ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 5888

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  JUNE 16, 2021

      The Assembly Appropriations Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 5888.

     This bill appropriates a total of $26,456,996 from the “Securing Our Children’s Future Fund.”  Under the bill, $25,956,996 is appropriated for career and technical education grants to the State’s county colleges.  The bill also appropriates $500,000 to the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education for the administration of the “Securing Our Children’s Future Bond Act.”

FISCAL IMPACT:

This bill is not certified as requiring a fiscal note.