain language, establishes a Special Education Funding Review Task Force to examine special education funding models, and creates "reduction adjustment aid" to limit annual reductions in state school aid to no more than 2% of a district's previous year's total operating budget. The bill also adjusts vocational expansion stabilization aid for enrollment changes and establishes protections for school districts in municipalities with high tax rates that are spending below adequacy levels. These changes aim to improve transparency, adjust funding formulas, and protect school districts from excessive aid reductions.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
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Governor
Introduced Feb 13, 2025 Last action Dec 4, 2025
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Dec 4, 2025
Committee
Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
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Feb 13, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
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