A 4121 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

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

5317
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 78
Dec 8, 2025
D Democratic50
45 Yea 5
90% Yea
R Republican28
8 Yea 17 Nay 3
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