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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 17B - Insurance › Section 17B:37-12 - Payment of reasonable expenses of establishment, organization.

17B:37-12 Payment of reasonable expenses of establishment, organization.
12. a. The commission shall pay or provide for the payment of the reasonable expenses of its establishment and organization. To fund the cost of its initial operations, the commission may accept contributions and other forms of funding from the NAIC, compacting states, and other sources. Contributions and other forms of funding from other sources shall be of a nature that the independence of the commission concerning the performance of its duties shall not be compromised.
b. The commission shall collect a filing fee from each insurer and third party filer filing a product with the commission to cover the cost of the operations and activities of the commission and its staff in a total amount sufficient to cover the commission's annual budget.
c. The commission's budget for a fiscal year shall not be approved until it has been subject to notice and comment as set forth in section 7 of this act.
d. The commission shall be exempt from all taxation in and by the compacting states.
e. The commission shall not pledge the credit of any compacting state, except by and with the appropriate legal authority of that compacting state.
f. The commission shall keep complete and accurate accounts of all its internal receipts, including grants and donations, and disbursements of all funds under its control. The internal financial accounts of the commission shall be subject to the accounting procedures established under its bylaws. The financial accounts and reports, including the system of internal controls and procedures of the commission, shall be audited annually by an independent certified public accountant. Upon the determination of the commission, but no less frequently than every three years, the review of the independent auditor shall include a management and performance audit of the commission. The commission shall make an annual report to the governor and legislature of the compacting states, which shall include a report of the independent audit. The commission's internal accounts shall not be confidential and may be shared with the commissioner of any compacting state upon request, except that any work papers related to any internal or independent audit and any information regarding the privacy of individuals and insurers' proprietary information, including trade secrets, shall remain confidential.
g. No compacting state shall have any claim to or ownership of any property held by or vested in the commission, or to any commission funds held pursuant to the provisions of this act.
L.2010, c.120, s.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 17B - Insurance › Section 17B:37-13 - Eligibility of states to join compact.

17B:37-13 Eligibility of states to join compact.
13. a. Any state is eligible to become a compacting state.
b. The compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the compact into law by two compacting states; however, the commission shall become effective for purposes of adopting uniform standards for, reviewing, and giving approval or disapproval of, products filed with the commission that satisfy applicable uniform standards only after 26 states are compacting states or, alternatively, by states representing greater than 40% of the premium volume for life insurance, annuity, disability income, and long-term care insurance products, based on records of the NAIC for the prior year. Thereafter, the compact shall become effective and binding as to any other compacting state upon enactment of the compact into law by that state.
c. Amendments to the compact may be proposed by the commission for enactment by the compacting states. No amendment shall become effective and binding upon the commission and the compacting states unless all compacting states enact the amendment into law.
L.2010, c.120, s.13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 17B - Insurance › Section 17B:37-15 - Severability; liberal construction.

17B:37-15 Severability; liberal construction.
15. a. The provisions of this act shall be severable; and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision is deemed unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this act shall be enforceable.
b. The provisions of this act shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.
L.2010, c.120, s.15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 17B - Insurance › Section 17B:37-16 - Enforcement of laws of compacting state unaffected.

17B:37-16 Enforcement of laws of compacting state unaffected.
16. a. (1) Nothing herein shall prevent the enforcement of any other law of a compacting state, except as provided in subsection b. of this section.
(2) For any product approved or certified by the commission, the rules, uniform standards, and any other requirements of the commission shall constitute the exclusive provisions applicable to the content, approval, and certification of that product. For any advertisement that is subject to the commission's authority, any rule, uniform standard, or other requirement of the commission which governs the content of the advertisement shall constitute the exclusive provision that a commissioner may apply to the content of the advertisement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no action taken by the commission shall abrogate or restrict:
(a) the access of any person to state courts;
(b) remedies available under state law related to breach of contract, tort, or other laws not specifically directed to the content of the product;
(c) state law relating to the construction of insurance contracts; or
(d) the authority of the attorney general of the state, including, but not limited to, maintaining any actions or proceedings, as authorized by law.
(3) All insurance products filed with individual states shall be subject to the laws of those states.
b. (1) All lawful actions of the commission, including all rules and operating procedures promulgated by the commission, are binding upon the compacting states.
(2) All agreements between the commission and the compacting states are binding in accordance with their terms.
(3) Upon the request of a party to a conflict over the meaning or interpretation of commission actions, and upon a majority vote of the compacting states, the commission may issue advisory opinions regarding the meaning or interpretation in dispute.
(4) In the event any provision of the compact exceeds the constitutional limits imposed on the legislature of any compacting state, the obligations, duties, powers, or jurisdiction sought to be conferred by that provision upon the commission shall be ineffective as to that compacting state, and those obligations, duties, powers, or jurisdiction shall remain in the compacting state and shall be exercised by the agency thereof to which those obligations, duties, powers, or jurisdiction are delegated by law in effect at the time the compact becomes effective.
L.2010, c.120, s.16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 17B - Insurance › Section 17B:37-17 - Report to Legislature.

17B:37-17 Report to Legislature.
17. The Commissioner of Banking and Insurance shall report to the Legislature, as provided pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), within one year of the effective date of this act or within one year of the operational date of the compact for the long-term care insurance products, whichever is later, the commissioner's non-binding recommendation as to whether the State should participate in the compact with respect to all uniform standards involving long-term care insurance products under the compact.
L.2010, c.120, s.17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:1-1 - Definitions

18A:1-1. Definitions
18A:1-1. As used in this title, unless the context requires another meaning, the following words and phrases shall have the following meaning:
"Academic year" means the period between the time school opens in any school district or under any board of education after the general summer vacation until the next succeeding summer vacation;
"All purpose regional district" shall have the meaning assigned to it in subsection a. of section 18A:13-2;
"Board" means the board of education;
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Education;
"County superintendent" means the County Superintendent of Schools;
"Department" means the State Department of Education;
"District" means a school district;
"Employee" includes the holder of any position or employment;
"Employment" includes employment in a position;
"Full membership" of any board or body means the number of members of the board or body when all the members' seats are filled and a "majority of the full membership" of any board or body means a majority of such number;
"Higher education" means that education which is provided by any or all of the public institutions of higher education as herein defined and any or all equivalent private institutions; "Limited purpose regional district" shall have the meaning assigned to it in subsection b. of section 18A:13-2;
"Local school district" means any school district comprising within its territorial boundaries the territory comprised in one or more municipalities, except a regional school district;
"Private school" means a school, under college grade, which does not derive its support entirely or in part from public funds;
"Public institution of higher education" shall have the meaning assigned to it in section 18A:62-1;
"Public school" means a school, under college grade, which derives its support entirely or in part from public funds;
"Public school system" means the system of public schools of the State;
"Residence" means domicile, unless a temporary residence is indicated;
"School nurse" shall mean and include any school nurse, school nurse supervisor, head school nurse, chief school nurse, school nurse coordinator or any other nurse performing school nursing services in the public schools;
"State board" means the State Board of Education;
"Teaching staff member" means a member of the professional staff of any district or regional board of education, or any board of education of a county vocational school, holding office, position or employment of such character that the qualifications, for such office, position or employment, require him to hold a valid and effective standard, provisional or emergency certificate, appropriate to his office, position or employment, issued by the State Board of Examiners and includes a school nurse and a school athletic trainer.
L.1967, c.271; amended 1994, c.48, s.34; 1999, c.87, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:2-1 - Power to effectuate action

18A:2-1. Power to effectuate action
Whenever under any provision of this title the validity of the action of any person, official, board or body is made dependent upon the approval or disapproval, consent or refusal to consent or determination of, or is to be exercised pursuant to any rule to be made by, any other person, official, board or body, the latter shall have power to approve or disapprove, consent or refuse to consent, to make such determination or promulgate any such rule, notwithstanding that such power is not specifically conferred thereby or by any other provision of this title.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:2-2 - Payment and disposition of fines imposed under this title.

18A:2-2 Payment and disposition of fines imposed under this title.
18A:2-2. In every case of conviction or violation of any provision of this title, when a fine is imposed, the defendant may pay the fine, together with the cost to the officer before whom the conviction is had, and such officer shall receive the same and unless otherwise provided by this or any other law he shall remit the amount of the fine within 10 days thereafter to the board secretary or treasurer of school moneys of the district, as appropriate, where the offense was committed, for the use of the public schools thereof.
amended 2010, c.39, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:2-3 - Preparation, offering for sale of certain documents; penalty

18A:2-3. Preparation, offering for sale of certain documents; penalty
12. a. No person shall, for any fee, or other remuneration, prepare, offer to prepare, cause to be prepared, sell or offer for sale any term paper, thesis, dissertation, essay, report or other written, recorded, pictorial, artistic or other assignment knowing, or under the circumstances having reason to know, that said assignment is intended for submission either in whole or substantial part under a student's name in fulfillment of the requirements for a degree, diploma, certificate, course or courses of study at any university, college, academy, school or other educational institution.
b. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent any person from providing tutorial assistance, research material, information or other assistance to persons enrolled in a university, college, academy, school or other educational institution, which is not intended for submission directly or in substantial part as an assignment under the student's name to such educational institution in fulfillment of the requirements for a degree, diploma, certificate or course of study. Nor shall any person be prevented by this act from rendering services for a fee which include the typing, research, assembling, transcription, reproduction or editing of a manuscript or other assignment which he has not prepared at the request of or on behalf of the purchaser.
c. Anyone convicted of violating any provision of this act shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to $1,000.00 which shall be collected in a summary manner pursuant to "the penalty enforcement law" (N.J.S.2A:58-1 et seq.) in the Superior Court or any municipal court. The Superior Court may also grant further relief necessary to enforce the provisions of this section, including the issuance of an injunction.
d. Actions for injunction under the provisions of this act may be brought in the name of the people of this State upon their own complaint or upon the complaint of any person, or any public or private college, university, academy, school or other educational institution which is charted, incorporated, licensed, registered or supervised by this State, acting for the interest of itself, its students, or the general public.
L.1999,c.90, s.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3-14.1 - Annual report of sources of financial assistance

18A:3-14.1. Annual report of sources of financial assistance
1. The Office of Student Assistance shall prepare on an annual basis a concise report which lists all sources of financial assistance, including but not limited to scholarships and loans, available to citizens of this State who now attend or who plan to attend any institution of higher education. The report shall supply the name and address of each source, identify the form of the financial assistance, and indicate that the source of funds is public or private.
L.1969,c.178,s.1; amended 1994,c.48,s.35.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3-14.2 - Distribution of report

18A:3-14.2. Distribution of report
This report shall be distributed to each public and private secondary school in this State, and upon request, to any citizen of this State.
L.1969, c. 178, s. 2, eff. Oct. 14, 1969.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3-15.1 - Deceptive diploma practices

18A:3-15.1. Deceptive diploma practices
A person shall not with the intent to deceive buy, sell, make or alter, give, issue, obtain or attempt to obtain any diploma or other document purporting to confer any academic degree, or which certifies the completion in whole or in part of any course of study in any institution of higher education.
L. 1986, c. 87, s. 1, eff. Aug. 14, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3-15.2 - Use of fraudulent degree

18A:3-15.2. Use of fraudulent degree
A person or other legal entity shall not use, or attempt to use, in connection with any business, trade, profession or occupation any academic degree or certification of degree or degree credit, including but not limited to a transcript of course work, which has been fraudulently issued, obtained, forged or altered. A person shall not, with intent to deceive, falsely represent himself as having received any such degree or credentiaL.
L. 1986, c. 87, s. 2, eff. Aug. 14, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3-15.3 - Letter designation restricted

18A:3-15.3. Letter designation restricted
3. A person shall not append to his name any letters in the same form designated by the Commission on Higher Education as entitled to the protection accorded to an academic degree unless the person has received from a duly authorized institution of higher education the degree or certificate for which the letters are registered. For the purposes of this section, a duly authorized institution of higher education means an in-State institution licensed by the Commission on Higher Education or an out-of-State institution licensed by the appropriate state agency and regionally accredited or seeking accreditation by the appropriate accrediting body recognized by the Council on Postsecondary Education or the United States Department of Education.
L.1986,c.87,s.3; amended 1994,c.48,s.36.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3-15.4 - Out-of-State degrees.

18A:3-15.4 Out-of-State degrees.
4. An in-State university, college, business, trade or vocational school may not offer, advertise, or by agreement with an out-of-State institution, offer or advertise any academic degree from any out-of-State university, college, business, trade or vocational school when three-quarters or more of the degree requirements are obtained by course work completed at the institution in New Jersey unless the degree program was approved by the Board of Higher Education prior to July, 1994, or has been reviewed by the New Jersey Presidents' Council pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1994, c.48 (C.18A:3B-8) or is a degree program at an institution specifically exempted from the provisions of N.J.S.18A:68-6. No in-State university, college, business, trade or vocational school may deliver such a degree program unless licensed by the Commission on Higher Education, following review by the council.
L.1986,c.87,s.4; amended 1994, c.48, s.37; 1999, c. 46, s.26.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3-15.5 - Civil penalty

18A:3-15.5. Civil penalty
Any person who violates any provision of this act is liable to a civil penalty of $1,000.00 for each offense, which shall be collected pursuant to the provisions of "the penalty enforcement law," N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.
L. 1986, c. 87, s. 5, eff. Aug. 14, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3-19.1 - Definitions

18A:3-19.1. Definitions
As used in this act:
"Foreign government" means any government other than the government of the United States or of its states, territories or possessions or any political subdivision thereof.
"Foreign legal entity" means a. any legal entity created under the laws of a foreign government or b. any legal entity created under the laws of the United States or any of its political subdivisions if a majority of the ownership of that legal entity is directly or indirectly held legally or beneficially by one or more foreign governments or one or more foreign persons or one or more legal entities created under the laws of a foreign government and includes an agent acting for the legal entity.
"Foreign person" means any individual who is not a citizen of or resident alien of the United States or of its territories or possessions and includes an agent acting for the foreign person.
"Gift" means any endowment, gift, grant, contract, award, present or property of any kind.
L. 1987, c. 53, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3-19.2 - Disclosure of foreign gifts

18A:3-19.2. Disclosure of foreign gifts
2. Every institution of higher education licensed by the Commission on Higher Education to award an academic degree shall disclose the amount, terms, restrictions and requirements attached to or made a part of any gift of value in excess of $100,000.00 made to the institution by a foreign government, foreign legal entity or foreign person in any one fiscal year. If the foreign government, foreign legal entity or foreign person makes more than one gift to an institution, and the total value of those gifts in any one fiscal year exceeds $100,000.00, the institution shall report all of the gifts received.
L.1987,c.53,s.2; amended 1994,c.48,s.38.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3-19.3 - Information to the Department of the Treasury

18A:3-19.3. Information to the Department of the Treasury
3. This information shall be forwarded to the Department of the Treasury no later than 30 days after the last day of the fiscal year. The information shall include:
a. The amount of the gift.
b. The date on which it was received.
c. Full details of any conditions, matching provisions, or designation of the gift for a specific purpose.
d. The name of the foreign government in the case of a gift by a foreign government; the name of the foreign entity in the case of a gift by a foreign entity; and the name of the foreign country in which a foreign person is located or resides in the case of a gift by a foreign person.
e. The purpose or purposes for which the gift will be used.
L.1987,c.53,s.3; amended 1994,c.48,s.39.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3-24 - Findings, declarations

18A:3-24. Findings, declarations
1. The Legislature finds and declares that the well-being and safety of college and university students who are members of or are attempting to become members of fraternities and sororities and other similar campus organizations requires a delineation of the responsibilities of those organizations in regard to rush or pledge activities and a declaration of a bill of rights for those students who participate in such activities.
L.1991,c.388,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3-25 - Pledge's Bill of Rights

18A:3-25. Pledge's Bill of Rights
2. The Attorney General shall develop a "Pledge's Bill of Rights" which outlines acceptable and unacceptable behavior and activities in regard to the pledge or rushing activities of college and university fraternities and sororities and other similar campus organizations. In developing the bill of rights, the Attorney General shall review the existing pledge and anti-hazing policies and procedures of public and independent institutions of higher education within the State and shall, as appropriate, incorporate those policies into the bill of rights. The Attorney General shall make the "Pledge's Bill of Rights" available to each institution of higher education within the State.
L.1991,c.388,s.2; amended 1994,c.48,s.40.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3-26 - Information on hazing included

18A:3-26. Information on hazing included
3. The bill of rights developed by the Attorney General pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.388 (C.18A:3-25) shall include information on the criminal penalties for hazing and aggravated hazing established pursuant to P.L.1980, c.169 (C.2C:40-3 et seq.).
L.1991,c.388,s.3; amended 1994,c.48,s.41.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3-27.1 - Definitions relative to hazing.

18A:3-27.1 Definitions relative to hazing.
1. As used in sections 2 through 4 of P.L.2021, c.208 (C.18A:3-27.1 through C.18A:3-27.4):
"Hazing" means conduct in connection with an initiation of applicants to or members of a student or fraternal organization as described in section 1 of P.L.1980, c.169 (C.2C:40-3).
"Organization" means a fraternity, sorority, association, corporation, order, society, corps, club or service, social or similar group, whose members are primarily minors, students, or alumni of the organization or an institution of higher education; or a national or international organization with which such a group is affiliated.
"Student" means an individual who attends or has applied to attend or has been admitted to an institution of higher education.
L.2021, c.208, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3-27.2 - Adoption of written policy against hazing.

18A:3-27.2 Adoption of written policy against hazing.
2. Each public and independent institution of higher education shall adopt a written policy against hazing and, pursuant to that policy, adopt rules prohibiting students or other persons associated with an organization operating under the sanction of, or recognized as, an organization by the institution from engaging in hazing. The institution of higher education shall post the policy at a publicly accessible location on the institution's Internet website and shall provide a copy of the policy, including the institution's rules, penalties, and program of enforcement, to each organization within the institution.
L.2021, c.208, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3-27.3 - Program for enforcement of policy against hazing.

18A:3-27.3 Program for enforcement of policy against hazing.
3. a. Each public and independent institution of higher education shall provide a program for the enforcement of the policy against hazing required under section 2 of P.L.2021, c.208 (C.18A:3-27.2) and shall adopt appropriate penalties for violations of the policy to be administered by the individual or agency at the institution responsible for the sanctioning or recognition of the organization covered by the policy or by such other individual or agency deemed appropriate by the institution.
b. The penalties for violations of the policy may include:
(1) imposition of fines;
(2) the withholding of diplomas or transcripts pending compliance with the rules or payment of fines;
(3) the rescission of permission for the organization to operate on campus or to otherwise operate under the sanction or recognition of the institution; and
(4) the imposition of probation, suspension, dismissal, or expulsion.
c. A penalty imposed under this section shall be in addition to a penalty imposed for a violation of any other institutional rule to which the violator may be subject.
d. A policy adopted under section 2 of P.L.2021, c.208 (C.18A:3-27.2) shall apply to each act conducted on or off campus if the acts are deemed to constitute hazing.
L.2021, c.208, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3-27.4 - Report on violations.

18A:3-27.4 Report on violations.
4. a. Each public and independent institution of higher education shall maintain a report which shall include information on all violations of the institution's anti-hazing policy and federal and State laws related to hazing that are reported to the institution. Information on a reported violation shall be retained by the institution for five years.
b. The report shall include:
(1) the date when the subject was charged with a violation of the institution's anti-hazing policy or a federal or State law related to hazing;
(2) a general description of the violation, any investigation and findings by the institution and, if applicable, penalties imposed; and
(3) the date the matter was resolved.
c. An institution shall post the initial report at a publicly accessible location on the institution's Internet website by January 15, 2022. The initial report shall include information concerning violations that have been reported to the institution for the five consecutive years prior to the effective date of this act, to the extent the institution has retained information concerning the violations. An institution shall post an updated report biannually on January 1 and August 1.
d. The report shall not include the personal identifying information of an individual.
L.2021, c.208, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3-28 - Display, certain, of students' social security numbers prohibited.

18A:3-28 Display, certain, of students' social security numbers prohibited.
1. No public or independent institution of higher education in the State shall display any student's social security number to identify that student for posting or public listing of grades, on class rosters or other lists provided to teachers, on student identification cards, in student directories or similar listings, unless otherwise required in accordance with applicable State or federal law.
L.2005,c.28,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3-29 - Definitions relative to disclosure of personal information for certain electronic communications devices to institutions of higher education.

18A:3-29 Definitions relative to disclosure of personal information for certain electronic communications devices to institutions of higher education.
1. For purposes of this act:
"Applicant" means an applicant for admission into a public or private institution of higher education.
"Electronic communications device" means any device that uses electronic signals to create, transmit, and receive information, including a computer, telephone, personal digital assistant, or other similar device.
"Public or private institution of higher education" means any public or private institution of higher education or any employee, agent, representative, or designee of the institution.
"Social networking website" means an Internet-based service that allows individuals to construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system created by the service, create a list of other users with whom they share a connection within the system, and view and navigate their list of connections and those made by others within the system.
L.2012, c.75, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3-30 - Actions prohibited by institution of higher education.

18A:3-30 Actions prohibited by institution of higher education.
2. No public or private institution of higher education in this State shall:
a. Require a student or applicant to provide or disclose any user name or password, or in any way provide access to, a personal account or service through an electronic communications device.
b. In any way inquire as to whether a student or applicant has an account or profile on a social networking website.
c. Prohibit a student or applicant from participating in activities sanctioned by the institution of higher education, or in any other way discriminate or retaliate against a student or applicant, as a result of the student or applicant refusing to provide or disclose any user name, password, or other means for accessing a personal account or service through an electronic communications device as provided in subsection a. of this section.
L.2012, c.75, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3-31 - Waiver, limitation of protection by student, requirement prohibited.

18A:3-31 Waiver, limitation of protection by student, requirement prohibited.
3. No public or private institution of higher education in this State shall require a student or applicant to waive or limit any protection granted under this act. An agreement to waive any right or protection under this act is against the public policy of this State and is void and unenforceable.
L.2012, c.75, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3-32 - Violations, remedies.

18A:3-32 Violations, remedies.
4. Upon violation of any provision of this act, an aggrieved person may, in addition to any other available remedy, institute a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction, within one year from the date of the alleged violation. In response to the action, the court may, as it deems appropriate, order or award any one or more of the following:
a. With respect to an applicant:
(1) injunctive relief;
(2) compensatory and consequential damages incurred by the applicant as a result of the violation, taking into consideration any failure to admit the applicant in connection with the violation; and
(3) reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs.
b. With respect to a current or former student:
(1) injunctive relief as it deems appropriate;
(2) compensatory and consequential damages incurred by the student or former student as a result of the violation; and
(3) reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs.
L.2012, c.75, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3A-2 - Legislative findings, determinations and declarations

18A:3A-2. Legislative findings, determinations and declarations
The Legislature finds, determines and declares:
a. It is a fundamental aspiration of the people of New Jersey to live in a peaceful world, in which the threat of war, with its material destruction and human suffering, is steadily reduced and ultimately eliminated;
b. Accordingly, it is an appropriate act of State government, in furtherance of this aspiration, to promote the development, collection and analysis of the best research on, and most advanced techniques of, conflict resolution and peaceful settlement of disputes; and
c. It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature that the Institute established pursuant to this act shall produce significant aid to the understanding and implementation of methods for prevention of violent conflict arising from disputes on all levels of human interaction; and it is reasonably anticipated that, in addition to its primary benefits aimed at the avoidance of armed national conflict, the results of the Institute's labors will produce significant benefits of a domestic nature here in New Jersey--as in improving labor-management relations, mediating environmental issue disputes and mitigating landlord-tenant conflicts.
L.1984, c. 149, s. 2, eff. Sept. 8, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3A-3 - Institute on Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies

18A:3A-3. Institute on Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies
3. a. There is established in, but not of, the Department of State the New Jersey Institute on Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies, hereinafter referred to as the Institute.
b. The Institute shall be under the direct management and supervision of the Secretary of State, who shall, by rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), provide for its organization and methods of proceeding, so as to fulfill the purposes prescribed in section 4 of this act.
c. The secretary may at any time, and from time to time, enter into agreements with any public or private institution of higher learning in this State, under which such institution shall undertake to carry out any of the functions or projects of the Institute, pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1984, c.149 (C.18A:3A-4); and in consideration of such undertaking the secretary may authorize the payment to such institution of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Institute under this act or any other law, or from any other lawful source, and which are determined by him to be necessary or appropriate for the funding of the function or project so undertaken.
L.1984,c.149,s.3; amended 1994,c.48,s.42.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3A-4 - Duties

18A:3A-4. Duties
The Institute created by this act shall:
a. Foster wide varieties of approaches to conflict resolution by sponsoring research, seminars, conferences, and other activities which may contribute to the fulfillment of the goals set forth in section 2 of this act;
b. Facilitate the collection of, and access to, the best available research relating to the understanding, analysis and techniques of conflict resolution; and
c. Take steps, through or in cooperation with public and private institutions of higher learning in the State, to develop courses and curricula in conflict resolution and peace studies, including a range of programs and study materials that will offer appropriate choices for use at all academic levels and for pupils of all age groups, so that the most advanced and most useful knowledge in this field shall be widely and effectively disseminated.
L.1984, c. 149, s. 4, eff. Sept. 8, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3A-5 - Findings and recommendations; transmittal

18A:3A-5. Findings and recommendations; transmittal
In order to make a concrete and substantial contribution to peace through understanding, the Institute shall annually, and at such other times as it deems appropriate, transmit its findings and recommendations to the presiding officers of the United States Senate and House of Representatives, to each of the members of the Congress of the United States elected from New Jersey, to the appropriate officers of the Department of State and the Department of Defense, to the Executive Office of the President, to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, and to other such institutions which are devoted to the study and advancement of peace.
L.1984, c. 149, s. 5, eff. Sept. 8, 1984.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3A-6 - Advisory board

18A:3A-6. Advisory board
6. To assist him in the organization of the Institute, and in fulfilling his other duties and responsibilities under P.L.1984, c.149 (C.18A:3A-1 et seq.), the secretary shall appoint an advisory board, which shall be broadly representative of those organizations and individuals having active interest in, and academic or practical knowledge and experience in, the methods and techniques of conflict resolution and the peaceful settlement of disputes; including, without limitation, representatives of religious, cultural and academic organizations, and persons actively engaged in the promotion of international and intercultural understanding, the study or conduct of foreign relations, and the advancement of world peace.
L.1984,c.149,s.3; amended 1994,c.48,s.43.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3B-2 - Findings, declarations

18A:3B-2. Findings, declarations
2. The Legislature finds and declares that:
a. the institutions of higher education are one of the most valuable and underutilized resources in the State; and
b. the elimination of unnecessary State oversight and its accompanying bureaucracy will serve to unleash the creativity and innovation of these institutions; and
c. the restructuring of higher education must ensure that student aid programs are not only preserved but strengthened and that the State continue to foster and encourage programs to promote diversity and accessibility; and
d. the institutions of higher education in the State shall be responsible for achieving the Statewide goals of affordability and accessibility for all students, institutional excellence, and effectiveness in addressing the societal and economic needs of the State; and
e. in order to provide institutions with the ability to fulfill their mission and Statewide goals, greater decision making and accountability must be placed at the institutional level and structures must be established to ensure cooperation among institutions and coordination at the State level; and
f. the State benefits from a coordinated system of higher education that includes public and private institutions which offer a variety of programs with a range of choices and which addresses the needs of the State including its citizens and employers.
L.1994,c.48,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3B-3 - Definitions.

18A:3B-3 Definitions.
3. For the purposes of this act, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:
"Authority" means the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority established pursuant to N.J.S.18A:71A-3;
"Commission" means the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education established by this act;
"Council" means the New Jersey Presidents' Council established by this act;
"Council of County Colleges" means the New Jersey Council of County Colleges established pursuant to N.J.S.18A:64A-26;
"County college" means an educational institution established by one or more counties, pursuant to chapter 64A of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes;
"Educational research and services corporation" means a nonprofit corporation whose voting members are public research universities, State colleges, county colleges, public institutions of higher education primarily located in the State of New Jersey, and nonprofit independent institutions of higher education that receive direct State aid;
"Programmatic Mission" means all program offerings consistent within those levels of academic degrees or certificates that the institution has been authorized to grant by the State Board of Higher Education prior to the effective date of this act or approved thereafter by the commission;
"Public Research University" means Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Rowan University, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Montclair State University, and Kean University;
"State college" means any of the State colleges or universities established pursuant to chapter 64 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes including any State college designated as a teaching university.
L.1994, c.48, s.3; amended 1999, c.46, s.27; 2012, c.45, s.67; 2015, c.140, s.1; 2017, c.178, s.36; 2021, c.282, s.36.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3B-4 - Department of Higher Education abolished

18A:3B-4. Department of Higher Education abolished
4. The Department of Higher Education created by P.L.1967, c.271 (C.18A:3-1 et seq.) is abolished as a principal department in the Executive Branch of State Government and all of its functions, powers and duties, except as herein otherwise provided, are terminated.
L.1994,c.48,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3B-5 - Termination of offices, terms

18A:3B-5. Termination of offices, terms
5. The offices and terms of the Chancellor of Higher Education, vice-chancellor, the assistant chancellors and the directors of the various divisions and offices of the Department of Higher Education, except as herein otherwise provided, shall terminate upon the effective date of this act.
L.1994,c.48,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3B-6a - Policies, procedures, guidelines relative to student fees.

18A:3B-6a Policies, procedures, guidelines relative to student fees.
1. The governing board of a public institution of higher education or a proprietary institution licensed to offer academic degrees shall:
a. develop written policies and procedures that establish a system of internal controls over the development and management of mandatory student fees and ensure that these controls are applied consistently. The written policies shall define who is responsible for the assessment or adjustment of the mandatory student fees, and shall include guidelines for monitoring whether mandatory student fee revenue is used efficiently and for the intended purpose;
b. assess each of the institution's mandatory student fees individually and document the criteria and justification for any adjustments made to the fees. For each mandatory student fee the documentation shall include, at a minimum, the purpose of the student fee, the criteria used to determine its rate, the projected mandatory fee revenue, and the appropriate use of the revenue;
c. establish separate funds in the institution's budget for each individual mandatory student fee to promote transparency of fee revenue and expenditures;
d. implement accounting procedures that establish a process to accurately identify transactions related to mandatory student fee activity and the expenditures related to each of the mandatory student fees; and
e. include in the institution's description of its mandatory student fees, all uses of the fee monies including salaries.
L.2019, c.201, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:3B-6c - Financial aid award letter, consistent with financial aid shopping sheet, higher education.

18A:3B-6c Financial aid award letter, consistent with financial aid shopping sheet, higher education.
1. a. In the event that a public or independent institution of higher education or a proprietary institution licensed to offer academic degrees provides a financial aid award letter to a student, the financial aid award letter shall:
(1) be presented in a manner, and in such language, that is substantially similar to that which is used in, and uses terms as defined in, the financial aid shopping sheet provided to students pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2019, c.201 (C.18A:3B-6b);
(2) clearly display the estimated net cost to attend the institution;
(3) clearly differentiate a student's eligibility for loans from a student's eligibility for other forms of financial aid, including grants and scholarships; and
(4) include a clear statement that the acceptance or declination of one or more loan offers shall not impact a student's eligibility for any other grants or scholarships detailed in the student's financial aid award letter.
b. A student enrolled in a public or independent institution of higher education or a proprietary institution licensed to offer academic degrees shall be ineligible to receive any form of student assistance from the State, including grants, scholarships, and loans, in the event that the institution or school fails to meet the requirements established pursuant to subsection a. of this section, as determined by the Secretary of Higher Education. Prior to revoking eligibility for student assistance from the State to a student enrolled in an institution that fails to meet the requirements established pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the secretary shall provide that institution with an opportunity to come into compliance with the requirements.
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit a student from receiving any form of student assistance from the State for which the student is eligible at a different institution of higher education or proprietary institution licensed to offer academic degrees.
L.2022, c.127.