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Bill Text

A5202 

ASSEMBLY, No. 5202 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED JUNE 4, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman� ALEX SAUICKIE

District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires graduation reporting on student proficiency 
in English language arts, literacy, and mathematics. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act concerning graduation reporting and supplementing P.L.1979, 
c.241 (C.18A:7C-1 et seq). 

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

���� 1.��� a.� In addition to the 
requirements of section 7 of P.L.1979, c.241 (C.18A:7C-7), the local chief 
school administrator shall report annually to the board of education concerning 
the number of students who received a State endorsed diploma and whether those 
students: 

���� (1)�� exhibited grade-level 
proficiency pursuant to local graduation requirements in English language arts, 
literacy, and mathematics; and

���� (2)�� demonstrated proficiency 
in English language arts or mathematics, according to the results of the most 
recent Statewide assessment for which information is available.

���� b.��� The report shall detail 
the circumstances in which a State endorsed diploma was issued to a student who 
did not exhibit grade-level proficiency pursuant to local graduation 
requirements or scored in the not-yet-meeting expectations, partially meeting 
expectations, or approaching expectations levels for English language arts or 
mathematics on the most recent Statewide assessment for which information is 
available.

���� c.���� The information 
required pursuant to this section shall only be reported in the aggregate and 
not include student-level or personally identifiable information.

���� d.��� The board of education 
shall approve the report and annually submit the report to the Department of 
Education.� 

���� e.���� The report shall be posted 
on the Internet website of the local board of education and on the department�s 
Internet website.

���� 2. This act shall take effect 
in the first full school year following the date of enactment. 

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires graduation 
reporting on student proficiency in language arts, literacy, and mathematics.

���� Under current law, the local 
chief school administrator is required to report annually to the local board of 
education and the Commissioner of Education on the number of students who 
completed the 12th grade course requirements and were denied a diploma and the 
number of students who received a State endorsed diploma. Current law details 
the information that is included in this annual report. 

���� This bill expands on these 
requirements to identify whether students who received a State endorsed 
diploma: 1) exhibited grade-level proficiency according to local graduation 
requirements in English language arts, literacy, and mathematics; and 2) demonstrated 
proficiency in English language arts or mathematics on the most recent Statewide 
assessment.� 

���� The report will detail the 
circumstances in which a State endorsed diploma was issued to a student who did 
not exhibit grade-level proficiency according to local graduation requirements 
or scored in the not-yet-meeting expectations, partially meeting expectations, 
or approaching expectations levels for English language arts or mathematics on 
the Statewide assessment. Under the bill, information will only be reported in 
the aggregate and not include any student-level or personally identifiable 
information.

���� This report is to be submitted 
to the Department of Education.� It will also be posted on both the Internet 
websites of the local board of education and the department. 

���� Despite the State spending 
record amounts on education, Department of Education data demonstrates that 
students are still woefully unprepared for graduation.� It is the sponsor�s 
intent that this bill requires school administrators and local boards of 
education to acknowledge this fact and take action to remedy this disservice to 
the State�s students.