Bill Text: NJ S1618 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires institution of higher education to award appropriate credit for student's military service.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-12-16 - Substituted by A791 (2R) [S1618 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2018-S1618-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 1618

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

218th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 5, 2018

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  JEFF VAN DREW

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

Senator  CHRIS A. BROWN

District 2 (Atlantic)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Senators A.R.Bucco, Andrzejczak and T.Kean

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires institution of higher education to award appropriate credit for student's military service.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Higher Education Committee on November 18, 2019, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning veterans and students in the military at institutions of higher education and supplementing chapter 3B of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes. 

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a.  Each public and independent institution of higher education, after taking into account and giving due consideration to the credit recommendation of the American Council on Education, shall accept and apply towards an undergraduate degree program appropriate credit for a student's military experience, following an evaluation and determination by the institution that the credits are in alignment with appropriate courses and correspond to the degree being pursued at the institution.  The institution may award a maximum of 30 credits for military experience ¹towards an undergraduate degree¹ to a student enrolled in the institution.

     Each public and independent institution of higher education, after taking into account and giving due consideration to the credit recommendation of the American Council on Education, shall accept and apply towards a graduate degree program appropriate credit for a student's military experience, following an evaluation and determination by the institution that the credits are in alignment with appropriate courses and correspond to the degree being pursued at the institution.  The institution may award a maximum of 12 credits for military experience ¹towards a graduate degree¹ to a student enrolled in the institution.

     The credit recommendation of the American Council on Education represents college-level equivalencies based on a review of workforce training, military training or occupations, and other sources of learning outside the college classroom.

     b.    Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any public or independent institution of higher education to admit a student or to waive its admission standards and application procedures. 

     c.     Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a public or independent institution from accepting and applying towards a degree program more than 30 ¹undergraduate degree credits, or 12 graduate degree¹ credits ¹,¹ for a student's military experience should the institution choose to take such action.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply to the first full academic year following the date of enactment.