STATEMENT TO

 

ASSEMBLY, No. 3467

 

with Floor Amendments

(Proposed by Assemblyman SCHAER)

 

ADOPTED: APRIL 12, 2018


 

      These floor amendments:

·         extend eligibility under the bill for student financial aid programs to students enrolled in independent institutions of higher education, provided that they meet all of the requirements of P.L.2013, c.170 other than enrollment in a public institution of higher education;

·          include a provision that the procedures and forms established by the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority and the Secretary of Higher Education cannot discriminate against eligible students based on the immigration status or national origin of the student or the student’s parent or guardian; and

·         include a provision that, except as required by State or federal law, the authority and the secretary cannot request information from any student about the citizenship or immigration status of the student or the student’s parent or guardian.