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NJ S187
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/13/2026
Primary Sponsor
Patrick Diegnan
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AI Summary
- Caps annual State school aid reductions at no more than 5% compared to the prior school year for any school district, beginning in the 2024-2025 school year and continuing thereafter
- Creates a new funding category called "stabilized reduction aid" to make up the difference when a district's calculated aid would otherwise drop by more than 5%
- Applies to multiple aid categories including equalization aid, special education categorical aid, security categorical aid, transportation aid, and adjustment aid
- Provides county vocational school districts with the greater of either the stabilized reduction aid amount or the existing vocational expansion stabilization aid (which guarantees at least their 2017-2018 funding level)
- Supplements the existing School Funding Reform Act of 2008 (P.L.2007, c.260)
Legislative Description
Ensures no school district receives State school aid reduction greater than five percent.
Education
Last Action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
1/13/2026
Committee Referrals
Education1/13/2026
Full Bill Text
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