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A4857 • 2026

Prohibits institution of higher education from giving preferential consideration for admission to legacy student.

Prohibits institution of higher education from giving preferential consideration for admission to legacy student.

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina
Last action
2026-05-04
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits institution of higher education from giving preferential consideration for admission to legacy student.

Prohibits institution of higher education from giving preferential consideration for admission to legacy student.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits institution of higher education from giving preferential consideration for admission to legacy student.
  • 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. 2026-05-04 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Prohibits institution of higher education from giving preferential consideration for admission to legacy student.
Topic:
Higher Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4857

ASSEMBLY, No. 4857

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 4, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Assemblywoman� LINDA S. CARTER

District 22 (Somerset and Union)

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits institution of higher education from giving
preferential consideration for admission to legacy student.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
concerning admissions to 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. �
a.�
As used in this section, �legacy status� means the familial relationship of an
individual applying for admission to an institution of higher education, or a
program of the institution, to an alumnus of the institution.�

���� b.� An institution of higher
education shall not provide any manner of preferential consideration to an
applicant for admission to the institution or an academic program of the
institution, on the basis of the student�s legacy status or familial relationship
to any donor to the institution.�

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill prohibits an
institution of higher education from providing any manner of preferential
consideration to an applicant for admission to the institution or an academic
program of the institution, on the basis of the student�s legacy status or familial
relationship to any donor to the institution.� As defined in the bill, �legacy
status� means the familial relationship of an individual applying for admission
to an institution of higher education, or a program of the institution, to an
alumnus of the institution.�