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
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:
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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.
