The Senate Education Committee has approved legislation sponsored by Senator Jennifer Beck that would prevent school employees from receiving tuition assistance or salary increases for degrees earned at so-called “diploma mills.” The legislation, S-2127, was introduced in response to revelations that school administrators in Freehold had received both tuition assistance and pay raises after completing doctoral programs at Breyer State University, an unaccredited online school that provides advanced degrees in exchange for little more than the tuition that is paid.
“The public should not pay teachers or administrators for receiving degrees that aren’t worth the paper they are printed on,” said Beck. “We can protect property taxpayers by going on the offensive and cracking down on the use of fake degrees that do little more than pad resumes and serve as justification for higher salaries.”
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