Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman PAMELA R. LAMPITT
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
Assemblywoman MILA M. JASEY
District 27 (Essex and Morris)
Assemblyman RALPH R. CAPUTO
District 28 (Essex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywomen Mosquera, Lopez, Eulner and Piperno
SYNOPSIS
Requires Department of Education to annually report use of federal COVID-19 relief funds.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the State use of federal education funding in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The Department of Education shall, in addition to the submission of any report concerning federal stimulus dollars that is required pursuant to federal law or any other State law, submit an annual report by December 31 of each year to the Governor, and to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), concerning the amount of grant funds received by the department and distributed to school districts pursuant to the federal “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act,” Pub.L.116-136, the federal “Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act, 2021” Pub.L. 116-260, the federal “American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021,” Pub.L.117-2, or any other federal funding made available to states to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The department shall also report the purposes for which grant funds were used by recipient school districts. The department shall provide a final report regarding the expenditure of federal grant funds received to address the impact of COVID-19 on public education no later than six months following the complete exhaustion of such funds by recipient school districts.
2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire upon submission of the final report pursuant to section 1 of this act.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Department of Education to submit an annual report to the Governor and Legislature concerning the amount of grant funds received by the department and distributed to school districts pursuant to the federal “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act,” Pub.L.116-136, the federal “Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act, 2021” Pub.L. 116-260, the federal “American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021,” Pub.L.117-2, or any other federal funding made available to states to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The department would also be required to report the purposes for which grant funds were used by recipient school districts. The department would further be required to submit a final report regarding the expenditure of federal grant funds received to address the impact of COVID-19 on public education no later than six months following the complete exhaustion of funds by recipient school districts.