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Committee releases narrow waiver bill to let special-needs school expand near a tree-save area

New Jersey Senate Environment & Energy Committee · January 13, 2025

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Summary

Senate bill S2840 would permit lifting a conservation restriction in limited cases to allow expansion of a special-needs school. School representatives described a $25 million expansion and said DEP denied a waiver; senators discussed alternative State House Commission procedures but moved and released the bill.

Senate bill S2840, sponsored by Senator Singer, would allow the Department of Environmental Protection to lift certain conservation restrictions imposed as a condition of a CAFRA permit under specified circumstances. Representatives from the School for Children with Hidden…

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