Bill Text: NJ S519 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Revises the representation of proprietary schools on New Jersey Presidents' Council and on its executive board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2010-02-01 - Withdrawn from Consideration [S519 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-S519-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator M. TERESA RUIZ
District 29 (Essex and Union)
SYNOPSIS
Revises the representation of proprietary schools on New Jersey Presidents' Council and on its executive board.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning the membership of the New Jersey Presidents' Council and its executive board and amending P.L.1994, c.48.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 7 of P.L.1994, c.48 (C.18A:3B-7) is amended to read as follows:
7. There is established a body corporate and politic, with corporate succession, to be known as the "New Jersey Presidents' Council." Each president of a public institution of higher education in the State and of an independent institution which receives direct State aid shall be a member of the council and shall serve ex officio. The presidents of the proprietary schools which have been authorized to offer licensed degree programs [prior to the effective date of P.L.2003, c.99] shall also serve as members of the council, ex officio [, to represent the interests of all such schools]. The presidents of the two institutions primarily involved in the preparation of professional persons in the field of religion which enroll the largest number of pupils in State licensed degree programs shall also serve as members of the council, ex officio, to represent the interests of all such schools.
(cf: P.L.2003, c.99, s.1)
2. Section 12 of P.L.1994, c.48 (C.18A:3B-12) is amended to read as follows:
12. a. There shall be established an executive board which performs such duties as determined by the council. The executive board shall be composed of 15 members as follows:
The president of Rutgers, The State University;
The president of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey;
The president of New Jersey Institute of Technology;
Three presidents of State Colleges who shall be selected by the presidents of this sector;
Five presidents of county colleges who shall be selected by the presidents of this sector;
Three presidents of independent institutions who shall be selected by the presidents of this sector;
One president of the proprietary schools which have been authorized to offer licensed degree programs [prior to the effective date of P.L.2003, c.99] who shall be selected by the presidents of these proprietary schools.
b. The chair of the executive board shall be rotated among the following: one of the presidents of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, the president of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and the president of New Jersey Institute of Technology; a president selected by the presidents of the State Colleges; a president selected by the presidents of the county colleges; and a president selected by the presidents of the independent institutions. The chair of the executive board shall serve for a two-year period. Biennially, the executive board shall select the chair in the manner provided above, but not necessarily in the order provided above.
c. The chair of the executive board shall also serve as the chair of the council.
(cf: P.L.2003, c.99, s.2)
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill revises the representation of proprietary schools on the New Jersey Presidents' Council and on its executive board. Under current law, the presidents of the proprietary schools which were authorized to offer licensed degree programs prior to the enactment of P.L.2003, c.99 (June 26, 2003) serve as members of the New Jersey Presidents' Council. This bill provides that the presidents of all proprietary schools which have been authorized to offer licensed degree programs will serve as members of the New Jersey Presidents' Council. The bill also provides that one of the presidents of the proprietary schools which offer licensed degree programs will serve as a member of the executive board of the New Jersey Presidents' Council, regardless of when that school was authorized to offer licensed degree programs.
