I was not expecting this to happen in the People’s Republik Of New Jersey
The bill requiring climate change in New Jersey public higher education dies
New Jersey’s Senate Bill 4788 — which, if enacted, would have required four-year public institutions in the state to adopt a policy requiring students to complete a course with substantial climate change content before graduating — died on January 12, 2026, when the legislature adjourned sine die.
The bill explained, “The purpose of the policy shall be to empower students with the knowledge and skills needed to confront the urgent global challenge of climate change,” adding, “The policy shall identify numerous courses offered by the institution across multiple disciplines that may satisfy the requirement, including upper-level courses that dedicate at least 30 percent of their content toward climate change and which provide instruction on climate change in students’ respective fields of study.” The policy would have applied to students who enroll after the effective date of the law.
Introduced by Bob Smith (D-District 17) and Linda R. Greenstein (D-District 14) on October 27, 2025, and referred to the Senate Higher Education Committee, Senate Bill 4788 was apparently the first legislative attempt in the United States to mandate climate change education in higher education.
They could possibly bring it back up in the next legislative session, but, I would have thought this was something the Warmists in the NJ general assembly would have fast tracked. Certainly new wacko governor Mickie Sherrill would have wanted it, even though it would have replaced a ton of actual content (of course, there are a lot of courses that are a complete waste of money) with the scam content. And the private colleges, of which there are a lot, would most likely have said “hell no” and sued, even as progressive as they might be. There are 12 public colleges, plus then all the county colleges. But, it’s not happening for the moment.
Colleges across the fruited plain have been combitching for years that matriculants arrive woefully unskilled at reading and writing, as well as being deficient in basic math, but, not to worry! They’ve been taught that girls can be boys and boys can be girls, and that they all live on stolen land.