Bill > S3659

Introduced Session

This bill provides that a regional school district that is spending at least 10 percent below adequacy and in which each constituent school district is located in a municipality in which the equalized total tax rate is at least 10 percent greater than the Statewide average equalized total tax rate would not be subject to a reduction in State aid. P.L.2018, c.67, commonly referred to as "S2," stipulates that State school aid to certain school districts will be reduced in accordance with a schedule detailed in the law. Under S2, two groups of school districts are not subject to State aid reductions: 1) SDA (former Abbott) districts that spend below adequacy and are located in a municipality in which the equalized total tax rate exceeds the Statewide average; and 2) non-SDA districts that spend below adequacy by at least 10 percent and are located in a municipality in which the equalized total tax rate exceeds the Statewide average by more than 10 percent. These two "hold harmless" provisions included in S2 currently do not apply to regional school districts since these districts are comprised of more than one municipality. This bill would provide that regional school districts would not be subject to a State aid reduction if: 1) the district is spending below adequacy by at least 10 percent; and 2) each constituent district is located in a municipality in which the equalized total tax rate exceeds the Statewide average by more than 10 percent.

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Nilsa Cruz-Perez (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee (on 02/27/2023)

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