---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes Office of Learning Equity and Academic Recovery in DOE.*"
description: "Establishes Office of Learning Equity and Academic Recovery in DOE.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "A 2288"
citation: "New Jersey A 2288 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "HIGHER ED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lopez, Yvonne", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Stanley, Sterley S.", "Turner, Shirley K.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-08-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ccbe60d-64a9-4966-a3eb-7221a97d037c"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "f67d33e9e0d7042e3d6e359b4de56133dc5c5e2aa21bbc646a657bbb5d05b263"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
---

# New Jersey A 2288 (221) — Establishes Office of Learning Equity and Academic Recovery in DOE.*

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Assembly Committee Substitute AAP 6/24/24 ACS** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A2500/2288_U1.HTM)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A2500/2288_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — **8–3** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **65–10** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
- Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Rodriguez, Gabriel — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Assembly Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (65-10-0) `passage`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2647 (SCS)
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (40-0) `passage`
- **2024-08-13T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, c.53. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ccbe60d-64a9-4966-a3eb-7221a97d037c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).