Bill Text: NJ S542 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Makes supplemental appropriation of $100,000 for FY 2010 to Kean University to fund the Wynona M. Lipman Ethnic Studies Center.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-10 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee [S542 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2012-S542-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 542

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

215th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2012 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  NIA H. GILL

District 34 (Essex and Passaic)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Makes supplemental appropriation of $100,000 for FY 2010 to Kean University to fund the Wynona M. Lipman Ethnic Studies Center.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

  

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, 2010 and regulating the disbursement thereof, " approved June 29, 2009 (P.L.2009, c.68).

 

     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.2009, c.68, there is appropriated out of the General Fund the following sum for the purpose specified:

74 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 30 Educational, Cultural and Intellectual Development 36 Higher Educational Services 2455 Kean University GRANTS-IN-AID
82-2455 Institutional Support  ......................................................		$100,000
Total Grants-In-Aid Appropriation,		$100,000
Kean University  ............................................................
Special Purpose:
82    Wynona M. Lipman Ethnic Studies Center...	($100,000)

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

   This bill makes a State fiscal year 2010 supplemental appropriation of $100,000 from the General Fund to Kean University to fund the Wynona M. Lipman Ethnic Studies Center.  The Lipman Center is the first academic facility at Kean University named in honor of an African-American.  The center will serve as a repository of ethnic-studies collections and host activities, such as lecture and film series, thematic exhibit shows and graduate study opportunities, to extend the understanding of ethnicity, cultural diversity and pluralism throughout Kean University, the region and beyond.

   As a legislator and educator, Senator Lipman was a leading advocate for educational opportunity, women, and children.  During her tenure as a legislator she authored tough domestic violence laws, laws expanding State contracts for minority-owned businesses, and created the State Commission on Sex Discrimination, a body she chaired for 13 years.  Today, Senator Lipman's outstanding achievements and extraordinary public service continue to serve as an inspiration to others.