ASSEMBLY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 921

with committee amendments

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: MAY 13, 1996

      The Assembly Education Committee favorably reports Assembly Bill No. 921 with committee amendments.

      As amended by committee, this bill establishes the Miss New Jersey Educational Scholarship Program. The bill provides that any individual who has been named Miss New Jersey and who represents this State in the Miss America Pageant will be entitled to receive an initial bachelors degree or post graduate degree at any public institution of higher education of this State without payment of tuition as long as the student remains a full time student in good standing at the institution.

      The committee amended the bill to permit a scholarship recipient to pursue either a post graduate degree or an initial undergraduate degree. The amendment addresses those situations in which a Miss New Jersey has already attained a bachelors degree or is close to receiving one.

      This bill was prefiled for introduction in the 1996 legislative session pending technical review. As reported, the bill includes the changes required by technical review, which has been performed.