SENATE, No. 2038
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)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Moriarty
SYNOPSIS
Requires public institution of higher education to post certain information on institution’s website.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Higher Education Committee on February 5, 2024, with amendments.
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 1four-year1 public institution of higher education and the degree conferral date.
b. A 1four-year1 public institution of higher education shall provide for inspection on its website the average time-to-degree completion for each 1[associate and]1 baccalaureate degree awarded by the institution.
1c. A county college shall provide for inspection on its website an appropriate measure of student outcomes, as determined by the Secretary of Higher Education, in consultation with the New Jersey Council of County Colleges, for each associate degree awarded by the institution.1
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[1 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as Assembly Bill No. 4970 of 2022/2023, and)] 2 of P.L.2023, c.115 (C.18A:3B-53.2); a copy of any comprehensive audit completed pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2023, c.115 (C.18A:3B-53.3); and, as applicable,1 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.