Sponsored by:
Senator ROBERT W. SINGER
District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Henry
SYNOPSIS
Requires public institution of higher education to suspend students and employees charged with bias intimidation under certain circumstances.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the suspension of students and employees of public institutions of higher education and supplementing Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, whenever a student enrolled in a public institution of higher education is charged with bias intimidation as set forth in N.J.S.2C:16-1 for an action that was committed during a protest against a religious group or on the grounds of a religious facility, the student shall be subject to immediate academic suspension from the institution until the case is disposed of at a trial, the complaint is dismissed, or the prosecution is terminated. If the student is found guilty of the charge, the student shall be subject to expulsion from the institution.
2. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, whenever an employee, including faculty, of a public institution of higher education is charged with bias intimidation as set forth in N.J.S.2C:16-1 for an action that was committed during a protest against a religious group or on the grounds of a religious facility, the employee shall be subject to immediate suspension from performing their duties, without pay, until the case is disposed of at a trial, the complaint is dismissed, or the prosecution is terminated. If the employee is found guilty of the charge, the employment of the employee at the institution shall be terminated.
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires a public institution of higher education to suspend students and employees charged with certain crimes.
The bill provides that, notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, whenever a student enrolled in a public institution of higher education is charged with bias intimidation for an action that was committed during a protest against a religious group or on the grounds of a religious facility, the student is to be subject to immediate academic suspension from the institution until the case is disposed of at a trial, the complaint is dismissed, or the prosecution is terminated. The bill further provides that if the student is found guilty of the charge, the student is to be subject to expulsion from the institution.
Similarly, the bill provides that, notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, whenever an employee of a public institution of higher education is charged with bias intimidation for an action that was committed during a protest against a religious group or on the grounds of a religious facility, the employee is to be subject to immediate suspension from performing their duties, without pay, until the case is disposed of at a trial, the complaint is dismissed, or the prosecution is terminated. If the employee is found guilty of the charge, the employment of the employee at the institution is to be terminated.