S 66 New Jersey Senate · 2026-2027 Regular Session

Requires DOE to release to school district upon request data and software program algorithms used to calculate State school aid.

This bill requires New Jersey's Department of Education (DOE) to provide any school district that requests it with all underlying data and computer programs used to calculate state school aid. Specifically, it mandates the DOE to share the full dataset for all districts, including details on how adequacy budgets, equalization aid, and local share amounts are determined, plus the software algorithms used for calculations - even if the DOE considers the software proprietary. The DOE must also provide a district-by-district breakdown showing that total local funding plus state aid equals the statewide total of all adequacy budgets, as required by existing school funding laws. This applies to all school districts seeking transparency in how their state aid is calculated under current funding formulas.
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Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Jan 13, 2026
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Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
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Jim Holzapfel
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