Establishes pilot program to study feasibility of regionalization of certain school districts; appropriates $150,000.

This bill establishes a pilot program to study merging existing grade 9-12 regional school districts with their constituent grade K-8 districts into unified K-12 regional districts. It appropriates $150,000 to fund a one-year planning phase (including up to $50,000 per site for feasibility studies) and a five-year implementation phase, requiring voter approval in each municipality for full consolidation. Three pilot sites - one in each of New Jersey’s northern, central, and southern regions - will be selected, with independent evaluators assessing impacts on student achievement, finances, and community satisfaction. The program aims to determine whether regionalization could improve educational outcomes and cost efficiency before potential statewide expansion.