Bill Text: NJ S3370 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits institution of higher education from giving preferential consideration for admission to legacy student.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-03 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee [S3370 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-S3370-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator SHIRLEY K. TURNER
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits institution of higher education from giving preferential consideration for admission to legacy student.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning admissions to institutions of higher education and supplementing Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. As used in this section, "legacy status" means the familial relationship of an individual applying for admission to an institution of higher education, or a program of the institution, to an alumnus of the institution.
b. An institution of higher education shall not provide any manner of preferential consideration to an applicant for admission to the institution or an academic program of the institution, on the basis of the student's legacy status or familial relationship to any donor to the institution.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill prohibits an institution of higher education from providing any manner of preferential consideration to an applicant for admission to the institution or an academic program of the institution, on the basis of the student's legacy status or familial relationship to any donor to the institution. As defined in the bill, "legacy status" means the familial relationship of an individual applying for admission to an institution of higher education, or a program of the institution, to an alumnus of the institution.
