New Jersey A 1431: Provides assistance to manufacturing businesses by having certain State agencies promote economic development and identify credentials needed for careers in modern manufacturing.

Bill Text

A1431 

ASSEMBLY, No. 1431 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman ERIK K. SIMONSEN

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

SYNOPSIS

���� Provides in-State tuition status to certain veterans 
and family members who attend public institutions of higher education during 
period of mandatory remote instruction due to public health emergencies.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning the residency status of veterans attending 
public institutions of higher education and amending P.L.2015, c.32.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� Section 2 of P.L.2015, 
c.32 (C.18A:62-4.1b) is amended to read as follows:

���� 2.��� a.� (1)� A 
veteran or covered individual who is living in New Jersey and is attending a 
public institution of higher education in New Jersey shall be regarded as a 
resident of the State for the purpose of determining tuition, regardless of the 
veteran or covered individual's state of residence.

���� (2)�� During any period in 
which a public institution of higher education requires students to complete 
coursework through remote instruction due to a public health emergency, a 
veteran or covered individual who attends the public institution of higher 
education, but is living outside of New Jersey during the period of remote 
instruction, shall be regarded as a resident of the State for the purpose of 
determining tuition, regardless of the veteran or covered individual�s state of 
residence. 

���� b.��� As used in this section:

���� "Covered individual" 
means:

���� (1)�� an individual who is 
entitled to educational assistance under provisions of the federal 
"Post-9/11 Educational Assistance" program (38 U.S.C. s.3311(b)(9) or 
3319) by virtue of such individual's relationship to a veteran ; and

���� (2)�� an individual who is 
entitled to educational assistance under provisions of the United States 
Department of Veterans Affairs' "Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment 
Program" (38 U.S.C. s.3100 et seq.) effective for courses, semesters, or 
terms that begin after March 1, 2019.

���� "Veteran" means a 
person who has served on active duty in the Uniformed Services of the United 
States and who was discharged or released and who qualifies for educational 
assistance under the federal "All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance 
Program" (38 U.S.C. s.3001 et seq.) or "Post-9/11 Educational 
Assistance" program (38 U.S.C. s.3301 et seq.).

(cf: P.L.2019, c.264, s.1)

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately. 

STATEMENT

���� Under the �New Jersey Tuition 
Equality for America�s Military

(NJTEAM) Act,� P.L.2015, c. 32 
(C.18A:62-4.1a et seq.), a veteran or other �covered individual,� such as a 
veteran�s spouse or child,� who qualifies for certain federal educational 
assistance, resides in New Jersey, and attends a public institution of higher 
education, is considered to be a State resident for tuition purposes and 
thereby eligible to pay an in-State tuition rate regardless of the individual�s 
state of residence.

���� Due to the outbreak of 
COVID-19, public institutions of higher education have required students to 
complete coursework through remote instruction.� This bill amends the NJTEAM 
Act to allow veterans and covered individuals to continue to pay in-State tuition 
during any period of mandatory remote instruction due to a public health 
emergency, even if they are living outside of the State during the period of 
remote instruction.� This will allow those who benefit from the provisions of 
the NJTEAM Act to continue to receive in-State tuition while they are 
temporarily out-of-state due to the public health emergency.