ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
ASSEMBLY, No. 1995
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
219th LEGISLATURE
ADOPTED OCTOBER 19, 2020
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman NANCY J. PINKIN
District 18 (Middlesex)
Assemblywoman JOANN DOWNEY
District 11 (Monmouth)
Senator NELLIE POU
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Senator SHIRLEY K. TURNER
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
SYNOPSIS
Requires registration of international student exchange visitor placement organizations with Commissioner of Education.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee on January 14, 2021, with amendments.
An Act concerning the placement of international students in public schools and supplementing Title 1[52] 18A1 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. As used in P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill):
1”Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education.1
“International student exchange visitor” or “student” means a person 18 years of age or under, or up to age 21 if enrolled or to be enrolled in high school in this State, placed by an international student exchange visitor placement organization, who enters the United States with a nonimmigrant visa.
“International student exchange visitor placement organization” or “organization” means a person, partnership, corporation, school, or other entity that regularly arranges the placement of international student exchange visitors for the purpose, in whole or in part, of allowing the student an opportunity to attend school in the United States.
1[“Secretary” means the Secretary of State of New Jersey.]1
2. a. An international student exchange visitor placement organization that places students in public schools in the State shall register with the 1[Secretary of State] Commissioner of Education1. To be eligible for registration, an international student exchange visitor placement organization shall:
(1) be in compliance with United States Department of State regulations on exchange visitor programs at 22 C.F.R. s.62.1 through 62.17, and at 22 C.F.R. 62.25, or be certified by the Council of Standards for International Educational Travel and be listed on the council’s Advisory List of International Educational Travel and Exchange Programs; and
(2) present to the 1[secretary] commissioner1 current credentials from the United States Department of State or the Council of Standards for International Educational Travel that attest to such compliance.
b. Registration with the 1[secretary] commissioner1 shall not be considered or represented as an endorsement of the organization by the 1[secretary] commissioner1 or by the State. Information provided to the 1[secretary] commissioner1 pursuant to P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) is a public record.
c. The 1[secretary shall annually provide to the Commissioner of Education] commissioner shall annually create1 a list of all registered international student exchange visitor placement organizations. The commissioner shall annually distribute the list to all school districts.
d. A person who fails to register as required pursuant to P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) is guilty of a misdemeanor.
3. The 1[Secretary of State] Commissioner of Education1 shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the “Administrative Procedures Act,” P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), necessary to implement the provisions of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).
4. This act shall take effect 180 days following the date of enactment except that the 1[Secretary of State] Commissioner of Education1 may immediately take such anticipatory action as may be required to implement the provisions of this act.