ASSEMBLY, No. 3965

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

221st LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED MARCH 4, 2024

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  BENJIE E. WIMBERLY

District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)

SYNOPSIS

     Requires governing boards of public institutions of higher education to adopt tuition and fee schedules for ensuing academic year during Spring semester after issuance of Governor's recommended budget.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

An Act concerning the adoption of tuition and fee schedules by public institutions of higher education and supplementing Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

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

     1.    The adoption of a tuition or fee schedule by the governing board of a public institution of higher education for the ensuing academic year pursuant to subsection c. of section 6 of P.L.1994, c.48 (C.18A:3B-6) or any other section of law, shall take place after the release of the Governor's recommended budget and during the Spring semester.

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

     This bill would require governing boards of public institutions of higher education to adopt their tuition and fee schedules for the following academic year during the Spring semester after the release of the Governor's recommended budget.

     This bill is intended to ensure that the adoption of a tuition or fee schedule by a governing board occurs during a time period when members of the college community are present on campus, so that they have a greater opportunity to be heard on any proposed changes to the schedule.