Bill Text: NJ S2358 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Requires institutions of higher education to post information on sexual assaults on website and provide the information to prospective students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-24 - Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee [S2358 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-S2358-Amended.html
SENATE, No. 2358
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
216th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED SEPTEMBER 15, 2014
Sponsored by:
Senator PETER J. BARNES, III
District 18 (Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Requires institutions of higher education to post information on sexual assaults on website and provide the information to prospective students.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Higher Education Committee on February 24, 2015, with amendments.
An Act concerning information on sexual assaults occurring at institutions of higher education and supplementing P.L.1994, c.160 (C.18A:61E-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Beginning with the 2015-2016 academic year, an institution of higher education shall provide for public inspection on its website information concerning the total number of allegations of sexual assault made by a student enrolled in the institution or made by an employee of the institution against another such student or employee. The institution shall update the information each month. 1The institution shall provide a link to the information on the homepage of the institution's website.1
b. An institution of higher education shall provide with all paper applications for admission to the institution a hard copy of its most recent sexual assault information posted pursuant to subsection a. of this section.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
