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Bill Text

A586 

ASSEMBLY, No. 586 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman GARY S. SCHAER

District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywomen McCoy and Morales

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes "New Jersey College Ready Students 
Program Act"; provides tuition-free dual enrollment opportunities at 
county college for certain high school students.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning dual enrollment opportunities for 
certain students and supplementing chapter 61C of Title 18A of the New Jersey 
Statutes.� 

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

���� 1.��� This act shall be known 
and may be cited as the �New Jersey College Ready Students Program Act.�

���� 2.��� a.��� The Commissioner 
of Education, in consultation with the Secretary of Higher Education, shall 
establish a program to provide for the tuition-free enrollment of certain 
public high school students who enroll in dual enrollment courses at a county 
college.� 

���� b.��� In determining 
eligibility for the tuition benefit provided pursuant to this section, the 
criteria shall be the same as the Statewide eligibility standards regarding 
family need established by the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Educational 
Opportunity Fund created by section 4 of P.L.1968, c.142 (C.18A:71-31) to 
qualify for financial assistance from the New Jersey Educational Opportunity 
Fund.� 

���� c.���� An eligible student may 
receive up to 3 credits tuition-free per semester, and no more than 6 credits 
tuition-free in a school year in each of the 11th and 12th grades provided 
that:

���� (1)�� the school district in 
which the student is enrolled has entered into a dual enrollment agreement with 
a county college pursuant to the provisions of section 1 of P.L.2014, c.74 
(C.18A:61C-10); and

���� (2)�� the student has earned a 
minimum grade point average to indicate college readiness, as determined by the 
commissioner.� 

���� In order to maintain 
eligibility for the program, a student shall receive a grade of C or higher for 
all college courses completed through the program.

���� In the event that an otherwise 
eligible student does not meet the minimum grade point average requirement 
established pursuant to this section, the student shall be eligible to complete 
one remedial course through the county college tuition-free per semester of 
eligibility.��� 

���� d.��� The State shall bear the 
cost of tuition for students who participate in the program.� 

���� 3.��� The Commissioner of 
Education shall annually submit a report on the program to the Governor, and to 
the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1).� The 
report shall be submitted no later than August 1 of each year and shall include, 
but not be limited to, the following information for the prior school year: the 
number of students who participated in the program; the number of participants 
who successfully completed dual enrollment courses; the cost of the program, 
the number of credits earned by participants through the program; the number of 
remedial courses completed by participants through the program, the number of 
12th grade participants who graduated high school; and the number of 12th grade 
participants who plan to enroll in college in the upcoming school year.� 

���� 4.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately and shall first apply to the first full school year 
following the date of enactment.� 

STATEMENT

���� This bill establishes the �New 
Jersey College Ready Students Program Act.�� Under the bill, the Commissioner 
of Education, in consultation with the Secretary of Higher Education, is 
directed to establish a program to provide for the tuition-free enrollment of 
certain public high school students who enroll in dual enrollment courses at a 
local county college.� 

���� In determining eligibility for 
the tuition benefit provided pursuant to the bill, the criteria will be the 
same as the Statewide eligibility standards regarding family need established 
by the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Educational Opportunity Fund to 
qualify for financial assistance from the New Jersey Educational Opportunity 
Fund.� 

���� A student may receive up to 3 
credits tuition-free per semester, and no more than 6 credits tuition-free in a 
school year in each of the 11th and 12th grades provided that:

���� (1)�� the school district in 
which the student is enrolled has entered into a dual enrollment agreement with 
a county college pursuant to the provisions of State law; and 

���� (2)�� the student has earned a 
minimum grade point average to indicate college readiness, as determined by the 
commissioner.� 

���� In order to maintain 
eligibility for the program, a student shall receive a grade of C or higher for 
all college courses