S 3917 New Jersey Senate · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Makes various changes to school funding law and Educational Adequacy Report; establishes Special Education Funding Review Task Force.*

S 3917 modifies New Jersey's school funding system by changing how school districts can increase their local tax levies, allowing up to the district's local share (what the funding formula determines they can afford) for some districts, or up to a 7% increase for others, while maintaining a 2% cap for districts already above their local share. It lowers the cost threshold for extraordinary special education aid from $40,000 to $35,000 for students in integrated public school programs and gradually phases in full funding over five years. The bill establishes "reduction adjustment aid" to ensure State school aid doesn't decrease by more than 2% of a district's total operating budget and creates "municipal overburden protections" for districts in high-tax municipalities. Additionally, it requires the Department of Education to make school funding calculations more transparent and establishes a Special Education Funding Review Task Force.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
Dec 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
General Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Dec 5, 2024 Last action Dec 4, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Jun 30, 2025

How they voted

381
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Jun 30, 2025
D Democratic25
25 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican15
13 Yea 1 Nay 1
86% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Dec 4, 2025
Committee
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
lower
Jul 24, 2025
Committee
Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
lower
Jun 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (38-1)
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Committee
Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
upper
Dec 5, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
upper
2 primary · 1 co-sponsor

Sponsors