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NJ Training Explorer allows career seekers to explore training programs that meet their professional goals and personal requirements. You can find information about training programs, government funding/tuition assistance, and other resources on the New Jersey Training Explorer website.

You can request a copy of your student transcript by downloading the Adult Private Career School and Training Provider Student Transcript Request Form (PDF) and email it to trainingevaluationunit@dol.nj.gov.

Please note, the Department of Labor and Workforce Development will not have a copy of your transcripts if:

• You attended a school that closed more than seven years ago.
• You attended a high school or elementary school that closed. Contact the local school district to determine the location of the records.
• You attended a school that is still in operation. You must contact that school, even if it has changed location.
• You attended a degree granting college or university that closed. If the college or university was located in New Jersey, contact the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education for the location of the records.
• You attended a 4-year nursing program.
• You attended a school that was not licensed or registered by the State of New Jersey.

(a) At least 60 calendar days prior to closure of the school or the cessation of instructional activity at the school, the school owner will submit a completed Close-Out Form to the Training Evaluation Unit made available by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

(b) The Close-Out Form referred to in (a) above, will include the closing school owner's plan to protect the educational and financial interests of students enrolled at the school. For example, regarding protection of the educational interest of students, the closing school owner may submit a teach-out plan, which details how the closing school owner will ensure the completion of the educational programs of enrollees, whether by completion of the program(s) by the closing school following official closure of the school or by finding another private career school(s) to accept the enrollees as students for the purpose of completing the program(s) for which they were enrolled at the closing school.

(c) The closing school owner will submit to the Close-Out Form and an electronic version of each enrolled student's transcript to the Training Evaluation Unit.

(d) The closing school owner will complete a Refund Calculation Form for each enrolled student affected by the school closure.

(e) The closing school owner will provide a completed Refund Calculation Form, signed and dated by a school representative, to the Training Evaluation Unit and to each student affected by the school closure.

N.J.A.C. 12:41-4.7 (2017) § 12:41-4.7

Private career schools that close are required to provide all student transcripts to NJDOL. This is limited to schools closing after 2016. While it is requested that schools either name a custodian of records or maintain student records, in many instances no information is available. However, we will search our files and provide you with whatever information is available.

N.J.A.C. 12:41-1.2 (2017)

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(a) Each private career school shall have a student complaint resolution procedure, which shall include, at a minimum:

• A method for students to file a complaint.
• A staff person designated as responsible for overseeing complaints.
• A set length of time permitted for the school to respond to complaint.
• A method for students to file an appeal.

(b) Each complaint filed by a student shall be documented in writing by the school and retained in the student's file.

(c) Each private career school shall publish its complaint resolution procedure in the school catalog and in the School and Program Information Form

N.J.A.C. 12:41-4.2 (2017) § 12:41-4.2  (See N.J.A.C. 12:41-4.3).

The student record data submitted by providers populates the Consumer Report Card (CRC). The Consumer Report Card was restructured in July 2021 as the Quality Assurance Scorecard measuring equity in training and employment outcomes for labor market demand, education and training, employment and wage outcomes, and financial impact. The quality assurance scorecard aims to add a critical layer of consumer protection for NJ’s current and future students and encourage a culture of continuous program quality and improvement for NJ’s eligible training providers.

The CRC allows students to search for information and program outcomes for training providers. The search results provide information on the various programs offered by each approved training provider and allow the user to compare programs and providers based on information such as the location and length of training, the costs and any special services that may be offered, as well employment outcomes and student comments.