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S3362 • 2026

Phases out State tuition aid grants for students enrolled in proprietary institutions.

Phases out State tuition aid grants for students enrolled in proprietary institutions.

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Turner, Shirley K.
Last action
2026-02-05
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Phases out State tuition aid grants for students enrolled in proprietary institutions.

Phases out State tuition aid grants for students enrolled in proprietary institutions.

What This Bill Does

  • Phases out State tuition aid grants for students enrolled in proprietary institutions.
  • 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. 2026-02-05 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Phases out State tuition aid grants for students enrolled in proprietary institutions.
Topic:
Higher Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S3362

SENATE, No. 3362

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 5, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� SHIRLEY K. TURNER

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

SYNOPSIS

���� Phases out State tuition aid grants for students
enrolled in proprietary institutions.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
concerning State tuition aid grants and supplementing
chapter 71B 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 or regulation to the contrary, beginning with the first
full academic year following enactment, a State tuition aid grant for a student
enrolled in a proprietary institution licensed to award academic degrees shall
be limited to students who received an award prior to that academic year.� The
student shall be eligible to receive a State tuition aid grant for the number
of academic years authorized pursuant to section b. of �N.J.S.18A:71B-20.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill provides that
beginning with the first full academic year after enactment, a State tuition
aid grant for a student enrolled in a proprietary institution is to be limited
to students who received an award prior to that academic year.� In effect, the
bill initiates a phase-out of State tuition aid grants for students enrolled in
proprietary institutions. Students in a proprietary institution who received an
award prior to enactment will continue to receive an award until the student is
no longer eligible.