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Bill Text

S229 

SENATE, No. 229 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator SHIRLEY K. TURNER

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires institutions of higher education to collect 
and report employment data for certain graduates.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act 
concerning the collection and reporting of certain information by institutions 
of higher education, and amending 
P.L.2009, c.197.

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

����� 1.� Section 2 of 
P.L.2009, c.197 (C.18A:3B-44) is amended to read as follows:

���� 2. a. An institution of higher 
education shall provide for public inspection on its website comprehensive 
information on the cost of attendance, the graduation rates of admitted 
students, [and] the faculty 
of the institution, and employment data for recent graduates of the 
institution.� The purpose of the information shall be to maximize the 
awareness of students and their families of the costs associated with 
enrollment in the institution, the institution's success in ensuring the 
graduation and employment of its students, and the composition of the 
teaching faculty that a student will encounter [in his coursework] at the 
institution.� The institution shall post, and annually update, a student 
consumer information report on its website that includes, if applicable:

���� (1) overall three-year, 
four-year, and six-year graduation rates, as applicable;

���� (2) three-year, four-year, and 
six-year graduation rates by demographic group, as applicable;

���� (3) three-year, four-year, and 
six-year graduation rates by major, as applicable;

���� (4) three-year, four-year, and 
six-year graduation rates for student-athletes, as applicable;

���� (5) the student transfer rate;

���� (6) an overview of the 
institutions to which former students of that college or university have 
transferred prior to the completion of a degree;

���� (7) the cost for the current 
academic year of attending the institution including tuition, student fees, 
room and board, and books and materials;

���� (8) a description of the types 
of financial assistance offered directly by the institution to both 
student-athletes and to students who do not participate in athletic programs at 
the institution;

���� (9) the percent of 
student-athletes who receive financial assistance directly from the institution 
and the average value of the assistance and the percent of students who do not 
participate in athletic programs at the institution who receive financial assistance 
directly from the institution and the average value of the assistance;

���� (10) for four-year 
institutions of higher education, the total projected cost for an incoming 
freshman to live on campus and complete a degree in four years and the total 
projected cost for an incoming freshman to commute to school and complete a 
degree in four years;

���� (11) for four-year 
institutions of higher education, the total projected cost for an incoming 
freshman to live on campus and complete a degree in six years and the total 
projected cost for an incoming freshman to commute to school and complete a 
degree in six years;

���� (12) average student loan 
indebtedness of two-year and four-year graduates for both students who live on 
campus and students who commute, as applicable.� The institution shall 
disaggregate the data by: race, ethnicity, age, family income at the time of admission, 
gender, and first-generation status;

���� (13) average student loan 
indebtedness of three-year and six-year graduates for both students who live on 
campus and students who commute, as applicable.� The institution shall 
disaggregate the data by: race, ethnicity, age, family income at the time of admission, 
gender, and first-generation status; 

���� (14) average student loan 
indebtedness of a student who transfers or withdraws from the institution prior 
to the completion of a degree program for both students who live on campus and 
who commute. The institution shall disaggregate the data by: race, ethnicity, 
age, family income at the time of admission, gender, and first-generation 
status;

���� (15) an overview of the 
institution's faculty, including the percentage of faculty employed as a 
tenured professor, the percentage of faculty employed as a full-time 
non-tenured professor, and the percentage of faculty employed as an adjunct or 
visiting professor;

���� (16) the percentage of courses 
taught by each of the different categories of faculty;

���� (17) an indicator of each 
academic department's capacity to serve the students majoring within that 
department's programs, as determined by the Secretary of Higher Education; [and]

���� (18) the number and percentage 
of borrowers for whom the institution has certified a supplemental student 
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