SENATE, No. 1569

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

215th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 13, 2012

 


 

Sponsored by:

Senator  SHIRLEY K. TURNER

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Senator  BARBARA BUONO

District 18 (Middlesex)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Prohibits public institutions of higher education from increasing resident undergraduate tuition by more than 4% over the prior academic year.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  


An Act concerning undergraduate tuition rates at public institutions of higher education and supplementing chapter 62 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

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

 

     1.    Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a public institution of higher education shall not increase the institution’s resident undergraduate tuition rates for any academic year by more than 4% over the institution’s resident undergraduate tuition rates for the prior academic year.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply to the tuition rates at public institutions of higher education for the 2012-2013 academic year.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill prohibits a public institution of higher education from increasing the institution’s resident undergraduate tuition rates for any academic year by more than 4% over the institution’s resident undergraduate tuition rates for the prior academic year.