ASSEMBLY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 2665

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: MAY 5, 1997

      The Assembly Education Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 2665.

      This bill requires the State to pay any difference between the amount of State aid otherwise payable and the amount of the actual cost of tuition for a pupil for whom the State has assumed fiscal responsibility when the pupil is classified as needing special education services and is in a private educational facility. The bill ensures that adequate funding of State-approved tuition will be provided for approximately 59 orphan children who have no school district of residence.