Bill Text: NJ A3905 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires public and nonpublic school to provide student with more information about NJ STARS Program and improve notification of potenial eligibilty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-07 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee [A3905 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2018-A3905-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman EDWARD H. THOMSON
District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)
Assemblyman SEAN T. KEAN
District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
Requires public and nonpublic school to provide student with more information about NJ STARS Program and improve notification of potential eligibility.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning information on eligibility for the New Jersey Student Tuition Assistance Reward Scholarship (NJ STARS) Program and amending P.L.2009, c.280.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 1 of P.L.2009, c.280 (C.18A:71B-85.5) is amended to read as follows:
1. a. In September of each school year, the board of education of a school district or the chief school administrator of a nonpublic school shall provide each student in the 8th and 9th grade with general information on the New Jersey Student Tuition Assistance Reward Scholarship (NJ STARS) Program created pursuant to P.L.2004, c.59 (C.18A:71B-81 et seq.).
b. In September of each school year, the board of education of a school district or the chief school administrator of a nonpublic school shall notify each student in the 10th, 11th [grade] , and 12th grades who is ranked in the top 25.0% of the class of his potential to qualify for the NJ STARS Program if the student's class rank at the completion of the 11th grade or 12th grade is within the top 15.0% of the class.
The notification shall include information about the rigorous course of study required to qualify for the program.
A student in the 12th grade shall be notified of conditional eligibility for the NJ STARS Program by the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of P.L.2008, c.124 (C.18A:71B-85.1).
c. The notification by the board of education or chief school administrator required pursuant to subsections a. and b. of this section shall be communicated via regular or electronic mail or sent home with the student and include a brief description of the NJ STARS Program and the requirements for eligibility for the program.
(cf: P.L.2014, c.55, s.2)
2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply to the 2018-2019 school year.
STATEMENT
Under current law, a student receives general information about the New Jersey Student Tuition Assistance Reward Scholarship (NJ STARS) program and the program's requirements for eligibility in the 9th grade. In September of each school year, the board of education of a school district or the chief school administrator of a nonpublic school is required to notify each student in the 11th grade who is ranked in the top 25.0% of the class of his potential to qualify for the NJ STARS Program if the student's class rank at the completion of the 11th grade or 12th grade is within the top 15.0% of the class. This bill requires the board of education of a school district or the chief school administrator of a nonpublic school to also provide general information about the NJ STARS program in the 8th grade. The bill also requires the notice of potential eligibility to be distributed in the 10th and 12th grades to students who are ranked in the top 25% of the class.
