Bill Text: NJ S2012 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Appropriates total of $160,000 from General Fund to Rutgers University-Camden and Rutgers University-Newark to establish Civic Leadership Summer Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-05 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee [S2012 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2020-S2012-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator M. TERESA RUIZ
District 29 (Essex)
SYNOPSIS
Appropriates total of $160,000 from General Fund to Rutgers University-Camden and Rutgers University-Newark to establish Civic Leadership Summer Program.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
A Supplement to "An Act making appropriations for the support of the State Government and the several public purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020 and regulating the disbursement thereof," approved June 30, 2019 (P.L.2019, c.150).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. In addition to the amounts appropriated under P.L.2019, c.150, there is appropriated out of the General Fund the following sum for the purpose specified:
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74 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 30 Educational, Cultural, and Intellectual Development 36 Higher Educational Services 2416 Rutgers, The State University-Camden GRANTS-IN-AID |
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82-2416 General Institutional Operations ......................................... |
$80,000 |
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Total Grants-in-Aid Appropriation, |
$80,000 |
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Rutgers, The State University-Camden ........................... |
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Grants-in-Aid: |
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82 Civic Leadership Summer Program .......... |
($80,000) |
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The amounts hereinabove appropriated for Civic Leadership Summer Program shall be used to establish a summer program for high school students from New Jersey on the campus of Rutgers University-Camden. The purpose of the program shall be to increase civic awareness among students who reside in areas that have low voter participation rates or otherwise demonstrate a lack of civic engagement at the community level.
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74 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 30 Educational, Cultural, and Intellectual Development 36 Higher Educational Services 2417 Rutgers, The State University-Newark GRANTS-IN-AID |
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82-2417 General Institutional Operations ......................................... |
$80,000 |
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Total Grants-in-Aid Appropriation, |
$80,000 |
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Rutgers, The State University-Newark ........................... |
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Grants-in-Aid: |
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82 Civic Leadership Summer Program .......... |
($80,000) |
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The amounts hereinabove appropriated for Civic Leadership Summer Program shall be used to establish a summer program for high school students from New Jersey on the campus of Rutgers University-Newark. The purpose of the program shall be to increase civic awareness among students who reside in areas that have low voter participation rates or otherwise demonstrate a lack of civic engagement at the community level.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill makes a supplemental appropriation totaling $160,000 from the General Fund to Rutgers University-Camden and Rutgers University-Newark in the 2019-2020 fiscal year. Each of the two campuses would receive $80,000 under this bill. The funding would be used to establish a summer program for high school students from New Jersey that focuses on civic leadership. The program's purpose would be to increase civic awareness among students who reside in areas that have low voter participation rates or otherwise demonstrate a lack of civic engagement at the community level.
