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Bill Text

A1810 

ASSEMBLY, No. 1810 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman ANTHONY S. VERRELLI

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Assemblyman CODY D. MILLER

District 4 (Atlantic, Camden and Gloucester)

Assemblywoman� CARMEN THERESA MORALES

District 34 (Essex)

SYNOPSIS

���� Expands Community College Opportunity Grant Program 
to include career and technical education programs at county colleges and 
county vocational schools.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning the Community College Opportunity Grant 
Program and amending P.L.2021, c.26.

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

���� 1.� Section 1 of P.L.2021, 
c.26 (C.18A:71B-111) is amended to read as follows:

���� 1.��� As used in this act:

���� �Adult student� means a 
postsecondary student who is enrolled in a career and technical education 
course or program offered by a county vocational school district established 
pursuant to article 3 of chapter 54 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

���� "Annual adjusted gross 
income" means:

���� a.���� for a dependent 
student, the annual adjusted gross income of the student's parent or legal 
guardian, as reported on the student's Free Application for Federal Student Aid 
or other financial aid form; and 

���� b.��� for an independent 
student, the annual adjusted gross income of the student and, if applicable, 
the spouse of the student, as reported on the student's Free Application for 
Federal Student Aid or other financial aid form.� 

���� "Approved educational 
fees" means general education fees, registration fees, facility fees, 
technology fees, laboratory fees, student service and activity fees, and 
program and course fees, including fees associated with [coursework in 
nursing, culinary, and other] 
career and technical education programs [as 
determined by the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority in consultation 
with the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education], subject to the limit of funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available for the program.� 

���� "Authority" means 
the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority established pursuant to 
N.J.S.18A:71A-3.� 

���� �Career and technical 
education course or program� means a postsecondary career, career-training, 
technical, or workforce development course or program that prepares a student 
to earn a license or industry-recognized certification or to take a 
nationally-recognized exam that is offered by any county college established 
pursuant to chapter 64A of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes or any county 
vocational school district established pursuant to article 3 of chapter 54 of 
Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

���� �County vocational school 
district� means any entity established pursuant to article 3 of chapter 54 of 
Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

���� "Out-of-county 
college" means a county college that is outside of a student's county of 
residence.

���� �Out-of-county vocational 
school district� means a county vocational school district that is outside of a 
student�s county of residence.

���� "Program" means the 
Community College Opportunity Grant Program created pursuant to section 2 of [this act] P.L.2021, 
c.26 (C.18A:71B-112).� 

���� "Three plus one degree 
program" means a baccalaureate degree program created pursuant to section 
1 of P.L.2018, c.144 (C.18A:3B-78).� 

(cf: P.L.2021, c.26, s.1)

���� 2.� Section 2 of P.L.2021, 
c.26 (C.18A:71B-112) is amended to read as follows:

���� 2.��� There is hereby created 
the Community College Opportunity Grant Program.� The purpose of the program 
shall be to provide financial aid grants to eligible county college students 
and eligible county vocational school district adult students, to cover the 
costs of tuition and approved educational fees that are not already covered by 
any other State, federal, and institutional need-based grants or merit 
scholarships and to provide county colleges with Student Success Incentive 
funding for outreach and student success initiatives.� The financial aid grants 
distributed to eligible students under the program shall be administered by the 
Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, while the Student Success 
Incentive funding distributed to county colleges under the program shall be 
administered by the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education.� 

(cf: P.L.2021, c.26, s.2)

���� 3.� Section 3 of P.L.2021, 
c.26 (C.18A:71B-113) is amended to read as follows:

���� 3.� a.� To be eligible to 
receive a financial aid grant under the Community College Opportunity Grant 
Program, a student shall:

���� (1)�� (a) if enrolled in a 
county college, be a legal resident of the State in accordance with the 
provisions of N.J.S.18A:71B-2 or be eligible for student financial aid pursuant 
to P.L.