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

This bill officially establishes five centers and programs at Rutgers University-Newark and allocates $6.5 million in annual state funding. It creates the Sheila Y. Oliver Center for Politics and Race (to research race-politics links and support student careers), the Center on Law, Inequality and Metropolitan Equity (to study systemic racism), the Center for Local Supply Chain Resiliency (to strengthen New Jersey's supply chains), the RE-OPEN program (to aid formerly incarcerated entrepreneurs), and the NJSTEP initiative (to provide college education for incarcerated individuals). Each center receives specific annual funding: $1 million for the first four, and $2.5 million for NJSTEP. The bill directly affects Rutgers Newark, students, formerly incarcerated individuals, and community groups engaged with these programs.