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Introduced Session

This bill requires public institutions of higher education to waive the tuition fees of apprenticeship courses for eligible persons whose gross aggregate household income is below the State's median annual income. Under the bill, an eligible person is an individual whose gross aggregate household income at the time of admission to a New Jersey public institution of higher education or county vocational school is below the State household median income. Also under the bill, a person is eligible for tuition fee waiver if: (1) the person has been in the labor workforce for at least six months; (2) tuition costs are not covered by the employer through employment benefits; (3) the person completes a Free Application for Federal Student Aid each year and has exhausted all financial aid assistance; and (4) the person maintains satisfactory academic progress to qualify for renewal of the tuition waiver.

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John Armato (D)*,  Wayne DeAngelo (D)*,  Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D)*,  Daniel Benson (D),  Joe Danielsen (D),  Serena DiMaso (R),  Gordon Johnson (D),  Robert Karabinchak (D),  Carol Murphy (D),  Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D),  Parker Space (R),  Harold Wirths (R), 

Substituted by S3063 (2R) (on 01/13/2020)