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A4354 • 2026

Requires access to certain assistive services for students with disabilities at public institutions of higher education.

Requires access to certain assistive services for students with disabilities at public institutions of higher education.

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 access to certain assistive services for students with disabilities at public institutions of higher education.

Requires access to certain assistive services for students with disabilities at public institutions of higher education.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires access to certain assistive services for students with disabilities at public institutions of higher education.
  • Topic: Higher Education Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-19 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires access to certain assistive services for students with disabilities at public institutions of higher education.
Topic:
Higher Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4354

ASSEMBLY, No. 4354

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 access to certain assistive services for
students with disabilities at public institutions of higher education.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning disability accommodations at public
institutions of higher education and supplementing Title 18A of the New Jersey
Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� An institution of higher
education shall provide a student with a disability access to assistive
services during class for purposes of recording course material, including
note-taking software or a scribe, provided that use of any recording is limited
for personal use.�

���� As used in this section,
�course material� shall not include any test or graded assignment completed
during class time.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires an
institution of higher education to provide a student with a disability access
to assistive services during class for purposes of recording course material,
including note-taking software or a scribe, provided that use of any recording
is limited for personal use.� Under the bill, course material does not include
any test or graded assignment completed during class time.