Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman LINDA S. CARTER
District 22 (Somerset and Union)
Assemblyman BENJIE E. WIMBERLY
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblyman REGINALD W. ATKINS
District 20 (Union)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Speight
SYNOPSIS
Directs Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to grant deferment of New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students (NJCLASS) student loan payments to new parent.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students (NJCLASS) Loan Program and supplementing chapter 71C of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. In the event that an eligible student borrower under the NJCLASS Loan Program becomes a parent, the authority shall grant a deferment of payment of loan principal and interest for a period of 12 weeks. To qualify for the loan deferment, the student borrower shall provide the authority with proof of the child's birth or adoption within 120 days of the birth or adoption. The deferment shall begin on the date that the student borrower's proof of the child's birth or adoption is received by the authority and shall end 12 weeks after that date. Interest on the loan shall not accrue during the period of deferment.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill provides that in the event that an eligible student borrower under the NJCLASS Loan Program becomes a parent, the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority will be required to grant a deferment of payment of loan principal and interest for a period of 12 weeks. To qualify for the loan deferment, the student borrower must provide the authority with proof of the child's birth or adoption within 120 days of the birth or adoption. The bill provides that the deferment will begin on the date that the student borrower's proof of the child's birth or adoption is received by the authority and will end 12 weeks after that date. Interest on the loan will not accrue during the period of deferment.