New Jersey Tuition Equality

Severity · 05:53 PM

http://www.politickernj.com/70397/re...uition-heads-g

If someone was kind enough to format it, it would be greatly appreciated.

In short, a bill that would've granted in state tuition + federal aid was edited to only grant in state tuition. All it needs is Christie's signature which is expected by tomorrow. Let's see how it all plays out.

Edit: NJ now offers instate tuition.

http://thinkprogress.org/immigration...gns-dream-act/

Malign0n · 12-19-2013, 09:56 PM

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(TRENTON) - Preferring not to leave undocumented students in New Jersey who want to attend college in the state completely empty handed, the General Assembly on Thursday approved a revised version of the "Tuition Equality Act" bill which takes into account the governor's conditional veto, and makes undocumented students who want to attend a state college or university eligible for in-state tuition regardless of their immigration status, as long as they meet certain provisions.

The bill (A-4225) is sponsored by Assembly Democrats Gordon Johnson, Marlene Caride, Annette Quijano, Valerie Vainieri Huttle, Gabriela Mosquera, Gary Schaer, Benjie Wimberly, Lou Greenwald and Speaker-elect Vincent Prieto. The original version, which included state financial aid, was approved by the Assembly earlier in the day, but was conditionally vetoed by the governor.

The revised bill was approved 50-26-1 by the Assembly and 27-7 by the Senate on Thursday, and now heads to the governor's desk.

"We remained hopeful that the governor would hear the pleas of the students who rallied and spoke in support of the original bill, but alas, that did not happen," said Johnson (D-Bergen/Hudson). "This is not a compromise. This is taking away tuition aid from children. It was either approving this version, or sending these students right back to where they started."

Here you go.

Severity · 12-19-2013, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Malign0n

Here you go.

I had a feeling it was going to be you that would format it.
Some things don't change.

Thank you very much.

MIdreamer · 12-20-2013, 12:48 AM

There is a big chance that Christie would sign it. He is running for president and this is something he can sell to the Hispanic voters.

Severity · 12-20-2013, 01:15 AM

We'll see VERY soon

pavpatel · 12-22-2013, 09:02 AM

Does anyone have any idea on how to sign up for this thing or how long til it goes into effect? I go to Rutgers and my tuition is due in like two weeks and this is a matter of thousands of dollars if I can get it applied for this next semester. Or maybe you know what the bills name is so I can find out more about it.

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