SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
SENATE, No. 1794
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: FEBRUARY 10, 1997
The Senate Education Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 1794.
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 65 orphan children who have no school district of residence.