New Jersey § 18a:71b-117

§ 18a:71b-117.

The Legislature finds and declares that the State spends considerable funds on educational

institutions, including proprietary schools, training providers, and other postsecondary

schools. It is in the State's interests to ensure that State funds going to schools, training

providers, or their students, are funding consistently high-quality educational experiences,

but the State does not have the resources to monitor these programs daily. Instead, to ensure that limited State funds are expended on high-quality programs,

the State depends on students' ability to effectively vindicate their rights under

State and federal law in litigation against educational institutions that are or may

receive funds. Lawsuits like these deter the misuse of State funds without the expenditure of State

resources on enforcement, and public filings resulting from such litigation may be

monitored by the State to assess whether it is spending its limited funds appropriately. The Legislature further finds and declares that such educational institutions frequently

require their students to sign enrollment contracts that include forced arbitration

and other restrictive clauses, including clauses that require students to waive their

right to participate in a class action against the company. These clauses impede students from being able to sue to enforce State and federal

law against their educational institutions, and the few private and individual arbitrations

that students are able to file against educational institutions are not publicly filed

and available for monitoring by the State.