STATEMENT TO

[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 3102

with Assembly Floor Amendments

(Proposed by Assemblyman WISNIEWSKI)

ADOPTED: JUNE 28, 2012

      These floor amendments do the following:

· provide that any school, institute, or center of Rutgers, The State University based in Middlesex County will remain in Middlesex County;

· provide that the transfer of the schools  institutes, and centers of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey to Rutgers University will require the accreditation approval of the appropriate accrediting bodies;

· revise the governance structure proposed in the bill for Rutgers University-Camden to a campus board of directors that will have the authority to determine policies for the organization, administration, and development of Rutgers University-Camden, subject to the policies of Rutgers, The State University;

· remove provisions in the bill that would have enabled Rutgers University-Camden to set its own tuition and fees, borrow money for its needs, and purchase lands, buildings, equipment, materials, and supplies;

· remove a provision in the bill that would have given the Rowan University-Rutgers Camden Board of Governors authority over all matters concerning the supervision and operations of Rowan University and Rutgers University-Camden;

· provide that the Rowan University-Rutgers Camden Board of Governors will have the authority to approve or disapprove the establishment or expansion of any schools, programs, or departments after the bill’s effective date in the area of the health sciences;

· direct Rowan University and Rutgers University-Camden to appropriate $2.5 million per year to the Rowan University-Rutgers Camden Board of Governors for administration and other necessary expenses;

· remove a provision in the bill that directed the board of governors of Rutgers University to enter into a 99-year lease with Rutgers University-Camden;

· increase the number of members on the Rutgers University-Newark campus advisory board from 11 to 13 by the addition of two public members who are resident of a northern county; and

· provide that of the members of the board of governors of Rutgers, The State University who are appointed by the Governor, one must be a resident of Camden County.