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Bill Text

A1626 

ASSEMBLY, No. 1626 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman SEAN T. KEAN

District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits institution of higher education from using 
cultural competency as criteria for consideration in making certain personnel 
determinations.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning hiring practices at 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.� Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law to the contrary, an institution of higher education 
shall not include among the criteria used to review a candidate for employment 
or promotion the following criteria:

���� (1) the candidate�s cultural 
competency skills; or 

���� (2) the candidate�s knowledge 
of any particular ethnic or religious group.�� 

���� b.� An institution of higher 
education determined by the Secretary of Higher Education to not be in 
compliance with the provisions of subsection a. of this section shall become 
ineligible for any State support for the operational 
and capital costs of the institution.

���� c.� The provisions of this 
section shall not apply to positions in which cultural competency skills or 
knowledge of a particular ethnic or religious group is essential to the 
position, as determined by the Secretary of Higher Education.� 

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���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately.� 

STATEMENT

���� This bill prohibits an 
institution of higher education from including among the criteria used to 
review a candidate for employment or promotion the following criteria:

���� (1) the candidate�s cultural 
competency skills; or 

���� (2) the candidate�s knowledge 
of any particular ethnic or religious group.�� 

���� The bill further provides 
that, in the event an institution of higher education is determined by the 
Secretary of Higher Education to not be in compliance with the bill�s provisions, 
the institution becomes ineligible for any State 
support for its operational and capital costs.

���� The bill includes an exemption 
to the bill�s provisions for� positions in which cultural competency skills or 
knowledge of a particular ethnic or religious group is essential to the 
position, as determined by the Secretary of Higher Education.��