Bill Text: NJ A1409 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Extends eligibility for Governor's Urban Scholarship Program to students residing in certain municipalities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-14 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee [A1409 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2020-A1409-Introduced.html

ASSEMBLY, No. 1409

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

219th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION

 


 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  YVONNE LOPEZ

District 19 (Middlesex)

Assemblyman  GARY S. SCHAER

District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblywoman  MILA M. JASEY

District 27 (Essex and Morris)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Extends eligibility for Governor's Urban Scholarship Program to students residing in certain municipalities.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

  


A Supplement to "An Act making appropriations for the support of the State Government and the several public purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019 and regulating the disbursement thereof," approved July 01, 2018 (P.L.2018, c.53).

 

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

 

     1.    The following language provision is added to section 1 of P.L.2018, c.53, the annual State appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2019:

 

74 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

30 Educational, Cultural, and Intellectual Development

36 Higher Educational Services

2405 Higher Education Student Assistance Authority

 

GRANTS-IN-AID

 

The amount appropriated for the Governor's Urban Scholarship Program shall be used to provide awards to qualified students residing in Passaic, Perth Amboy, Union City, and West New York, in addition to any other communities designated by the Governor.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     The Governor's Urban Scholarship Program, established by the Executive Branch in 2012, is a merit-based scholarship program that benefits students in certain economically-challenged communities designated by the Governor, including: Asbury Park; Camden; East Orange; Irvington Township; Jersey City; Lakewood; Millville; Newark; New Brunswick; Paterson; Plainfield; Roselle Borough; Trenton; and Vineland.  This bill provides that the appropriation for the Governor's Urban Scholarship Program must also be used to provide awards to qualified students residing in Passaic, Perth Amboy, Union City, and West New York. 

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