Codifies various centers and programs at Rutgers University - Newark; appropriates $6.5 million.

This bill establishes five specific centers and programs at Rutgers University-Newark, appropriating $6.5 million total for their operation. It creates the Sheila Y. Oliver Center for Politics and Race (to research race-politics links and train students), CLiME (to address systemic inequality through data and policy), CLSCR (to strengthen New Jersey’s supply chains), RE-OPEN (to support justice-impacted individuals re-entering communities through entrepreneurship), and NJSTEP (to provide college courses and transition support for incarcerated individuals). Each center receives designated annual funding: $1 million for the first four, and $2.5 million for NJSTEP. The bill directly affects Rutgers University-Newark and the communities these programs serve, including students, justice-impacted individuals, and local government policymakers.