Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:72A-56

  • Board: means the board of education. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • Higher education: means that education which is provided by any or all of the public institutions of higher education as herein defined and any or all equivalent private institutions. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
8. In order to ensure proper oversight and review, there is created the “Higher Education Facilities Trust Fund Board” which shall consist of four members as follows: the Secretary of Higher Education; the State Treasurer or a designee; the President of the Senate or a designee; and the Speaker of the General Assembly or a designee. The board shall ensure that the revenue provided to the trust fund is adequate to support the grants approved by the Secretary of Higher Education. At the end of each three-year period following the approval of this act, the board shall review, in consultation with the Secretary of Higher Education, the physical plant needs of public and private institutions of higher education in the State and shall recommend to the Governor and the Legislature a plan to increase, as necessary, the availability and uses of grants made from the trust fund.

L.1993, c.375, s.8; amended 2009, c.308, s.41; 2012, c.42, s.10.