Bill Text: NJ A2770 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of the military.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-01 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee [A2770 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2018-A2770-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 2770

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

218th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 1, 2018

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  LOUIS D. GREENWALD

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse application fees and transcript fees for veterans and members of the military.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act concerning certain fees charged by public institutions of higher education and supplementing chapter 62 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 public institution of higher education shall waive or reimburse the institution's application fee and fee for the receipt or transmission of a transcript for each veteran, member of the Armed Forces of the United States, member of the Reserve components thereof, or member of the New Jersey National Guard who resides in the State and accepts admission to the institution.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

 

     This bill requires public institutions of higher education to waive or reimburse the public institution's application fee and fee for the receipt or transmission of a transcript for veterans, members of the Armed Forces of the United States, the Reserve components thereof, or members of the New Jersey National Guard who reside in this State and accept admission to the public institution of higher education. The bill takes effect immediately upon enactment.