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A4245 • 2026

Requires Secretary of Higher Education to create and maintain database of Educational Opportunity Fund student admissions.

Requires Secretary of Higher Education to create and maintain database of Educational Opportunity Fund student admissions.

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Speight, Shanique
Last action
2026-02-19
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires Secretary of Higher Education to create and maintain database of Educational Opportunity Fund student admissions.

Requires Secretary of Higher Education to create and maintain database of Educational Opportunity Fund student admissions.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires Secretary of Higher Education to create and maintain database of Educational Opportunity Fund student admissions.
  • Topic: Higher Education Fiscal note: This bill has not 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 Higher Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires Secretary of Higher Education to create and maintain database of Educational Opportunity Fund student admissions.
Topic:
Higher Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4245

ASSEMBLY, No. 4245

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� SHANIQUE SPEIGHT

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires Secretary of Higher Education to create and
maintain database of Educational Opportunity Fund student admissions.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
concerning the admission of students into Educational
Opportunity Fund programs and supplementing P.L.1968, c.142 (C.18A:71-28 et
seq.).

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

���� 1.��� a.� The Secretary of
Higher Education shall create and maintain a database of Educational
Opportunity Fund student admissions.� The database shall detail the number of
student openings in the Educational Opportunity Fund programs of each participating
institution which are available for an eligible student.� The database shall be
made available to campus Educational Opportunity Fund directors in order to
improve communication about potential placements between campus directors and
eligible students.�

���� b.��� Each participating
institution shall notify the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education when a
student opening in an Educational Opportunity Fund program is filled.� The
office shall update the database within one business day of receiving the
notification.�

���� c.���� In the event that an
eligible student has not secured a placement in an Education Opportunity Fund
program of a participating institution, the campus Educational Opportunity Fund
director shall provide that student with information about student openings in
the Educational Opportunity Fund programs of other participating
institutions.��

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the 90th day next following the date of enactment.�

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the
Secretary of Higher Education to create and maintain a database of Educational
Opportunity Fund (EOF) student admissions. The database will detail the number
of student openings in the EOF programs of each participating institution which
are available for an eligible student. The database must be made available to
campus EOF directors in order to improve communication about potential
placements between campus directors and eligible students. The bill provides
that in the event that an eligible student has not secured a placement in an
EOF program of a participating institution, the campus EOF director must
provide that student with information about student openings in the EOF
programs of other participating institutions.

���� Under the bill, each
participating institution must notify the Office of the Secretary of Higher
Education when a student opening in an EOF program is filled. The office must
update the database within one business day of receiving the notification.