Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee Statement to Assembly, No. 4152 (June 22, 2023)
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The Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee, in a statement dated June 22, 2023, reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 4152. The bill establishes a financial aid program in the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority (HESAA) that would cover the remaining tuition costs of a remedial or developmental course after the prior application of all other grants and scholarships. A student would be eligible if the student graduated high school from a public high school located in an eligible urban school district and is enrolled in at least six credits in the semester in which aid is sought. A student would be eligible for an award for a maximum of 30 credits and only during a fall or spring semester in an academic year.
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“Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee Statement to Assembly, No. 4152 (June 22, 2023).”
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ASSEMBLY COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
ASSEMBLY, No. 4152
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: JUNE 22, 2023
The Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee
reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 4152.
This bill establishes a financial aid program in the Higher
Education Student Assistance Authority (HESAA). The program
would cover the remaining tuition costs associated with the
student’s enrollment in a remedial or developmental course, in the
event that the student has outstanding tuition costs related to the
remedial or developmental course after the prior application of all
other grants and scholarships for which the student is eligible.
Under the bill, a student would be eligible for aid if the remedial or
developmental course in which the student is enrolled is necessary
as part of the completion of the academic program of study in which
the student is enrolled.
A student would be eligible for a financial aid award under the
program if the student:
is a resident of the State or is otherwise eligible for State
financial aid pursuant to current State law permitting certain
students without lawful immigration status to receive State
financial aid;
graduated high school from a public high school located in
an eligible urban school district;
is enrolled in a remedial or developmental course that is
necessary as part of the completion of the academic program
of study in which the student is enrolled;
is enrolled in at least six credits in the semester in which the
student is seeking aid at an eligible institution;
applied for all other available forms of State, federal, and
institutional need-based grants and merit scholarships and, in
accordance with annually established deadline dates, have
completed and submitted a Free Application for Federal
Student Aid, other financial aid form, or, as applicable, a
State financial aid form as required by the HESAA pursuant
to the law permitting certain students without lawful
immigration status to receive State financial aid;
does not owe a refund on a grant or scholarship previously
received from a State or federal program through any
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institution or is not in default on any loan made under any
State or federal student loan program at any institution,
unless the student makes arrangements with the HESAA to
repay the debt; and
is in good academic standing and meet the minimum
standards for academic performance and satisfactory
academic progress as defined by the eligible institution of
higher education which the student is attending.
Under the bill, a student would be eligible for a financial aid
award for a maximum of 30 credits and would only be eligible for a
financial aid award during a fall or spring semester in an academic
year.
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