Bill Text: NJ A2807 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Prohibits four-year public and independent institutions of higher education from increasing New Jersey resident undergraduate tuition and fees for nine continuous semesters following student's initial enrollment.*
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-10-23 - Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee [A2807 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-A2807-Amended.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JOSEPH CRYAN
District 20 (Union)
Assemblywoman CELESTE M. RILEY
District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)
Assemblyman TIMOTHY J. EUSTACE
District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblywoman ANNETTE QUIJANO
District 20 (Union)
Assemblyman JOSEPH A. LAGANA
District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblyman PAUL D. MORIARTY
District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywomen Jasey, Pinkin, Stender, Assemblyman McKeon, Assemblywoman Mosquera, Assemblymen Coughlin and Garcia
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits four-year public and independent institutions of higher education from increasing New Jersey resident undergraduate tuition and fees for nine continuous semesters following student's initial enrollment.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Higher Education Committee on September 18, 2014, with amendments.
An Act concerning undergraduate tuition and fees at public and independent 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. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a four-year public or independent institution of higher education shall not increase the tuition and fees of a 1New Jersey1 resident undergraduate student for nine continuous semesters following the student's initial enrollment in the institution or, in the case of a student enrolled in an undergraduate program regularly requiring more than four academic years to complete, for the number of semesters required for completion.
b. In the event that a 1New Jersey1 resident undergraduate student is approved for a leave of absence from the institution for a period of more than one year, upon re-enrollment in the institution, the student shall not be eligible for the 1New Jersey1 resident undergraduate tuition and fees charged to the student during the student's initial semester of enrollment.
c. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to an independent institution of higher education having a total endowment of more than $1,000,000,000.
2. When the governing board of a four-year public or independent institution of higher education adopts the tuition and fees for the upcoming academic year, the board shall also prepare a nonbinding document that discloses the governing board's estimate of the tuition and fees for the next four cohorts of students who will initially enroll in the institution in each of the four academic years following the upcoming academic year.
3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply to students who initially enroll in four-year public or independent institutions of higher education in the 1[2014-2015] 2015-20161 academic year.
