Eliminates high school graduation proficiency test.
This bill eliminates the statewide high school graduation proficiency test requirement in New Jersey. It removes the test from graduation standards, so students no longer need to pass it to receive a diploma, and school districts no longer need to administer it. The bill also amends school district report cards to remove test results and eliminates the requirement for out-of-school youth to pass the test for a State endorsed diploma. This directly affects all New Jersey high school students, school districts, and out-of-school youth seeking diplomas by changing graduation requirements from a standardized test to local standards developed by school boards.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2024
Committee Review
Dec 2025
General Assembly Passage
Dec 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 4, 2024
Last action Dec 11, 2025
Floor votes · General Assembly Dec 8, 2025
How they voted
53–17
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 78
Dec 8, 2025
D
Democratic50
90% Yea
R
Republican28
60% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Dec 11, 2025
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
upper
Dec 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (55-17-0)
lower
Dec 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Apr 4, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
lower
3 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Alixon Collazos-Gill
DDemocratic
P
Michele Matsikoudis
RRepublican
P
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson
DDemocratic
Co
Andrea Katz
DDemocratic
Co
Carmen Morales
DDemocratic
Co
Carol Murphy
DDemocratic
Co
Mitchelle Drulis
DDemocratic
Co
Roy Freiman
DDemocratic
Co
Shama Haider
DDemocratic
Co
Sterley Stanley
DDemocratic
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