[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 3722

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

218th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED MARCH 22, 2018

 


 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  SHAVONDA E. SUMTER

District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblywoman  MILA M. JASEY

District 27 (Essex and Morris)

Assemblywoman  PATRICIA EGAN JONES

District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Barclay, Assemblywoman Tucker, Assemblymen Karabinchak, Giblin, Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson, Assemblymen Wimberly, Mukherji, Assemblywoman Murphy, Assemblymen Schaer, Holley and Assemblywoman McKnight

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Permits incarcerated persons to receive student financial aid.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Higher Education Committee on January 17, 2019, with amendments.

  


An Act concerning student financial aid and amending N.J.S.18A:71B-2.

 

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

 

     1.    N.J.S.18A:71B-2 is amended to read as follows:

     18A:71B-2.    a.     A student who is enrolled in an eligible institution and who is eligible for and receives any form of student financial aid through a program administered by the State under this chapter shall be considered to remain domiciled in New Jersey and eligible for continued financial assistance notwithstanding the fact that the student is financially dependent upon the student's parents or guardians and that the parents or guardians change their domicile to another State.

     b.    A person shall not be awarded financial aid under this chapter unless the person has been a resident of this State for a period of not less than 12 months immediately prior to receiving the financial aid.

     c.     A person shall not be awarded student financial aid under this chapter unless the person is a United States citizen or eligible noncitizen, as determined under 20 U.S.C.s.1091.  The authority shall determine whether persons who were eligible noncitizens prior to the effective date of the "Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996," Pub.L.104-193, but not after that date, shall continue to be eligible for student financial aid under this chapter.

     d.    A person who is incarcerated shall [not] be eligible for student financial aid under this chapter 1provided that:

     (1)   the person had been a resident of this State for a period of not less than 12 months immediately prior to the date of incarceration;

     (2)   the person is a State-sentenced inmate; and

     (3)   the person receives approval from the Department of Corrections to enroll in an eligible institution1.

(cf: N.J.S.18A:71B-2)

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.