TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Legislature has approved a bill that disbands the University of Medicine and Dentistry and redistributes it to Rutgers and Rowan universities.

Passage by the Assembly and Senate capped weeks of intense behind-the-scenes negotiations and pressure on reluctant lawmakers to get the university overhaul through the Legislature by June 30.

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