Bill Text: NJ A3807 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires public institution of higher education to post syllabus of each undergraduate course on its website.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-22 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee [A3807 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-A3807-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman CODY D. MILLER
District 4 (Atlantic, Camden and Gloucester)
SYNOPSIS
Requires public institution of higher education to post syllabus of each undergraduate course on its website.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning course offerings at public institutions of higher education and supplementing chapter 62 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Each public institution of higher education shall post on its Internet website a syllabus for each undergraduate course offered for academic credit by the institution that provides:
(1) a brief description of each major course requirement, assignment, and examination;
(2) the titles and authors of any required or recommended reading; and
(3) a general description of the subject matter of each lecture or class.
b. The syllabus required pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be made available no later than the seventh day before the first day of the course registration period for the semester during which the course is being offered.
2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply to the first full academic year following the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires each public institution of higher education to post on its Internet website a syllabus for each undergraduate course offered for academic credit by the institution. The syllabus is to include:
(1) a brief description of each major course requirement, assignment, and examination;
(2) the titles and authors of any required or recommended reading; and
(3) a general description of the subject matter of each lecture or class.
The bill further provides that the syllabus is to be made available no later than the seventh day before the first day of the course registration period for the semester during which the course is being offered.
