---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires Commissioner of Education to permit certain school districts losing State school aid to submit budgets after enactment of FY2025 appropriations act."
description: "Requires Commissioner of Education to permit certain school districts losing State school aid to submit budgets after enactment of FY2025 appropriations act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 4059"
citation: "New Jersey A 4059 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCH BOARDS", "STATE AID"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Katz, Andrea", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Stanley, Sterley S."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89d5d172-24db-4050-920f-9c7d37b9d90d"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "1a7078f62001923bf44a353c508d6265cbd4ef2204e66a755e02ca109b2b6ff1"
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 A 4059 (221) — Requires Commissioner of Education to permit certain school districts losing State school aid to submit budgets after enactment of FY2025 appropriations act.

## 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/A4500/4059_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Katz, Andrea — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — primary (person)
- Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Cryan, Joseph P. — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- McClellan, Antwan L. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Simonsen, Erik K. — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2024-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3002
- **2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2024-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, c.12. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89d5d172-24db-4050-920f-9c7d37b9d90d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).