Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman CELESTE M. RILEY
District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)
Assemblyman TROY SINGLETON
District 7 (Burlington)
SYNOPSIS
Requires reporting of the graduation rates of State tuition aid grant recipients.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning State tuition aid grants and supplementing chapter 71B of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The Higher Education Student Assistance Authority shall provide for public inspection on its website detailed information on the graduation rates of State tuition aid grant recipients. The purpose of the information shall be to provide greater transparency and accountability in the State tuition aid grant program and to determine the success of grant recipients in completing an academic degree program.
b. The authority shall post the information on its website by September 1 of each year. The information shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) the two-year, four-year, and six-year average graduation rates, as applicable, of tuition aid grant recipients for each of the following sectors,
(a) county colleges;
(b) four-year public colleges and universities;
(c) independent colleges and universities; and
(d) proprietary degree-granting institutions; and
(2) the graduation rate for tuition aid grant recipients at each institution of higher education and each proprietary degree-granting institution.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to annually post the graduation rates of State tuition aid grant recipients on its website. The information will include, but not be limited to: (1) the two-year, four-year, and six-year average graduation rates, as applicable, of tuition aid grant recipients for county colleges, four-year public colleges and universities, independent colleges and universities, and proprietary degree-granting institutions; and (2) the graduation rate for grant recipients at each institution of higher education and each proprietary degree-granting institution.
The purpose of this bill is to provide greater transparency in the Tuition Aid Grant program by evaluating the success of grant recipients in obtaining an academic degree.