Permits public and nonpublic schools to utilize security categorical aid to hire school security personnel.

S 796 (New Jersey Senate Bill) allows school districts to use existing security categorical aid funding to hire school security personnel for both public and nonpublic schools within their district. The bill amends the "Secure Schools for All Children Act" to explicitly state that security services - including hiring security staff - can be paid for with this dedicated funding. Currently, school districts must provide security services to nonpublic school students, but this clarifies that hiring security personnel is an approved use of the existing security funding. The change makes current Department of Education guidance about allowable security expenditures consistent with the law.