2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 18A - Education
Section 18A:72A-76 - Allocation of fund.

18A:72A-76 Allocation of fund.

5. a. An amount not to exceed $550,000,000 in the capital improvement fund shall be allocated as follows:

$169,000,000 for Rutgers, The State University;

$95,062,500 for the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey;

$60,937,500 for the New Jersey Institute of Technology;

$175,000,000 for the State colleges and universities; and

$50,000,000 for the private institutions of higher education.

b. The secretary may reallocate any balance in an amount authorized in subsection a. of this section which has not been approved by the secretary for grants within 24 months of the adoption of regulations by the secretary. The secretary may allocate any additional moneys in the capital improvement fund to institutions for capital improvement projects as the secretary determines and shall determine the allocation of moneys deposited into the fund resulting from the issuance by the authority of new bonds because of the retirement of bonds previously issued by the authority.

c. The facilities and technology infrastructure funded by grants from the capital improvement fund shall follow the principles of affirmative action and equal opportunity employment. In furtherance of these principles, the secretary shall continue the policy of encouraging institutions to solicit bids from, and award contracts to, minority and women-owned businesses.

L.1999, c.217, s.5; amended 2012, c.42, s.19.