---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifies school funding law to eliminate adjustment aid and State aid growth limit; allows adjustment to tax levy growth limitation for certain school districts."
description: "Modifies school funding law to eliminate adjustment aid and State aid growth limit; allows adjustment to tax levy growth limitation for certain school districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 2"
citation: "New Jersey S 2 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCH BOARDS", "STATE AID"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coughlin, Craig J.", "Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Greenwald, Louis D.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Sweeney, Stephen M.", "Thompson, Samuel D."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-05-31T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-07-24T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d968747b-93f4-44b1-bc35-ad6e2d1dbd71"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "e93bbcf4d0cfe6baa8d402eedbcebf048145c6bb869314a760b88f58a159bb98"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
---

# New Jersey S 2 (218) — Modifies school funding law to eliminate adjustment aid and State aid growth limit; allows adjustment to tax levy growth limitation for certain school districts.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S0500/2_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S0500/2_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- TABLE MOTION — **22–15** (pass) · upper
- MOTION TAB MOTION — **44–28** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **54–17** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **25–13** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **7–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coughlin, Craig J. — primary (person)
- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Thompson, Samuel D. — primary (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Sa (Pennacchio)
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table (22-15) (Weinberg)
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (25-13) `passage`
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A2 (1R)
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Aa (DiMaso)
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Motion To Table (Greenwald) (44-28-0)
- **2018-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (54-17-4) `passage`
- **2018-07-24T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.67. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d968747b-93f4-44b1-bc35-ad6e2d1dbd71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).