---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides project grant under \"Securing Our Children's Future Fund\" for career and technical education expansion; appropriates $7.65 million."
description: "Provides project grant under \"Securing Our Children's Future Fund\" for career and technical education expansion; appropriates $7.65 million."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 3825"
citation: "New Jersey S 3825 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey, David", "Burzichelli, John J.", "Hutchison, Dan", "McClellan, Antwan L.", "Testa, Michael L."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48a76902-2857-4fdf-8118-6eb0ebf3061d"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "901baaf73742249778ebf4bccb3b5e9cbb9fedf580a0eb43c704e6abc1209322"
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 3825 (221) — Provides project grant under "Securing Our Children's Future Fund" for career and technical education expansion; appropriates $7.65 million.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S4000/3825_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey, David — primary (person)
- Burzichelli, John J. — primary (person)
- Hutchison, Dan — primary (person)
- McClellan, Antwan L. — primary (person)
- Testa, Michael L. — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Simonsen, Erik K. — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-24T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2024-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4992
- **2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-1) `passage`
- **2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.27. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48a76902-2857-4fdf-8118-6eb0ebf3061d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).