SENATE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 3080

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  DECEMBER 3, 2018

      The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 3080.

      This bill makes a supplemental appropriation of $11.3 million from the General Fund to the Department of Education to increase funding for nonpublic security aid. 

      Under the appropriations act for fiscal year 2019, school districts received $75 per student enrolled in a nonpublic school located in the district for the purpose of providing security services, equipment, or technology to the nonpublic school.  This bill increases the funding to $150 per pupil.

FISCAL IMPACT:

      This bill is not certified as requiring a fiscal note.