New Jersey S 695: Permits eligible high school students to take certain courses at county college.

Bill Text

SENATE, No. 695  
 
STATE OF NEW JERSEY 
221st LEGISLATURE 
   
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION 
 
 
Sponsored by: 
Senator  ROBERT W. SINGER 
District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean) 
 
Co-Sponsored by: 
Senator Diegnan 
 
 
 
 
SYNOPSIS 
 Permits  eligible  high  school  students  to  take  certain  courses  at  county 
college.  
 
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT  
 Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel. 
    

 
S695 SINGER 
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AN ACT concerning  dual  enrollment  programs  and  supplementing 1 
chapter 64A of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes. 2 
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 BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State 4 
of New Jersey: 5 
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 1. a.    A county  college  shall  permit  a  high  school  student  to 7 
enroll   in   courses   offered   through   a   career   certificate   program 8 
provided that there is available classroom space and the student: 9 
 (1)  is a resident of the State; 10 
 (2)  is 16 years of age or older and is enrolled in grade 12; 11 
 (3)  maintains good academic standing; and 12 
 (4)    obtains  written  permission  from  the  principal  of  the  high 13 
school at which the student is enrolled. 14 
 b.    A  student  enrolling  in  a  credit  course  towards  a  career 15 
certification or license pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall 16 
not be required to have a State-endorsed diploma or have completed 17 
the  General  Educational  Development Test  prior  to  enrolling  in  the 18 
courses. 19 
 c.  Nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  construed  to  require  a  county 20 
college  to  waive  its  prerequisite  course  requirements  or  application 21 
procedures  for  any  program,  department,  or  school  of  the  county 22 
college. 23 
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 2.   This  act  shall take  effect  immediately  and  shall  first  apply  to 25 
the first full academic year next following the date of enactment. 26 
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STATEMENT 29 
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 This  bill  permits  eligible  high  school  students  to  take  certain 31 
courses at a county college.  32 
 Under  the  bill,  a  county  college  is  required  to  permit  a  high 33 
school  student  to  enroll  in  courses  through  a  career certificate 34 
program  if  there  is  available  space  and    the  student  is  16  years  of 35 
age  or  older  and  enrolled  in  grade  12,  maintains  good  academic 36 
standing,  and  obtains  written  permission  from  the  principal  of  the 37 
student’s high  school. Additionally,  the bill specifies  that  a  high 38 
school   student   enrolling   in   credit   courses   towards   a   career 39 
certification  or  license  is  not  required  to  have  a  State-endorsed 40 
diploma  or  have  completed  the  General  Educational  Development 41 
Test prior to enrolling in the courses. 42 
 Finally,  the  bill  stipulates  that  the  provisions  of  the  bill  do  not 43 
require    a    county    college    to    waive    its    prerequisite    course 44 
requirements or application procedures. 45