Bill Text: NJ A5692 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Permits spouses and dependents of military service members to qualify for in-State tuition in event that service member is transferred to another state.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-12-09 - Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee [A5692 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2020-A5692-Amended.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman ERIC HOUGHTALING
District 11 (Monmouth)
Assemblywoman JOANN DOWNEY
District 11 (Monmouth)
Assemblyman RONALD S. DANCER
District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblymen Verrelli and Benson
SYNOPSIS
Permits spouses and dependents of military service members to qualify for in-State tuition in event that service member is transferred to another state.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee on December 9, 2021, with amendments.
An Act concerning in-State tuition rates for certain students attending public institutions of higher education and amending P.L.1985, c.231.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1[1. Section 1 of P.L.1985, c.231 (C.18A:62-4.1) is amended to read as follows:
United States military personnel and their spouses and 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.
In the event that a United States military service member is relocated out of the State due to the service member's continued military service, the service member's spouse or dependent shall continue to be regarded as residents of the State for the purpose of determining tuition provided that: (1) the spouse or dependent was enrolled in a public institution of higher education in New Jersey prior to the service member's relocation; and (2) the spouse or dependent maintains continuous enrollment at the public institution of higher education.
(cf: P.L.1985, c. 231, s. 1)]1
11. 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.
In the event that a United States military service member is relocated out of the State due to the service member's continued military service, the service member's spouse or dependent shall continue to be regarded as residents of the State for the purpose of determining tuition provided that: (1) the spouse or dependent was enrolled in a public institution of higher education in New Jersey prior to the service member's relocation; and (2) the spouse or dependent maintains continuous enrollment at the public institution of higher education.
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.1
(cf: P.L.2021, c.49, s.1)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
