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A5202
ASSEMBLY, No. 5202
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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INTRODUCED JUNE 4, 2026
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman� ALEX SAUICKIE
District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
���� Requires graduation reporting on student proficiency
in English language arts, literacy, and mathematics.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� As introduced.
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An Act
concerning graduation reporting and supplementing P.L.1979,
c.241 (C.18A:7C-1 et seq).
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.��� a.� In addition to the
requirements of section 7 of P.L.1979, c.241 (C.18A:7C-7), the local chief
school administrator shall report annually to the board of education concerning
the number of students who received a State endorsed diploma and whether those
students:
���� (1)�� exhibited grade-level
proficiency pursuant to local graduation requirements in English language arts,
literacy, and mathematics; and
���� (2)�� demonstrated proficiency
in English language arts or mathematics, according to the results of the most
recent Statewide assessment for which information is available.
���� b.��� The report shall detail
the circumstances in which a State endorsed diploma was issued to a student who
did not exhibit grade-level proficiency pursuant to local graduation
requirements or scored in the not-yet-meeting expectations, partially meeting
expectations, or approaching expectations levels for English language arts or
mathematics on the most recent Statewide assessment for which information is
available.
���� c.���� The information
required pursuant to this section shall only be reported in the aggregate and
not include student-level or personally identifiable information.
���� d.��� The board of education
shall approve the report and annually submit the report to the Department of
Education.�
���� e.���� The report shall be posted
on the Internet website of the local board of education and on the department�s
Internet website.
���� 2. This act shall take effect
in the first full school year following the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
���� This bill requires graduation
reporting on student proficiency in language arts, literacy, and mathematics.
���� Under current law, the local
chief school administrator is required to report annually to the local board of
education and the Commissioner of Education on the number of students who
completed the 12th grade course requirements and were denied a diploma and the
number of students who received a State endorsed diploma. Current law details
the information that is included in this annual report.
���� This bill expands on these
requirements to identify whether students who received a State endorsed
diploma: 1) exhibited grade-level proficiency according to local graduation
requirements in English language arts, literacy, and mathematics; and 2) demonstrated
proficiency in English language arts or mathematics on the most recent Statewide
assessment.�
���� The report will detail the
circumstances in which a State endorsed diploma was issued to a student who did
not exhibit grade-level proficiency according to local graduation requirements
or scored in the not-yet-meeting expectations, partially meeting expectations,
or approaching expectations levels for English language arts or mathematics on
the Statewide assessment. Under the bill, information will only be reported in
the aggregate and not include any student-level or personally identifiable
information.
���� This report is to be submitted
to the Department of Education.� It will also be posted on both the Internet
websites of the local board of education and the department.
���� Despite the State spending
record amounts on education, Department of Education data demonstrates that
students are still woefully unprepared for graduation.� It is the sponsor�s
intent that this bill requires school administrators and local boards of
education to acknowledge this fact and take action to remedy this disservice to
the State�s students.