Bill > A4680

Introduced Session

This bill clarifies that the provisions of current law concerning requirements for the closure of private career schools that operate in the State also apply to certain schools licensed by the New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling. The bill clarifies that privately owned and privately operated postsecondary schools, other than institutions of higher education or proprietary institution licensed to offer academic degrees, licensed by the New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling for the purpose of teaching cosmetology and hairstyling, beauty culture, barbering, manicuring, hair braiding or skin care specialty to registered students, must file teach-out plans that address potential school closures with Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development. This bill is meant to address the abrupt closure of Capri Institute, a school licensed by the New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling with several locations in the State, as well as similar closures that could occur in the future. When Capri Institute closed, many students were left with institutional debt and no way to access their transcripts. If the school had entered into a teach-out agreement, as required by the private career school law, Capri Institute would have been required to arrange for transfer of the students to an eligible transfer institute approved by the commissioner and provide students with a complete academic record and official transcripts. This bill clarifies that the private career school law's teach-out agreement requirement applies to schools licensed by the New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling. The bill's effective date is retroactive to September 1, 2021, the effective date of that law, P.L.2021, c.27.

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Mila Jasey (D)*,  Ellen Park (D)*,  Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D)*,  Shama Haider (D),  Angelica Jimenez (D),  Pam Lampitt (D),  Angela Mcknight (D), 

Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee (on 11/03/2022)

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