Sponsored by:
Senator LINDA R. GREENSTEIN
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Permits four-year public institution of higher education to establish academic quality standards for the transfer of college credits earned by a student while the student was enrolled in high school.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the transfer of academic credits and supplementing P.L.2007, c.175 (C.18A:62-46 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.2007, c.175 (C.18A:62-46 et seq.) and section 5 of P.L.1986, c.193 (C.18A:61C-8) to the contrary, a four-year public institution of higher education may establish academic quality standards for the transfer of college credits earned by a student who, as a high school student, completed courses that were offered by an institution of higher education on a public high school campus.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill provides that a four-year public institution of higher education may establish academic quality standards for the transfer of college credits earned by a student who, as a high school student, completed courses that were offered by an institution of higher education on a public high school campus.
Current law, P.L.1986, c.193 (C.18A:61C-4 et seq.), provides that a public institution of higher education must accept the course credit of a student who, as a high school student, successfully completed courses that were offered by an institution of higher education on a public high school campus (dual enrollment programs). Current law, P.L.2007, c.175 (C.18A:62-46 et seq.), also requires each public institution of higher education to enter into a collective Statewide transfer agreement that provides for the seamless transfer of academic credits from a completed associate degree program to a baccalaureate degree program. This bill will allow four-year public institutions of higher education to determine whether to accept credits offered under a dual enrollment program based on academic quality standards established by the institution.