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A2274 • 2026

Allows military member to qualify for resident tuition rate at county college.

Allows military member to qualify for resident tuition rate at county college.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Donlon, Margie, M.D.
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Allows military member to qualify for resident tuition rate at county college.

Allows military member to qualify for resident tuition rate at county college.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows military member to qualify for resident tuition rate at county college.
  • Topic: Military and Veterans' Affairs 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 Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee

Official Summary Text

Allows military member to qualify for resident tuition rate at county college.
Topic:
Military and Veterans' Affairs
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A2274

ASSEMBLY, No. 2274

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman MARGIE DONLON, M.D.

District 11 (Monmouth)

Assemblywoman ROSAURA "ROSY" BAGOLIE

District 27 (Essex and Passaic)

SYNOPSIS

���� Allows military member to qualify for resident
tuition rate at county college.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

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An Act
concerning county college tuition rates and
supplementing chapter 64A of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� United
States military personnel and their dependents who are living in New
Jersey and are attending a county college established by the county in which
they reside or are stationed shall be regarded as residents of the county for
the purpose of determining tuition.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately and shall first apply to the academic year beginning after
the effective date of this act.

STATEMENT

���� This bill provides that a
member of the United States military or his dependent who lives in New
Jersey and is attending a county college established by the county in which
the member resides or is stationed must be charged the county resident tuition
rate.� Currently, many military members and their dependents maintain
out-of-county or out-of-State addresses.� As a result, these military members
and their dependents do not qualify for the resident tuition rate at their
local county college.� In most county colleges in the State, the county resident
tuition rate is significantly lower than the nonresident tuition rate.

���� Current law at
N.J.S.A.18A:62-4.1 provides that those members of the military who are enrolled
in public institutions of higher education are considered State residents for
the purposes of qualifying for in-State tuition.� This benefit is also extended
to the dependents of military members.� This bill will ensure that military
personnel and their dependents receive a similar in-county tuition benefit.