Bill Text: NJ A1466 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits institutions of higher education from requiring students who have children to purchase meal plans, live in on-campus housing, or pay gym fees.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-19 - Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading [A1466 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2016-A1466-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 1466

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

217th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2016 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  PAMELA R. LAMPITT

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

Assemblywoman  MILA M. JASEY

District 27 (Essex and Morris)

Assemblywoman  MARLENE CARIDE

District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblywoman  GABRIELA M. MOSQUERA

District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)

Assemblyman  BENJIE E. WIMBERLY

District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman B.DeCroce

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Prohibits institutions of higher education from requiring students who have children to purchase meal plans, live in on-campus housing, or pay gym fees.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

  

An Act concerning certain students enrolled in institutions of higher education and supplementing chapter 3B of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

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

 

     1.    An institution of higher education shall not require any student enrolled in the institution who has full or partial custody of a child to:

     a.  purchase a meal plan;

     b.  reside in on-campus housing; or

     c.  pay any fees associated with the use of a campus gym, fitness center, or other recreational facility.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply in the first full academic year beginning after the effective date of this act.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

 

     This bill places restrictions on certain requirements that institutions of higher education can impose on students enrolled in the institution who are parents.  Under the bill, an institution of higher education in New Jersey would not require any enrolled student who has full or partial custody of a child to purchase a meal plan, reside in on-campus housing, or pay any fees associated with the use of a campus gym, fitness center, or other recreational facility.