Title 18A, Title 18A: EDUCATION

18A:62-46.1 Collective Statewide reverse transfer agreement. 1. a. Each institution of higher education, in consultation with the Secretary of Higher Education and the New Jersey Presidents' Council, shall establish and enter into a collective Statewide reverse transfer agreement…

18A:62-47 Adoption of policies, procedures regarding certain transfers. 2. On or before January 1, 2008, each public institution of higher education shall, in consultation with the Commission on Higher Education and the Presidents' Council, develop and adopt as part of the collec…

18A:62-48 Independent institutions may enter into agreement. 3. An independent institution of higher education in the State may elect to enter into the agreement. L.2007,c.175,s.3.

18A:62-49 Annual report to Governor, Legislature. 4. The Commission on Higher Education shall prepare an annual report containing a compilation of the data collected pursuant to subsection e. of section 1 of this act, an analysis of the effect of the agreement on the transfer pro…

18A:62-5. Violence and hazing; monitor of incidence; uniform record-keeping system The Chancellor of Higher Education shall establish standards and promulgate rules and regulations to monitor the incidence of violence and hazing in the institutions of higher education in New Jers…

18A:62-50 Cooperation considered relative to annual appropriation. 5. The cooperation of each public institution of higher education in abiding by the terms of the agreement shall be reviewed and considered by the Governor and the Legislature when making the annual appropriation …

18A:62-51 Construction of act as to standards and procedures for admission. 6. Nothing in this act shall be construed to require any public or independent institution of higher education to admit a student or to waive its admission standards and application procedures. L.2007,c.1…

18A:62-52 Website to provide information on educational benefits for veterans. 1. A public institution of higher education shall provide a link on its website to access information on federal and State educational benefits available to veterans. The link shall be placed in a prom…

18A:62-53 Definitions relative to certain credit card solicitations. 1. As used in this act: "Credit" means the right to defer payment of debt or to incur debt and defer its payment. "Credit card" means any card, plate, coupon book, or other single credit device that may be used …

18A:62-54 Direct merchandizing of credit cards to students, certain circumstances; prohibited. 2. A public institution of higher education is not authorized to enter into any agreement, or to permit any of its agents or student organizations to enter into any agreement, for the d…

18A:62-55 Collection of certain demographic information.

1. a. A public institution of higher education shall allow a student or a faculty or other staff member to identify his sexual orientation and gender identity on any form used by the institution to collect demographic information on gender, race, or ethnicity. b. The provisions o…

18A:62-57 Associate degree, number of credits required; exceptions. 2. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any section of law to the contrary and except as otherwise provided pursuant to subsection b. of this section, beginning with students who initially enroll in an associate …

18A:62-58 Approval of additional exceptions. 3. The governing board of a public institution of higher education, in consultation with the Secretary of Higher Education, may approve exceptions to the credit hour requirements in addition to those established pursuant to subsection …

18A:62-59 Report. 4. Within 60 days of the effective date of this act and annually thereafter, the secretary shall submit a report to the Governor, and to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), on the number of four-year public institutions of hi…

18A:62-6. Report by employee; filing; forwarding of report and action taken to state department of higher education Any employee of an institution of higher education observing or having direct knowledge from a participant or victim of an act of violence or hazing shall, in accor…

18A:62-60 Short title. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Hunger-Free Campus Act." L.2019, c.89, s.1.

18A:62-61 Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program. 2. The Secretary of Higher Education shall establish a Hunger-Free Campus Grant Program. The purpose of the program shall be to provide grants to public institutions of higher education that have one or more campuses that are designated…

18A:62-62 Conditions for designation. 3. In order to be designated as a hunger-free campus, the institution shall: a. establish a Campus Hunger Task Force that meets a minimum of three times per academic year to set at least two goals with action plans; b. designate a staff membe…

18A:62-63 Allocation of grant funding. 4. The secretary shall allocate grant funding to each public institution of higher education that has one or more campuses designated by the secretary as a hunger-free campus in accordance with the criteria established pursuant to section 3 …

18A:62-63.1 Food waste reduction program at public institutions of higher education. 1. a. Each public institution of higher education shall develop and implement a food waste reduction program on each campus of the institution. It shall be the purpose of the program to redirect …

18A:62-64 Award of college credit for course at county fire academy. 1. a. Any person who successfully completes a course at a county fire academy shall receive college credit for the course at a four-year public institution of higher education that offers a fire science degree p…

18A:62-65 Definitions relative to institutional financial aid. 1. As used in this act: "Financial need" means cost of attendance as defined pursuant to 20 U.S.C. s.1087ll. "Institutional financial aid" means need-based and merit-based grants, scholarships, tuition waivers, and al…

18A:62-66 Reduction of student's institutional financial aid; reasons. 2. a. A public institution of higher education may reduce a student's institutional financial aid as a result of the awarding of private scholarships to the student only under the circumstances enumerated in s…

18A:62-67 Definitions relative to student's right to freedom of speech and press. 3. a. As used in this section: "School-sponsored media" means any material that is prepared, substantially written, published, or broadcast by a student journalist at a public institution of higher …

18A:62-68 Public institution, higher education, governing board, permit, use, building, facility, visitorial power, New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority. 2. a. As used in this section, "authority" means the New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority established pursuant t…

18A:62-7. Annual report The Chancellor of Higher Education shall include in his annual report to the Governor and the Legislature, pursuant to N.J.S. 18A:3-21, a section detailing the extent of violence and hazing in the institutions of higher education, explaining the measures b…