Requires Commissioner of Education to take certain action concerning preliminary State school aid notices and school district budgets and creates New Jersey Education Funding Portal; modifies certain provisions in school funding law.
This bill requires the Commissioner of Education to provide school districts with preliminary State aid notices by December 1st each year, detailing the minimum State aid amount for the following school year. It creates a New Jersey Education Funding Portal that will make school funding calculations transparent to districts and the public, allowing them to adjust data inputs like enrollment and property values to estimate impacts on State aid. The bill also allows districts facing potential aid reductions to submit and revise their budgets within the first six months of the budget year. For the 2026-2027 school year, it specifies that Statewide property and income rates will remain the same as in the 2025-2026 school year.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Nov 17, 2025
Last action Dec 4, 2025
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Dec 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
upper
Dec 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
Nov 17, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
upper
2 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Troy Singleton
DDemocratic
P
Vin Gopal
DDemocratic
Co
Patrick Diegnan
DDemocratic
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