Bill Text: NJ A4945 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires access to certain assistive services for students with disabilities at public institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-10-21 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee [A4945 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-A4945-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman SHANIQUE SPEIGHT
District 29 (Essex and Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Requires access to certain assistive services for students with disabilities at public institutions of higher education.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning disability accommodations at 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. An institution of higher education shall provide a student with a disability access to assistive services during class for purposes of recording course material, including note-taking software or a scribe, provided that use of any recording is limited for personal use.
As used in this section, "course material" shall not include any test or graded assignment completed during class time.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires an institution of higher education to provide a student with a disability access to assistive services during class for purposes of recording course material, including note-taking software or a scribe, provided that use of any recording is limited for personal use. Under the bill, course material does not include any test or graded assignment completed during class time.
