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A 1929

Relates to student class size in public schools

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Michaelle Solages

Extends private career school teach‑out and orderly-closure protections to cosmetology-licensed private schools and requires a model teach-out plan.

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Bill Summary · A 1929

Summary — A-1929 (Relates to student class size in public schools / private career school closures for cosmetology schools)

Note: Despite the title line referencing class size, the bill text addresses private career school closure and teach-out requirements for schools licensed by the New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.

Main purpose

To clarify that New Jersey’s private career school closure and teach‑out laws (P.L.2021, c.27) apply to privately owned, privately operated postsecondary cosmetology and hairstyling schools licensed by the State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling, and to require the Board to develop a model teach‑out plan that such schools may use when submitting teach‑out plans to the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development.

Key provisions

  • Expands the statutory definition of “private career school” to explicitly include privately owned and operated postsecondary schools licensed by the State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling that teach:
    • cosmetology and hairstyling, beauty culture, barbering, manicuring, hair braiding, skin care specialty, or other specialties the Board regulates.
  • Requires those cosmetology‑licensed private career schools to file teach‑out plans addressing potential school closures with the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development (per existing teach‑out law requirements).
  • Directs the New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling to develop a model teach‑out plan for use by its licensed private career schools when submitting plans to the Commissioner.
  • Committee amendments removed a prior deadline (model plan by Sept. 1, 2023) and changed the effective date provision: the bill takes effect on the first day of the sixth month after enactment; however, the Commissioner and the Board may take anticipatory administrative actions before that date.

Who is affected

  • Privately owned and operated postsecondary cosmetology schools licensed by the New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling.
  • Students enrolled in those schools (protections include arrangements for student transfers to eligible transfer institutions and access to academic records/transcripts under teach‑out requirements).
  • Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development and the State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling (administrative duties).

Background / Rationale

The bill was prompted by abrupt closures such as the Capri Institute closure, where students incurred institutional debt and could not access transcripts. Applying the private career school teach‑out framework to cosmetology schools aims to prevent disorderly closures and ensure orderly student transitions.

Procedural status & timeline

  • Introduced: Jan. 9, 2024 (Assembly Regulated Professions Committee)
  • Reported with committee amendments: Jan. 16, 2025
  • Referred to Education: Jan. 14, 2025
  • Passed Assembly: Jan. 30, 2025 (75–0–0)
  • Received in Senate & referred to Senate Commerce Committee: Feb. 3, 2025
  • Companion bill: S-3630 (identical)

Effective date

As amended: takes effect on the first day of the sixth month next following enactment (with allowance for anticipatory administrative action by the Commissioner and the Board).

Sponsor

  • Assemblywoman Michaelle C. Solages (primary)

If enacted, A-1929 would extend existing teach‑out and orderly‑closure protections to cosmetology and related private career schools and require the Board to provide a model plan to streamline compliance.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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