STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator VIN GOPAL
District 11 (Monmouth)
Senator JOSEPH P. CRYAN
District 20 (Union)
SYNOPSIS
Requires public institution of higher education to post certain information on institution’s website.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning public institutions of higher education and supplementing Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. As used in this section, “time-to-degree completion” means the time elapsed between the student’s initial enrollment in a public institution of higher education and the degree conferral date.
b. A public institution of higher education shall provide for inspection on its website the average time-to-degree completion for each associate and baccalaureate degree awarded by the institution.
2. a. A public institution of higher education shall provide for public inspection on its website a copy of the institution’s annual fiscal monitoring report submitted pursuant to section 1 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as Assembly Bill No. 4970 of 2022/2023), and a copy of the institution’s annual audit submitted pursuant to section 6 of P.L.2009, c.308 (C.18A:3B-51).
b. An institution shall annually submit a direct website link of the information required pursuant to subsection a. of this section to the Secretary of Higher Education.
c. An institution shall post on its website a summary of the information required pursuant to subsection a. of this section for the public that is clear, simple, and understandable.
3. The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the “Administrative Procedure Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), as necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.
4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply to the first full academic year following enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires a public institution of higher education to post certain information on the institution’s website.
This bill requires a public institution of higher education to post on its website the average time-to-degree completion, defined in the bill as the time elapsed between the student’s initial enrollment in the institution and the degree conferral date for each associate and baccalaureate degree awarded by the institution.
Additionally, this bill requires a public institution of higher education to post a copy of the institution’s annual fiscal monitoring report and the institution’s annual audit on their website. The
institution is required to annually submit the link to this website to the Secretary of Higher Education and post a summary of this information on the institution’s website for the public that is clear, simple, and understandable.