New JerseyNew Jersey colleges would use a common sexual assault survey
New Jersey colleges would use a state-developed survey to ask about students’ experiences with sexual assault and misconduct and their schools’ responses.
What it does
Colleges would use the same state-developed survey on sexual assault and misconduct, starting in the first full academic year after the bill becomes law.
Argument forA common survey could help officials compare students’ experiences across colleges and identify gaps in how schools respond to sexual assault.
Argument againstColleges could lose some freedom to shape surveys around local needs, though they could still add their own questions.
More detail
The Secretary of Higher Education would develop the required survey. New Jersey colleges and universities would have to use the common survey. Colleges could add questions for local needs, but would not send those answers to the state higher education office or Campus Sexual Assault Commission. Schools would continue surveying at least every four years. The requirement would first apply in the first full academic year after enactment.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Oct 22Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations CommitteeLatest
- Oct 5Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education CommitteeIntroduced
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