Bill
A 4059
Allows certain NJ school districts for the 2024–2025 year to delay budget submission until final state aid is known, with a shortened/adjusted budget calendar.
Note on title discrepancy
- The title you provided (requiring recycling/compost bins in public buildings and parks) does not match the bill text and documents supplied. The materials for A4059 that follow are for a different measure concerning school district budget submission timing for the 2024–2025 school year. The summary below reflects the actual bill text and legislative documents supplied.
Overview
- Purpose: Temporarily (for the 2024–2025 school year only) allow certain New Jersey school districts that face State school aid reductions to delay initial submission of their school budgets until after the State’s FY2025 appropriations act is enacted, and authorize the Commissioner of Education to compress and otherwise adjust the budget calendar to accommodate that delay.
- Short title / chapter: Enacted as P.L.2024, c.12; approved May 14, 2024; takes effect immediately.
Key provisions
- Applicability: Applies only for the 2024–2025 school year and only to school districts that (a) were notified in March 2024 of a proposed State school aid reduction for 2024–2025 and (b) are facing a reduction greater than the district’s unused tax levy authority (commonly called “banked cap”).
- Submission deadline: Permits an affected district to first submit its budget to the Commissioner of Education no later than five days after enactment of the State appropriations act for the State fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.
- Commissioner authority: Authorizes the Commissioner to make any necessary adjustments to the State school budget calendar to conform with this provision, including establishing a compressed calendar/schedule by which districts enact (adopt) their budgets.
- Statutory reference: The unused tax authority (“banked cap”) is determined pursuant to subsection e. of section 4 of P.L.2007, c.62 (C.18A:7F-39). Under existing law, municipalities/school districts may carry forward unused tax levy capacity to use in up to one of the next three succeeding budget years.
Who is affected / practical effect
- Directly affected: School districts that received March 2024 State aid notices showing a proposed reduction for 2024–2025 and whose reduction exceeds their banked cap.
- Administrative effect: Districts meeting the criteria gain additional time to prepare budgets that incorporate final State aid figures; the Department of Education must implement a modified (possibly compressed) budget calendar and guidance for adoption and public hearings.
- Fiscal effect: No fiscal note certified in committee reports. The measure itself is procedural; however, by delaying budget submission until final State appropriations are enacted, districts may better align tax levies and spending plans to the final aid levels—potentially affecting local tax levy decisions.
Timeline / procedural notes
- One-time application limited to the 2024–2025 school year.
- Budget submission permitted up to five days after enactment of the FY2025 State appropriations act (for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025).
- Commissioner may compress the normal budget calendar to allow districts to enact budgets within the adjusted timeframe.
Legislative history and sponsors
- Introduced in Assembly: March 14, 2024; referred to Assembly Education Committee.
- Passed Assembly: April 15, 2024 (74–0–0).
- Passed Senate: May 13, 2024 (37–0).
- Approved / enacted: May 14, 2024 (P.L.2024, c.12).
- Sponsors: Assemblyman Keith Brown (primary), cosponsors Joe DeStefano, David McDonough, Stephen Hawley.
- Companion bill: S3002 (identical as reported).
For clarification
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