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A2350 • 2026

Prohibits four-year public institution of higher education from charging tuition and fees to student who is spouse or dependent child of disabled veteran.

Prohibits four-year public institution of higher education from charging tuition and fees to student who is spouse or dependent child of disabled veteran.

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Moen, William F., Jr.
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 four-year public institution of higher education from charging tuition and fees to student who is spouse or dependent child of disabled veteran.

Prohibits four-year public institution of higher education from charging tuition and fees to student who is spouse or dependent child of disabled veteran.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits four-year public institution of higher education from charging tuition and fees to student who is spouse or dependent child of disabled veteran.
  • 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 four-year public institution of higher education from charging tuition and fees to student who is spouse or dependent child of disabled veteran.
Topic:
Higher Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A2350

ASSEMBLY, No. 2350

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman WILLIAM F. MOEN, JR.

District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)

Assemblyman WAYNE P. DEANGELO

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Dunn

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits four-year public institution of higher
education from charging tuition and fees to student who is spouse or dependent
child of disabled veteran.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

��

An Act

concerning costs of enrollment in a four-year
public institution of higher education for certain students 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.� a.� No four-year public institution
of higher education shall charge tuition or fees to the spouse or dependent
child of a disabled veteran provided that:

���� (1)� the spouse or child has
been accepted to pursue a course of undergraduate study and is enrolled as an
undergraduate student in good standing at that institution;

���� (2)� the spouse or child has
applied for all available State student grants and scholarships and all
available federal student grants and scholarships for which the spouse or child
is eligible; and

���� (3)�� the spouse or child has
applied for tuition benefits available through the United States Department of
Veterans Affairs for which the spouse or child is eligible under the
"Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008,"
Pub.L.110-252 (38 U.S.C. s.3301 et seq.).

���� b.� The State shall reimburse
each institution of higher education for the costs of waiving tuition and fees
pursuant to the provisions of this act.�

���� c.� As used in this act:
�disabled veteran� means a person who has served on active duty in the Armed
Forces of the United States and who was discharged or released therefrom under
conditions other than dishonorable, and who has experienced a total and
permanent disability as certified by the United States Department of Veterans
Affairs as a consequence of military service.�

���� 2.� This act shall take effect
immediately.�

STATEMENT

���� This bill prohibits four-year
public institutions of higher education from charging tuition or fees to the
spouse or dependent child of a disabled veteran.� Under the bill, the spouse or
dependent child of a disabled veteran is eligible to attend a four-year public
institution of higher education tuition-free and fee-free provided that:

���� (1)� the spouse or child has
been accepted to pursue a course of undergraduate study and is enrolled as an
undergraduate student in good standing at that institution;

���� (2)�� the spouse or child has
applied for all available State student grants and scholarships and all
available federal student grants and scholarships for which the spouse or child
is eligible; and

���� (3)�� the spouse or child has
applied for tuition benefits available through the United States Department of
Veterans Affairs for which the spouse or child is eligible under the
"Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008,"
Pub.L.110-252 (38 U.S.C. s.3301 et seq.).

���� The bill directs the State to
reimburse each institution of higher education for the costs of waiving tuition
and fees pursuant to the bill�s provisions.