Bill Text: NJ A3581 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires public institution of higher education to post certain information on institution's website.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-08 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee [A3581 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-A3581-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman LINDA S. CARTER
District 22 (Somerset and Union)
Assemblywoman PAMELA R. LAMPITT
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
Assemblywoman ANNETTE QUIJANO
District 20 (Union)
SYNOPSIS
Requires public institution of higher education to post certain information on institution's website.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
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 four-year public institution of higher education and the degree conferral date.
b. A four-year public institution of higher education shall provide for inspection on its website the average time-to-degree completion for each baccalaureate degree awarded by the institution.
c. 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.
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 2 of P.L.2023, c.115 (C.18A:3B-53.2) and, as applicable, 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.
The bill requires a four-year 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 baccalaureate degree awarded by the institution.
The bill requires a county college to post 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.
Additionally, the 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.
