New Jersey S 3408: Prohibits public institution of higher education from charging tuition to student who is dependent child of veteran who died or is disabled as result of service-related injury.

Bill Text

SENATE, No. 3408

STATE OF NEW JERSEY
220th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED DECEMBER 19, 2022

Sponsored by:
Senator ANTHONY M. BUCCO
District 25 (Morris and Somerset)

SYNOPSIS
Prohibits public institution of higher education from charging tuition to
student who is dependent child of veteran who died or is disabled as result of
service-related injury.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.

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AN ACT concerning tuition-free enrollment in public institutions of 1
higher education for certain students and supplementing chapter 2
62 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes. 3
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BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State 5
of New Jersey: 6
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1. a. The dependent child of a veteran who entered the United 8
States Armed Forces in New Jersey or was a New Jersey resident 9
upon entry into the United States Armed Forces, and either died as a 10
result of a service-related injury or illness, is missing in action 11
(MIA), or is totally and permanently disabled as a result of a 12
service-related injury or illness as certified by the United States 13
Department of Veterans Affairs, shall be entitled to up to 60 credit 14
hours tuition-free in a public institution of higher education 15
associate degree program and up to 120 credit hours tuition-free in 16
a public institution of higher education baccalaureate degree 17
program provided that: 18
(1) the dependent child has no federal veterans education 19
benefits, or no federal veterans education benefits dedicated to the 20
payment of tuition that exceed the amount of tuition free credit 21
hours established in this section; 22
(2) the dependent child is a New Jersey resident; 23
(3) the dependent child meets the grade point average 24
requirements of the institution’s satisfactory academic progress 25
policy in a degree program as determined by the institution’s 26
financial aid policy; 27
(4) the dependent child has been accepted to pursue a course of 28
undergraduate study and is enrolled as an undergraduate student in 29
good standing at that institution; 30
(5) the dependent child has applied for all available State 31
student grants and scholarships and all available federal student 32
grants and scholarships for which the dependent child is eligible; 33
(6) the dependent child has applied for tuition benefits available 34
through the United States Department of Veterans Affairs for which 35
the dependent child is eligible under the "Post-9/11 Veterans 36
Educational Assistance Act of 2008," Pub.L.110-252 (38 U.S.C. 37
s.3301 et seq.); and 38
(7) available classroom space permits and tuition-paying 39
students constitute the minimum number required for the course. 40
b. The State shall reimburse each public institution of higher 41
education for the costs of waiving tuition pursuant to the provisions 42
of this section. 43
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2. This act shall take effect immediately. 45

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STATEMENT 1
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This bill provides that the dependent child of a veteran who 3
entered the United States Armed Forces in New Jersey or was a 4
New Jersey resident upon entry into the United States Armed 5
Forces, and either died as a result of a service-related injury or 6
illness, is missing in action (MIA), or is totally and permanently 7
disabled as a result of a service-related injury or illness as certified 8
by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, is entitled to 9
up to 60 credit hours tuition-free in a public institution of higher 10
education associate degree program and up to 120 credit hours 11
tuition-free in a public institution of higher education baccalaureate 12
degree program provided that: 13
(1) the dependent child has no federal veterans education 14
benefits, or no federal veterans education benefits dedicated to the 15
payment of tuition that exceed the amount of tuition free credit 16
hours established in this act; 17
(2) the dependent child is a New Jersey resident; 18
(3) the dependent child meets the grade point average 19
requirements of the institution’s satisfactory academic progress 20
policy in a degree program as determined by the institution’s 21
financial aid policy; 22
(4) the dependent child has been accepted to pursue a course of 23
undergraduate study and is enrolled as an undergraduate student in 24
good standing at that institution; 25
(5) the dependent child has applied for all available State 26
student grants and scholarships and all available federal student 27
grants and scholarships for which the dependent child is eligible; 28
(6) the dependent child has applied for tuition benefits available 29
through the United States Department of Veterans Affairs for which 30
the dependent child is eligible under the "Post-9/11 Veterans 31
Educational Assistance Act of 2008," Pub.L.110-252 (38 U.S.C. 32
s.3301 et seq.); and 33
(7) available classroom space permits and tuition-paying 34
students constitute the minimum number required for the course. 35
The bill provides that the State will reimburse each