ASSEMBLY, No. 869

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 1996 SESSION

By Assemblymen MALONE and ROCCO

An Act authorizing certain county college students to enroll in county vocational technical schools and supplementing chapter 54 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

    1. All county colleges and all county vocational technical schools now or hereafter established or authorized by law shall enter into agreements to permit non-matriculated county college students who are residents of the county and who are enrolled in remedial education courses to also enroll in technical courses offered by the county vocational technical school located in that county.

    2. a. In each county there shall be established a committee which shall consist of seven members; three appointed by the president of a county college; three appointed by the superintendent of the vocational technical school and one member of the County Board of Freeholders. The members appointed by a college president or the superintendent of a county vocational technical school shall serve at the pleasure of the respective appointing authority. Members of the County Board of Freeholders shall elect a representative from among their board members to serve on the committee. Freeholder members shall serve during their term of office. Freeholder members shall be replaced in the same manner as the original appointment.

    b. The purpose of the committee shall be to review and coordinate classes and programs of an occupational nature offered by county colleges and county vocational technical schools so that non-matriculated students who are enrolled in a county college and are taking remedial courses can also enroll in technical courses offered by county vocational technical schools.

    3. Tuition payments shall be at the discretion of the institutions involved based on a mutually acceptable agreement.

    4. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

    This bill allows non-matriculated students who are enrolled at county colleges taking remedial courses to also enroll in vocational technical schools so that they can supplement their basic skills education with occupational training.

Allows non-matriculated county college students to enroll in county vocational technical schools.