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A4231 • 2026

Prohibits administration of assessments developed by Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers.

Prohibits administration of assessments developed by Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Murphy, Carol A.
Last action
2026-02-19
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits administration of assessments developed by Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers.

Prohibits administration of assessments developed by Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits administration of assessments developed by Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers.
  • Topic: Education Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-19 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Prohibits administration of assessments developed by Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers.
Topic:
Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4231

ASSEMBLY, No. 4231

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� CAROL A. MURPHY

District 7 (Burlington)

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits administration of assessments developed by
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
concerning the administration of certain standardized
assessments 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.� As used in this
section, �PARCC assessment� means the assessments developed by the consortium
of states known as the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and
Careers.

���� b.��� The Department of
Education shall not administer any PARCC assessment after the 2015-2016 school
year.� By the 2016-2017 school year, the Commissioner of Education shall
develop and implement a Statewide assessment program, including the State
graduation proficiency test pursuant to section 6 of P.L.1979, c.241
(C.18A:7C-6), which does not include PARCC assessments.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill prohibits the
Department of Education from administering assessments developed by the consortium
of states known as the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and
Careers (�PARCC�) after the 2015-2016 school year.� The bill directs the
Commissioner of Education to develop and implement a Statewide assessment
program that does not include PARCC assessments by the 2016-2017 school year.