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NJ A1619

NJ A1619
Establishes Grow Your Own Teacher Loan Redemption Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.


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Introduced
01/09/2024
In Committee
03/04/2024
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/12/2026

Introduced Session

2024-2025 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Establishes Grow Your Own Teacher Loan Redemption Program in Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.

AI Summary

This bill establishes the Grow Your Own Teacher Loan Redemption Program within the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority. The program aims to encourage students who graduated from high schools with teacher shortages to return and teach in those districts. The program provides for the redemption of a portion of eligible student loan expenses for each year of full-time teaching in the school district from which the participant graduated or a district located in a jurisdiction where the participant has resided for more than five years, provided that district also has a teacher shortage. The bill outlines the eligibility criteria, contract requirements, and administrative details of the program, which is capped at $500,000 in annual State funding.

Committee Categories

Education, Labor and Employment

Sponsors (2)

Last Action

Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Labor Committee (on 03/04/2024)

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