By James Osborne and Matt Katz, Inquirer Staff Writers
State Senate President Stephen Sweeney said Tuesday he was working on legislation to be ready June 1 for restructuring New Jersey’s public universities.
In an interview, he maintained that multiple options remained on the table, even as Rutgers officials suggested they were close to a deal that would keep Rutgers-Camden within the Rutgers university system.
“There’s a whole bunch of variations” of the legislation, but “I’m not going to throw that out until I find something that can work,” Sweeney, a Democrat, said after a groundbreaking ceremony for the Cooper Cancer Institute in Camden. “I’m strongly, firmly committed to finding a way to get this done.”
Gov. Christie has set a July 1 deadline for settling on a university-system overhaul plan. Sweeney’s legislation would represent a significant step forward.
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