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A1320 • 2026

Prohibits public institutions of higher education from increasing resident undergraduate tuition by more than two percent over prior academic year.

Prohibits public institutions of higher education from increasing resident undergraduate tuition by more than two percent over prior academic year.

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Miller, Cody D.
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits public institutions of higher education from increasing resident undergraduate tuition by more than two percent over prior academic year.

Prohibits public institutions of higher education from increasing resident undergraduate tuition by more than two percent over prior academic year.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits public institutions of higher education from increasing resident undergraduate tuition by more than two percent over prior academic year.
  • Topic: Higher Education Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Prohibits public institutions of higher education from increasing resident undergraduate tuition by more than two percent over prior academic year.
Topic:
Higher Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1320

ASSEMBLY, No. 1320

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman CODY D. MILLER

District 4 (Atlantic, Camden and Gloucester)

Assemblywoman MARGIE DONLON, M.D.

District 11 (Monmouth)

Assemblywoman SHANIQUE SPEIGHT

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Hutchison

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits public institutions of higher education
from increasing resident undergraduate tuition by more than two percent over
prior academic year.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

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An Act
concerning tuition rates at public institutions of
higher education and supplementing chapter 62 of Title 18A of the New Jersey
Statutes.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� Notwithstanding the
provisions of any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a public
institution of higher education shall not increase the institution�s resident
undergraduate tuition rates for any academic year by more than two percent over
the institution�s resident undergraduate tuition rates for the prior academic
year.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately and shall first apply to the first full academic year
following the date of enactment.

STATEMENT

���� This bill prohibits a public
institution of higher education from increasing the institution�s resident
undergraduate tuition rates for any academic year by more than two percent over
the institution�s resident undergraduate tuition rates for the prior academic
year.