STATE OF NEW JERSEY
219th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman P. CHRISTOPHER TULLY
District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblywoman LISA SWAIN
District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblyman RONALD S. DANCER
District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywomen DiMaso, Vainieri Huttle, Assemblyman Houghtaling, Assemblywoman Downey, Assemblymen Space, Wirths and Assemblywoman Timberlake
SYNOPSIS
Provides resident tuition rate to certain non-resident dependent children of United States military personnel attending public institutions of higher education.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee with technical review.
An Act concerning resident tuition rates for dependent children of United States military personnel and amending P.L.1985, c.231.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 1 of P.L.1985, c.231 (C.18A:62-4.1) is amended to read as follows:
1. a. United States military personnel and their dependents who are living in New Jersey and are attending public institutions of higher education in New Jersey shall be regarded as residents of the State for the purpose of determining tuition.
b. A dependent child of United States military personnel who attended high school in New Jersey for a minimum of three years shall be regarded by a public institution of higher education in New Jersey as a resident of the State for the purpose of determining tuition, regardless of where the dependent child resides upon enrollment in the institution.
(cf: P.L.1985, c.231, s.1)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.