Title 18A, Title 18A: EDUCATION

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…

18A:63-1. Establishment of summer school and extension courses; curricula 18A:63-1. Summer schools and extension courses for the purpose of training and educating persons, in the science of education and in the art of teaching elementary agriculture, manual training, household ec…

18A:63-2. Tuition and incidental fees 18A:63-2. The State colleges and State summer schools may charge tuition and incidental fees in extension courses and summer school courses. L.1967, c.271; amended 1994,c.48,s.90.

18A:64-1. Decentralization of authority 18A:64-1. The Legislature hereby finds that it is in the best interest of the State that the State colleges shall be and continue to be given a high degree of self-government and that the government and conduct of the colleges shall be free…

18A:64-10. Maintenance of demonstration schools. 18A:64-10. The board of trustees of each state college and Kean University may maintain demonstration schools under regular teachers, in which pupils shall have the opportunity to observe and practice approved methods of instructio…

18A:64-100 Eligibility for grants; project goals. 7. a. To be eligible for a grant from the consortium, a grant proposal application shall include, but not be limited to: (1) evidence of a collaboration between at least one academic or administrative representative of a member un…

18A:64-101 Grant agreement. 8. A grant issued by the consortium shall be in the form of a grant agreement. A grant agreement shall include a provision establishing a set of metrics for assessing the goals contained in the agreement to ensure evaluation of a grantee project on how…

18A:64-102 Annual report to Governor, Legislature; public hearings. 9. a. The consortium shall annually report to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature, on the activities of the consortium and make the report available on th…

18A:64-11. Conduct of extension courses, fees, etc. 18A:64-11. The board of trustees of each State college and Kean University is authorized and empowered to conduct summer schools and extension courses through the five State colleges and Kean University for the purpose of giving…

18A:64-12. Rights of counties as to number of pupils Each county shall be entitled to at least six times as many pupils in such colleges as it shall have representatives in the legislature. In case a county shall not have the full number of pupils to which it is entitled, pupils …

18A:64-13. Tuition fees 18A:64-13. Students in each State college who are residents of New Jersey shall be required to pay each year a minimum tuition fee and nonresidents of the State shall pay an additional fee. Such fees and any increase of the minimum tuition fee shall be det…

18A:64-13.1. Definitions. 1. As used in this act: a. "Job training course" means any course of instruction which will provide the individual with an identifiable job skill and will assist the individual in gaining reemployment, any course of instruction which is part of a trainin…

18A:64-13.2. Tuition-free job training courses 2. Each public institution of higher education shall permit a person who has been in the labor market for at least two years and is unemployed or has received a layoff notice as a result of a factory or plant closing to enroll withou…

18A:64-13.3. Eligibility for continued participation In order to remain eligible for participation in this program, the unemployed worker shall be required to maintain a passing grade in the job training course in which he is enrolled. L.1983, c. 469, s. 3, eff. Jan. 12, 1984.

18A:64-13.4. Rules, regulations 4. The Commissioner of Labor, in consultation with the Presidents' Council, shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. Regulations of the State Board of Higher Education implementing this act shall rema…

18A:64-14. Supplies; school fees Each State college may require students to furnish such textbooks and incidental supplies and to pay such general school fees as may be fixed by the board of trustees. The board of trustees shall provide apparatus and such books and supplies as ar…

18A:64-17. Work for students The president of any state college may, under regulations approved by the board of trustees, provide work in or about such college for any student or students who demonstrate financial need. The value of such work as determined by the president under …

18A:64-18. Retention of revenue 18A:64-18. a. Moneys which are derived by the State colleges as room and board revenues from student housing and food service facilities and which are not pledged for the payment of principal and interest on bonds of this State and which are in exc…

18A:64-18.1. Monthly installments a. Funds appropriated by the State for the operation of the State colleges shall be paid to each college in 12 equal installments on the first day of each month; except that Thomas A. Edison College of New Jersey shall have its appropriated funds…

18A:64-18.2. Investment procedure. 9. All functions, powers and duties relating to the investment or reinvestment of funds within the jurisdiction of the board of trustees, including the purchase, sale or exchange of any investments or securities, may be exercised and performed b…

18A:64-18.3. Authorized investments The Director of the Division of Investment, in addition to other investments presently or from time to time hereafter authorized by law, shall have authority, subject to any acceptance required, to invest and reinvest the funds in, and to acqui…

18A:64-18.4. State Treasurer as custodian The State Treasurer shall be the custodian of the board's investment funds, shall select all depositories and custodians and shall negotiate and execute custody agreements in connection with the assets or investments of any of these funds…

18A:64-18.5. Bank deposits made by State colleges, security 1. In all cases when a deposit is made by a State college in a State or federally chartered bank, savings bank or savings and loan association, the State Treasurer, in order to secure the deposit, shall require from the …

18A:64-19. Repairs to buildings and furniture The board of trustees of each State college shall have control and care of the building and ground owned and used by the State for the college and shall order necessary repairs to the grounds, buildings, and furniture of the college. …