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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64N-4 - Body corporate and politic.

18A:64N-4 Body corporate and politic.
4. There is hereby established a body corporate and politic to be known as Montclair State University. The exercise by the university of the powers conferred by this act shall be deemed to be public and essential governmental functions necessary for the welfare of the State and the people of New Jersey.
L.2017, c.178, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64N-5 - Public policy.

18A:64N-5 Public policy.
5. It is declared to be the public policy of the State that the university shall be given a high degree of self-government and that the governance and conduct of the university shall be free of partisanship.
L.2017, c.178, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64N-6 - Board of trustees.

18A:64N-6 Board of trustees.
6. The board of trustees of the university is continued and shall have and exercise the powers, authority, rights and privileges and shall be subject to the duties, obligations, and responsibilities set forth in this act.
L.2017, c.178, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64N-7 - Composition, size of board; terms.

18A:64N-7 Composition, size of board; terms.
7. a. The composition and size of the board of trustees shall be determined by the board; however, the board shall have not less than seven nor more than 15 members. The members shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The board of trustees shall recommend potential new members to the Governor. The terms of office of appointed members shall be for six years beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30. Each member shall serve until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified and vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments for the remainders of the unexpired terms. Any member of a board of trustees may be removed by the Governor for cause upon notice and opportunity to be heard.
b. Members of the board as of the effective date of this act shall continue in office until the expiration of their respective terms and the qualification in office of their successors.
c. All voting members of the board of trustees, before undertaking the duties of their office, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation to support the Constitution of the State of New Jersey and of the United States, to bear allegiance to the government of the State, and to perform the duties of their office faithfully, impartially and justly, to the best of their ability.
d. Members of the board of trustees shall not receive compensation for their services. Each trustee shall be reimbursed for actual expenses reasonably incurred in the performance of his duties or in rendering service as a member of or on behalf of the board or any committee of the board.
e. The board of trustees shall elect its chairperson from among its voting members annually in July. The board shall select such other officers from among its members as shall be deemed necessary.
f. A voting member of the board of trustees shall not be a salaried official of the State of New Jersey, or receive remuneration for services from the university. If any member of the board shall become ineligible by reason of the foregoing, a vacancy in his office as trustee shall thereby occur.
g. The board of trustees shall have the power to appoint and regulate the duties, functions, powers and procedures of committees, standing or special, from its members and such advisory committees or bodies as it may deem necessary or conducive to the efficient management and operation of the university, consistent with this act and other applicable statutes.
L.2017, c.178, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64N-8 - Election of student representatives.

18A:64N-8 Election of student representatives.
8. The board of trustees of the university shall provide for the election of two student representatives, who shall be full-time, regularly matriculated students in good academic standing, and who shall be 18 years of age or older and citizens of the United States. The student representatives shall be elected by the members of the student government association to serve on the board of trustees for terms of two years commencing at the next organization of the board.
a. A student shall be elected for a two-year term, but shall serve during the first year as an alternate member, and as a voting member during the second year.
Any vacancies which occur shall be filled by the student governing body for the unexpired term only.
b. The standards for eligibility for student representatives on the board of trustees shall be the same as those required for other student government officers.
c. The student members shall be entitled to full participation in all activities of the board except that they shall not participate in:
(1) Any matter involving the employment, appointment, termination of employment, terms and conditions of employment, evaluation of the performance of, promotion or disciplining of any specific prospective officer or employee or current officer or employee employed or appointed by the board, unless all the individual employees or appointees whose rights could be adversely affected request in writing that the matter or matters be discussed at a public meeting;
(2) Any matter involving the purchase, lease, acquisition or sale of real property with public funds, the setting of banking rates or investment of public funds, where it could adversely affect the public interest if discussion of these matters were disclosed; and
(3) Any pending or anticipated litigation in which the board is, or may become, a party, where it could adversely affect the public interest if discussion of these matters were disclosed, or any matters falling within the attorney-client privilege, to the extent that confidentiality is required in order for the attorney to exercise his ethical duties as a lawyer.
d. Upon assuming office, the students shall agree to adhere to such standards of responsibility and confidentiality as are established by the board of trustees.
L.2017, c.178, s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64N-9.1 - Findings, declarations.

18A:64N-9.1 Findings, declarations.
1. The Legislature finds and declares that:
a. Bloomfield College is an independent institution of higher education located in Bloomfield, New Jersey, originally established by an act of the Legislature in 1871 as the "German Theological School of Newark, New Jersey," and which was later renamed through an act of the Legislature first as the "Bloomfield Theological Seminary" in 1913 and again in 1931 as "Bloomfield College and Seminary."
b. Bloomfield College is one of the most diverse liberal arts colleges in the nation, with nearly 1,300 undergraduate students and it is the State's only four-year institution of higher education with the federal designations of being a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), and a Predominantly Black Institution (PBI).
c. Bloomfield College is unable to continue operations as an independent college due to significant financial challenges, which have been further exacerbated by declining enrollment.
d. Due to Bloomfield College's status as the State's only MSI, HSI and PBI, it is of great public importance to New Jersey's system of higher education that Bloomfield College continue operations.
e. Montclair State University is a public institution of higher education with its main campus located in Montclair, Little Falls, and Clifton, New Jersey, and which has been designated by an act of the Legislature as a public research university in the State.
f. Montclair State University is comprised of 10 colleges and schools that serve over 21,000 undergraduate and graduate students in more than 300 doctoral, master's, and baccalaureate-level programs.
g. Montclair State University has been granted broad powers as a public research university to undertake activities that are necessary or desirable for university purposes, including the ability to acquire property, enter into contracts, form entities, and make decisions regarding the development of the university.
h. Recognizing the public importance of Bloomfield College, and determining that it is both necessary and desirable for university purposes, Montclair State University has entered into an agreement with Bloomfield College for it to become a part of Montclair State University.
i. The preservation of Bloomfield College's mission through an alignment with Montclair State University is within the public interest and has an important public purpose as it will preserve Bloomfield College's mission.
L.2023, c.65, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64N-10 - Public-private partnership agreements.

18A:64N-10 Public-private partnership agreements.
10. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 43 of P.L.2009, c.90 (C.18A:64-85) to the contrary, the university may enter into a public-private partnership agreement in accordance with the provisions of that section.
L.2017, c.178, s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64N-11 - Participating contracting unit in competitive pricing system.

18A:64N-11 Participating contracting unit in competitive pricing system.
11. a. The university is authorized to be a participating contracting unit in a cooperative pricing system or a joint purchasing agreement established pursuant to the laws of this State.
b. The university may make purchases and contract for services through the use of a nationally recognized and accepted cooperative purchasing agreement, including a cooperative purchasing agreement in existence as of the effective date of P.L.2016, c.50 (C.18A:64-63.1 et al.), in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (3) of subsection b. of section 7 of P.L.1996, c.16 (C.52:34-6.2).
c. The State Treasurer may promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), which are necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section.
L.2017, c.178, s.11; amended 2023, c.65, s.17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64N-12 - Functions, powers duties relative to investment, reinvestment of certain funds, purchase, sale.

18A:64N-12 Functions, powers duties relative to investment, reinvestment of certain funds, purchase, sale.
12. All functions, powers and duties relating to the investment or reinvestment of funds other than those funds specified in subsection w. of section 9 of P.L.2017, c.178 (C.18A:64N-9) within the jurisdiction of the board of trustees including the purchase, sale, or exchange of any investments or securities may be exercised and performed by the Director of the Division of Investment in the Department of the Treasury in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1950, c.270 (C.52:18A-79 et seq.) if so authorized by the board. Before any such investment, reinvestment, purchase, sale, or exchange shall be made by the director for or on behalf of the board of trustees, the Director of the Division of Investment shall submit the details thereof to the board, which shall, itself or by its finance committee, within 48 hours, exclusive of Sundays and public holidays, after such submission to it, file with the director its written acceptance or rejection of such proposed investment, reinvestment, purchase, sale, or exchange; and the director shall have authority to make such investment, reinvestment, purchase, sale, or exchange for or on behalf of the board, unless there shall have been filed with him a written rejection thereof by the board or its finance committee as herein provided. The board of trustees shall determine from time to time the cash requirements of the various funds and accounts established by it and the amount available for investment, all of which shall be certified to the State Treasurer and the Director of the Division of Investment.
The finance committee of the board of trustees shall consist of three members of the board who shall be appointed in the same manner and for the same term as other committees of the board are appointed.
L.2017, c.178, s.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64N-13 - Internet website for board of trustees.

18A:64N-13 Internet website for board of trustees.
13. The university shall maintain an Internet website for the board of trustees. The purpose of the website shall be to provide increased public access to board operations and activities. The following information shall be posted on the board's website:
a. the board's rules, regulations, resolutions, and official policy statements;
b. notice, posted at least five business days prior to a meeting of the board or any of its committees, setting forth the time, date, location, and agenda of the meeting;
c. the minutes of each meeting of the board and its committees; and
d. information on any contract entered into by the board that was not competitively bid and the statutory authority for the contracting process.
The website shall be updated on a regular basis.
L.2017, c.178, s.13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64N-14 - Additional powers, duties.

18A:64N-14 Additional powers, duties.
14. The board of trustees, in addition to the other powers and duties provided herein, shall be vested with the right of perpetual succession and shall have and exercise all the powers, rights, and privileges that are incident to the proper governance, conduct, and management of the university and the control of its properties and funds and such powers granted to the university or the board or reasonably implied, may be exercised without recourse or reference to any department or agency of the State, except as otherwise provided by this act.
L.2017, c.178, s.14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64N-15 - Appointment, compensation of president.

18A:64N-15 Appointment, compensation of president.
15. The board shall appoint and fix the compensation of a president of the university. The president shall be responsible to the board of trustees and shall have such powers as shall be requisite for the executive management and conduct of the university in all departments, branches and divisions, and for the execution and enforcement of bylaws, ordinances, rules, regulations, statutes, and orders governing the management, conduct and administration of the university.
L.2017, c.178, s.15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64N-16 - Immunity, personal liability.

18A:64N-16 Immunity, personal liability.
16. No trustee or officer of the university shall be personally liable for any debt, obligation, or other liability of the university or incurred by or on behalf of the university or any constituent unit, subsidiary, or affiliate thereof.
L.2017, c.178, s.16; amended 2023, c.65, s.18.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64N-17 - Advice to Governor, Legislature.

18A:64N-17 Advice to Governor, Legislature.
17. The board of trustees shall advise the Governor and Legislature, in consultation with the Secretary of Higher Education and the President's Council and successor bodies, on the manner in which the facilities and services of the university may be utilized so as to increase the efficiency of the public education system and provide, maintain, and improve upon the quality of higher education for the people of the State. The board of trustees shall make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature respecting the needs for the facilities and services of the university as an educational instrumentality of the State for that purpose.
L.2017, c.178, s.17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64N-18 - University deemed employer for certain purposes.

18A:64N-18 University deemed employer for certain purposes.
18. Subject to the provisions of P.L.1969, c.242 (C.18A:66-167 et seq.) and except as otherwise provided by law, the university shall be deemed to be an employer for the purposes of the "Public Employees' Retirement System Act," P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-1 et seq.), and shall also be deemed to be a "public agency or organization" within the meaning of section 71 of that act (C.43:15A-71). Further, the university's commissioned police officers shall be eligible for participation in and subject to the provisions of the "Police and Firemen's Retirement Systems Act," P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1 et seq.), and the university shall be deemed an employer within the meaning of that act.
L.2017, c.178, s.18.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64N-19 - Construction of act.

18A:64N-19 Construction of act.
19. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to impair, annul or affect any vested rights, grants, privileges, exemptions, immunities, powers, prerogatives, franchises, or advantages heretofore obtained or enjoyed by the university or any constituent unit thereof, under any authority or any act of this State or under any grant, deed, conveyance, transfer, lease, estate, remainder, expectancy, trust, gift, donation, legacy, devise, endowment or fund, all of which are hereby ratified and confirmed except insofar as the same may have expired, be or have been repealed or altered, or may be inconsistent with this act or with existing provisions of law; subject however, thereto and to all of the rights, obligations, relations, conditions, terms, trust, duties, and liabilities to which the same are subject.
L.2017, c.178, s.19.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64N-20 - Current officers unaffected; exceptions.

18A:64N-20 Current officers unaffected; exceptions.
20. The enactment and adoption of this act shall not, of itself, affect the official, operational, or organizational status of any officer of the university or any and all outstanding authorizations of any officer, agent, or employee to take specified action, or any and all outstanding commitments or undertakings of or by the university, except and only to the extent that any of the same may be inconsistent with this act.
L.2017, c.178, s.20.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64N-22 - Certain actions unaffected.

18A:64N-22 Certain actions unaffected.
22. This act shall not affect actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, brought by or against Montclair State University, but such actions or proceedings may be prosecuted or defended in the same manner and to the same effect by the university as if the foregoing provisions had not taken effect; nor shall any of the foregoing provisions affect any order or regulation made by, or other matters or proceedings before, Montclair State University, and all such matters or proceedings pending before Montclair State University on the effective date of this act shall be continued by the university, as if the foregoing provisions had not taken effect.
L.2017, c.178, s.22.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64N-23 - Reference to public research university.

18A:64N-23 Reference to public research university.
23. Whenever in any law, rule, regulation, contract, document, judicial or administrative proceeding or otherwise, reference is made to Montclair State University, the same shall mean and refer to Montclair State University, herein referred to as "university," established as a public research university pursuant to the provisions of this act.
L.2017, c.178, s.23.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64N-24 - Powers, Secretary of Higher Education.

18A:64N-24 Powers, Secretary of Higher Education.
24. a. The general powers of supervision and control of the Secretary of Higher Education at the request of the Governor over Montclair State University include the power to visit the university to examine into its manner of conducting its affairs and to enforce an observance of the laws of the State.
b. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, Montclair State University, through its board of trustees, shall have the care, custody, control, and title of such property acquired through a merger or consolidation occurring on or after the effective date of P.L.2023, c.65 (C.18A:64N-9.1 et al.), including through or with a subsidiary corporation created by the university, with one or more other nonprofit corporations formed and operated primarily for educational purposes and exempt under paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. s.501(c)(3)), subject to the visitorial powers of the Secretary of Higher Education at the request of the Governor. Any transfer of property owned by the New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority to the university shall be in accordance with subsection (g) of N.J.S.18A:72A-5.
L.2017, c.178, s.24; amended 2023, c.65, s.20.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64N-25 - Governance of contract claims and suits.

18A:64N-25 Governance of contract claims and suits.
25. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the "New Jersey Contractual Liability Act" (N.J.S.59:13-1 et seq.) to the contrary, contract claims and suits against the university shall be governed by that act.
L.2017, c.178, s.25.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64N-26 - Warranty by contractor.

18A:64N-26 Warranty by contractor.
26. Every contract or agreement negotiated, awarded or made pursuant to this act shall contain a suitable warranty by the contractor that no person or selling agency has been employed or retained to solicit or secure such contract upon an agreement or understanding for a commission, percentage, brokerage or contingent fee, except bona fide employees or bona fide established commercial or selling agencies maintained by the contractor for the purpose of securing business, for the breach or violation of which warranty the university shall have the right to annul such contract without liability or in its discretion to deduct from the contract price or consideration the full amount of such commission, percentage, brokerage or contingent fee.
L.2017, c.178, s.26.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64N-27 - Violation, misdemeanor.

18A:64N-27 Violation, misdemeanor.
27. Any person willfully authorizing, consenting to, making or procuring to be made payment of university funds for or on account of any purchase, contract or agreement known to him to have been made or entered into in violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
L.2017, c.178, s.27.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64N-28 - Prohibitions relative to purchase, acquisition of property or services.

18A:64N-28 Prohibitions relative to purchase, acquisition of property or services.
28. The payment of any fee, commission or compensation of any kind or the granting of any gift or gratuity of any kind, either directly or indirectly, whether or not in connection with any purchase, sale or contract, to any person employed by Montclair State University, having any duties or responsibilities in connection with the purchase or acquisition of any property or services by the university, by or on behalf of any seller or supplier who has made, negotiated, solicited or offered to make and contract to sell or furnish real or personal property or services to the university is hereby prohibited. Any person offering, paying, giving, soliciting or receiving any fee, commission, compensation, gift or gratuity in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
L.2017, c.178, s.28.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64N-29 - Terms of present board members.

18A:64N-29 Terms of present board members.
29. The provisions of this act shall not alter the term of any member of the board, not specifically abolished herein, lawfully in office as of the effective date of this act, or require the reappointment thereof.
L.2017, c.178, s.29.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64N-31 - Liberal construction.

18A:64N-31 Liberal construction.
31. This act, being deemed and declared necessary for the welfare of the State and the people of New Jersey to provide for the development of public higher education in the State and thereby to improve the quality and increase the efficiency of the public system of educational services of the State, shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes and intent thereof.
L.2017, c.178, s.31.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64N-32 - Allocation to Department of State.

18A:64N-32 Allocation to Department of State.
32. In accordance with the provisions of section 27 of P.L.1994, c.48 (C.18A:3B-27), the university is allocated to the Department of State for the purposes of complying with the provisions of Article V, Section IV, Paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution. Notwithstanding this allocation, the university shall be independent of any supervision or control of the Department of State or any board, commission, or officer thereof and the allocation shall not in any way affect the principles of institutional autonomy established by that act and as otherwise enumerated herein.
L.2017, c.178, s.32.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64N-33 - Rights, obligations of employers, employees unaffected.

18A:64N-33 Rights, obligations of employers, employees unaffected.
33. Nothing in P.L.2017, c.178 (C.18A:64N-1 et al.) shall be construed to modify or contravene the rights and obligations of employers or employees under the "New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act," P.L.1941, c.100 (C.34:13A-1 et seq.).
L.2017, c.178, s.33.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64O-3 - Designation as public research university.

18A:64O-3 Designation as public research university.
3. As used in this act "Kean University," hereinafter referred to as "university," shall, unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary, include and mean the public urban research university herein designated "Kean University" as presently and hereafter constituted, including all departments, colleges, schools, centers, branches, educational and other units and extensions thereof, extension and cooperative education programs, continuing education programs and all other departments of higher education maintained by the educational entity of the university.
L.2021, c.282, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64O-4 - Body corporate and politic.

18A:64O-4 Body corporate and politic.
4. There is hereby established a body corporate and politic to be known as Kean University. The exercise by the university of the powers conferred by this act shall be deemed to be public and essential governmental functions necessary for the welfare of the State and the people of New Jersey.
L.2021, c.282, s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64O-5 - Public policy.

18A:64O-5 Public policy.
5. It is declared to be the public policy of the State that the university shall be given a high degree of self-government and that the governance and conduct of the university shall be free of partisanship.
L.2021, c.282, s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64O-6 - Board of trustees.

18A:64O-6 Board of trustees.
6. The board of trustees of the university is continued and shall have and exercise the powers, authority, rights and privileges and shall be subject to the duties, obligations, and responsibilities set forth in this act.
L.2021, c.282, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64O-7 - Composition, size of board; terms.

18A:64O-7 Composition, size of board; terms.
7. a. The composition and size of the board of trustees shall be determined by the board; however, the board shall have not less than seven nor more than 15 members. The members shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The board of trustees shall recommend potential new members to the Governor. The terms of office of appointed members shall be for six years beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30. Each member shall serve until the member's successor shall have been appointed and qualified and vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments for the remainder of the unexpired terms. Any member of the board of trustees may be removed by the Governor for cause upon notice and opportunity to be heard.
b. Members of the board as of the effective date of this act shall continue in office until the expiration of their respective terms and the qualification in office of their successors.
c. All voting members of the board of trustees, before undertaking the duties of their office, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation to support the Constitution of the State of New Jersey and of the United States, to bear allegiance to the government of the State, and to perform the duties of their office faithfully, impartially and justly, to the best of their ability.
d. Members of the board of trustees shall not receive compensation for their services. Each trustee shall be reimbursed for actual expenses reasonably incurred in the performance of the trustee's duties or in rendering service as a member of or on behalf of the board or any committee of the board.
e. The board of trustees shall elect its chairperson from among its voting members annually in July. The board shall select such other officers from among its members as shall be deemed necessary.
f. A voting member of the board of trustees shall not be a salaried official of the State of New Jersey, or receive remuneration for services from the university. If any member of the board shall become ineligible by reason of the foregoing, a vacancy in the member's office as trustee shall thereby occur.
g. The board of trustees shall have the power to appoint and regulate the duties, functions, powers and procedures of committees, standing or special, from its members and such advisory committees or bodies as it may deem necessary or conducive to the efficient management and operation of the university, consistent with this act and other applicable statutes.
L.2021, c.282, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64O-8 - Election of student representatives.

18A:64O-8 Election of student representatives.
8. The board of trustees of the university shall provide for the election of two student representatives, who shall be full-time, regularly matriculated students in good academic standing, and who shall be 18 years of age or older and citizens of the United States. The student representatives shall be elected by the members of the student government association to serve on the board of trustees for terms of two years commencing at the next organization of the board.
a. A student shall be elected for a two-year term, but shall serve during the first year as an alternate member, and as a voting member during the second year.
Any vacancies which occur shall be filled by the student governing body for the unexpired term only.
b. The standards for eligibility for student representatives on the board of trustees shall be the same as those required for other student government officers.
c. The student members shall be entitled to full participation in all activities of the board except that they shall not participate in:
(1) any matter involving the employment, appointment, termination of employment, terms and conditions of employment, evaluation of the performance of, promotion or disciplining of any specific prospective officer or employee or current officer or employee employed or appointed by the board, unless all the individual employees or appointees whose rights could be adversely affected request in writing that the matter or matters be discussed at a public meeting;
(2) any matter involving the purchase, lease, acquisition or sale of real property with public funds, the setting of banking rates or investment of public funds, where it could adversely affect the public interest if discussion of these matters were disclosed; and
(3) any pending or anticipated litigation in which the board is, or may become, a party, where it could adversely affect the public interest if discussion of these matters were disclosed, or any matters falling within the attorney-client privilege, to the extent that confidentiality is required in order for the attorney to exercise the attorney's ethical duties as a lawyer.
d. Upon assuming office, the students shall agree to adhere to such standards of responsibility and confidentiality as are established by the board of trustees.
L.2021, c.282, s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64O-10 - Public-private partnership agreements.

18A:64O-10 Public-private partnership agreements.
10. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 43 of P.L.2009, c.90 (C.18A:64-85) to the contrary, the university may enter into a public-private partnership agreement in accordance with the provisions of that section.
L.2021, c.282, s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64O-11 - Participating contracting unit in competitive pricing system.

18A:64O-11 Participating contracting unit in competitive pricing system.
11. a. The university is authorized to be a participating contracting unit in a cooperative pricing system established pursuant to the laws of this State.
b. The university may make purchases and contract for services through the use of a nationally-recognized and accepted cooperative purchasing agreement, including a cooperative purchasing agreement in existence as of the effective date of P.L.2016, c.50 (C.18A:64-63.1 et al.), in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (3) of subsection b. of section 7 of P.L.1996, c.16 (C.52:34-6.2).
c. The State Treasurer may promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), which are necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section.
L.2021, c.282, s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64O-12 - Functions, powers, duties relative to investment, reinvestment of certain funds, purchase, sale.

18A:64O-12 Functions, powers, duties relative to investment, reinvestment of certain funds, purchase, sale.
12. All functions, powers and duties relating to the investment or reinvestment of funds other than those funds specified in subsection w. of section 9 of P.L.2021, c.282 (C.18A:64O-9) within the jurisdiction of the board of trustees including the purchase, sale, or exchange of any investments or securities may be exercised and performed by the Director of the Division of Investment in the Department of the Treasury in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1950, c.270 (C.52:18A-79 et seq.) if so authorized by the board. Before any such investment, reinvestment, purchase, sale, or exchange shall be made by the director for or on behalf of the board of trustees, the Director of the Division of Investment shall submit the details thereof to the board, which shall, itself or by its finance committee, within 48 hours, exclusive of Sundays and public holidays, after such submission to it, file with the director its written acceptance or rejection of such proposed investment, reinvestment, purchase, sale, or exchange; and the director shall have authority to make such investment, reinvestment, purchase, sale, or exchange for or on behalf of the board, unless there shall have been filed with him a written rejection thereof by the board or its finance committee as herein provided. The board of trustees shall determine from time to time the cash requirements of the various funds and accounts established by it and the amount available for investment, all of which shall be certified to the State Treasurer and the Director of the Division of Investment.
The finance committee of the board of trustees shall consist of three members of the board who shall be appointed in the same manner and for the same term as other committees of the board are appointed.
L.2021, c.282, s.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64O-13 - Internet website for board of trustees.

18A:64O-13 Internet website for board of trustees.
13. The university shall maintain an Internet website for the board of trustees. The purpose of the website shall be to provide increased public access to board operations and activities. The website shall be updated on a regular basis. The following information shall be posted on the board's website:
a. the board's rules, regulations, resolutions, and official policy statements;
b. notice, posted at least five business days prior to a meeting of the board or any of its committees, setting forth the time, date, location, and agenda of the meeting;
c. the minutes of each meeting of the board and its committees; and
d. information on any contract entered into by the board that was not competitively bid and the statutory authority for the contracting process.
L.2021, c.282, s.13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64O-14 - Additional powers, duties.

18A:64O-14 Additional powers, duties.
14. The board of trustees, in addition to the other powers and duties provided herein, shall be vested with the right of perpetual succession and shall have and exercise all the powers, rights, and privileges that are incident to the proper governance, conduct, and management of the university and the control of its properties and funds and such powers granted to the university or the board or reasonably implied, may be exercised without recourse or reference to any department or agency of the State, except as otherwise provided by this act.
L.2021, c.282, s.14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64O-15 - Appointment, compensation of president.

18A:64O-15 Appointment, compensation of president.
15. The board shall appoint and fix the compensation of a president of the university. The president shall be responsible to the board of trustees and shall have such powers as shall be requisite for the executive management and conduct of the university in all departments, branches and divisions, and for the execution and enforcement of bylaws, ordinances, rules, regulations, statutes, and orders governing the management, conduct and administration of the university.
L.2021, c.282, s.15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64O-16 - Immunity from personal liability.

18A:64O-16 Immunity from personal liability.
16. No trustee or officer of the university shall be personally liable for any debt, obligation, or other liability of the university or incurred by or on behalf of the university or any constituent unit thereof.
L.2021, c.282, s.16.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64O-17 - Advice to Governor, Legislature.

18A:64O-17 Advice to Governor, Legislature.
17. The board of trustees shall advise the Governor and Legislature, in consultation with the Secretary of Higher Education and the President's Council and successor bodies, on the manner in which the facilities and services of the university may be utilized so as to increase the efficiency of the public education system and provide, maintain, and improve upon the quality of higher education for the people of the State. The board of trustees shall make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature respecting the needs for the facilities and services of the university as an educational instrumentality of the State for that purpose.
L.2021, c.282, s.17.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64O-18 - University deemed employer for certain purposes.

18A:64O-18 University deemed employer for certain purposes.
18. Subject to the provisions of P.L.1969, c.242 (C.18A:66-167 et seq.) and except as otherwise provided by law, the university shall be deemed to be an employer for the purposes of the "Public Employees' Retirement System Act," P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-1 et seq.), and shall also be deemed to be a "public agency or organization" within the meaning of section 71 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-71). The university's commissioned police officers shall be eligible for participation in and subject to the provisions of the "Police and Firemen's Retirement Systems Act," P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1 et seq.), and the university shall be deemed an employer within the meaning of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1 et seq.).
L.2021, c.282, s.18.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64O-19 - Construction of act.

18A:64O-19 Construction of act.
19. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to impair, annul or affect any vested rights, grants, privileges, exemptions, immunities, powers, prerogatives, franchises, or advantages heretofore obtained or enjoyed by the university or any constituent unit thereof, under any authority or any act of this State or under any grant, deed, conveyance, transfer, lease, estate, remainder, expectancy, trust, gift, donation, legacy, devise, endowment or fund, all of which are hereby ratified and confirmed except insofar as the same may have expired, be or have been repealed or altered, or may be inconsistent with this act or with existing provisions of law; subject however, thereto and to all of the rights, obligations, relations, conditions, terms, trust, duties, and liabilities to which the same are subject.
L.2021, c.282, s.19.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64O-20 - Current officers unaffected; expectations.

18A:64O-20 Current officers unaffected; expectations.
20. The enactment and adoption of this act shall not, of itself, affect the official, operational, or organizational status of any officer of the university or any and all outstanding authorizations of any officer, agent, or employee to take specified action, or any and all outstanding commitments or undertakings of or by the university, except and only to the extent that any of the same may be inconsistent with this act.
L.2021, c.282, s.20.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64O-22 - Certain actions unaffected.

18A:64O-22 Certain actions unaffected.
22. This act shall not affect actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, brought by or against Kean University, but such actions or proceedings may be prosecuted or defended in the same manner and to the same effect by the university as if the foregoing provisions had not taken effect; nor shall any of the foregoing provisions affect any order or regulation made by, or other matters or proceedings before, Kean University, and all such matters or proceedings pending before Kean University on the effective date of this act shall be continued by the university, as if the foregoing provisions had not taken effect.
L.2021, c.282, s.22.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64O-23 - Reference to public research university.

18A:64O-23 Reference to public research university.
23. Whenever in any law, rule, regulation, contract, document, judicial or administrative proceeding or otherwise, reference is made to Kean University, the same shall mean and refer to Kean University, herein referred to as "university," established as a public urban research university pursuant to the provisions of this act.
L.2021, c.282, s.23.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64O-24 - Powers of Secretary of Higher Education.

18A:64O-24 Powers of Secretary of Higher Education.
24. The general powers of supervision and control of the Secretary of Higher Education at the request of the Governor over Kean University include the power to visit the university to examine into its manner of conducting its affairs and to enforce an observance of its laws and regulations and the laws of the State.
L.2021, c.282, s.24.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64O-25 - Governance of contract claims and suits.

18A:64O-25 Governance of contract claims and suits.
25. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the "New Jersey Contractual Liability Act" (N.J.S.59:13-1 et seq.) to the contrary, contract claims and suits against the university shall be governed by that act.
L.2021, c.282, s.25.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64O-26 - Warranty by contractor.

18A:64O-26 Warranty by contractor.
26. Every contract or agreement negotiated, awarded or made pursuant to this act shall contain a suitable warranty by the contractor that no person or selling agency has been employed or retained to solicit or secure such contract upon an agreement or understanding for a commission, percentage, brokerage or contingent fee, except bona fide employees or bona fide established commercial or selling agencies maintained by the contractor for the purpose of securing business, for the breach or violation of which warranty the university shall have the right to annul such contract without liability or in its discretion to deduct from the contract price or consideration the full amount of such commission, percentage, brokerage or contingent fee.
L.2021, c.282, s.26.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64O-27 - Violation, misdemeanor.

18A:64O-27 Violation, misdemeanor.
27. Any person willfully authorizing, consenting to, making or procuring to be made payment of university funds for or on account of any purchase, contract or agreement known to the person to have been made or entered into in violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
L.2021, c.282, s.27.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64O-28 - Prohibitions relative to purchase, acquisitions of property or services.

18A:64O-28 Prohibitions relative to purchase, acquisitions of property or services.
28. The payment of any fee, commission or compensation of any kind or the granting of any gift or gratuity of any kind, either directly or indirectly, whether or not in connection with any purchase, sale or contract, to any person employed by Kean University, having any duties or responsibilities in connection with the purchase or acquisition of any property or services by the university, by or on behalf of any seller or supplier who has made, negotiated, solicited or offered to make and contract to sell or furnish real or personal property or services to the university is hereby prohibited. Any person offering, paying, giving, soliciting or receiving any fee, commission, compensation, gift or gratuity in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
L.2021, c.282, s.28.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64O-29 - Terms of present board members.

18A:64O-29 Terms of present board members.
29. The provisions of this act shall not alter the term of any member of the board, not specifically abolished herein, lawfully in office as of the effective date of this act, or require the reappointment thereof.
L.2021, c.282, s.29.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:64O-31 - Liberal construction.

18A:64O-31 Liberal construction.
31. This act, being deemed and declared necessary for the welfare of the State and the people of New Jersey to provide for the development of public higher education in the State and thereby to improve the quality and increase the efficiency of the public system of educational services of the State, shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes and intent thereof.
L.2021, c.282, s.31.