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S3911
SENATE, No. 3911
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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INTRODUCED MARCH 12, 2026
Sponsored by:
Senator� ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT
District 31 (Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
���� Revises public institution of higher education annual
reporting requirements.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� As introduced.
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An Act
concerning the reporting requirements of public
institutions of higher education, amending P.L.1994, c.48, and supplementing
Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.��� Section 305 of P.L.1994,
c.48 (C.18A:3B-35) is amended to read as follows:
���� 305. Each public institution
of higher education shall prepare and make available to the public an annual
report on the condition of the institution which shall include, but
[
need
]
not be
limited to a profile of the student body including graduation rates,
retention
rates, the number of applicants to the institution, acceptance rates,
SAT
or other test scores, the percentage of New Jersey residents in the student
body, the number of scholarship students and the number of Educational
Opportunity Fund students in attendance
, disaggregated by race, ethnicity,
gender, family income, and first-generation status as available
; a profile
of the faculty including the ratio of full to part-time faculty members, and
major research and public service activities; a profile of the trustees or
governors as applicable; and, a profile of the institution, including degree
and certificate programs, status of accreditation, major capital projects, any
new collaborative undertakings or partnerships, any new programs or initiatives
designed to respond to specific State needs, an accounting of demonstrable
efficiency and quality improvements, and any other information which the
commission and the institution deem appropriate. The form and general content
of the report shall be established by the Commission on Higher Education.
(cf: P.L.2009, s.308, c.26)
���� 2.��� (New section) Each
public institution of higher education shall utilize the data collected on the
profile of the student body for the annual report on the condition of the
institution prepared pursuant to section 305 of P.L.1994, c.48 (C.18A:3B-35) to
evaluate the diversity of the institution and inform admissions policies. The
institution shall use this data to improve equity initiatives and determine
resource allocation that promotes diversity and inclusion.
���� 3.��� This act shall take
effect immediately and shall first apply to the first full academic year next
following the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
���� This bill revises the annual
reporting requirements of public institutions of higher education.
���� Under current law, a public
institution of higher education is required to prepare and make available to
the public an annual report on the condition of the institution. Under current
law, the report is to include a profile of the student body including
graduation rates, SAT or other test scores, the percentage of New Jersey
residents in the student body, the number of scholarship students, and the
number of Educational Opportunity Fund students in attendance. This bill
revises the law to require the report also include information on retention
rates, the number of applicants to the institution, and acceptance rates as
part of the report on the profile of the student body. Additionally, the bill
requires all information included as part of the profile of the student body be
disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, family income, and first-generation
status as available.
���� This bill also requires a
public institution of higher education to utilize the data collected on the
profile of the student body for the annual report to evaluate the diversity of
the institution and inform admissions policies. Finally, the bill requires each
institution to use this data to improve equity initiatives and determine
resource allocation that promotes diversity and inclusion.