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Bill Text

A2602 

ASSEMBLY, No. 2602 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman CARMEN THERESA MORALES

District 34 (Essex)

SYNOPSIS

���� Revises public institution of higher education annual 
reporting requirements.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning the reporting requirements of public 
institutions of higher education, amending P.L.1994, c.48, 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.��� Section 305 of P.L.1994, 
c.48 (C.18A:3B-35) is amended to read as follows:

���� 305. Each public institution 
of higher education shall prepare and make available to the public an annual 
report on the condition of the institution which shall include, but [need] not be 
limited to a profile of the student body including graduation rates, retention 
rates, the number of applicants to the institution, acceptance rates, SAT 
or other test scores, the percentage of New Jersey residents in the student 
body, the number of scholarship students and the number of Educational 
Opportunity Fund students in attendance, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, 
gender, family income, and first-generation status as available; a profile 
of the faculty including the ratio of full to part-time faculty members, and 
major research and public service activities; a profile of the trustees or 
governors as applicable; and, a profile of the institution, including degree 
and certificate programs, status of accreditation, major capital projects, any 
new collaborative undertakings or partnerships, any new programs or initiatives 
designed to respond to specific State needs, an accounting of demonstrable efficiency 
and quality improvements, and any other information which the commission and 
the institution deem appropriate. The form and general content of the report 
shall be established by the Commission on Higher Education.

(cf: P.L.2009, s.308, c.26)

���� 2.��� (New section) Each 
public institution of higher education shall utilize the data collected on the 
profile of the student body for the annual report on the condition of the 
institution prepared pursuant to section 305 of P.L.1994, c.48 (C.18A:3B-35) to 
evaluate the diversity of the institution and inform admissions policies. The 
institution shall use this data to improve equity initiatives and determine 
resource allocation that promotes diversity and inclusion.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill revises the annual 
reporting requirements of public institutions of higher education.

���� Under current law, a public 
institution of higher education is required to prepare and make available to 
the public an annual report on the condition of the institution. Under current 
law, the report is to include a profile of the student body including 
graduation rates, SAT or other test scores, the percentage of New Jersey 
residents in the student body, the number of scholarship students, and the 
number of Educational Opportunity Fund students in attendance. This bill 
revises the law to require the report also include information on retention 
rates, the number of applicants to the institution, and acceptance rates as 
part of the report on the profile of the student body. Additionally, the bill 
requires all information included as part of the profile of the student body be 
disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, family income, and first-generation 
status as available.

���� This bill also requires a 
public institution of higher education to utilize the data collected on the 
profile of the student body for the annual report to evaluate the diversity of 
the institution and inform admissions policies. Finally, the bill requires each 
institution to use this data to improve equity initiatives and determine 
resource allocation that promotes diversity and inclusion.