Directs Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to increase income protection allowance used in determining eligibility of independent adult student for Tuition Aid Grant Program.

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Directs Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to increase income protection allowance used in determining eligibility of independent adult student for Tuition Aid Grant Program.

Directs Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to increase income protection allowance used in determining eligibility of independent adult student for Tuition Aid Grant Program.

What This Bill Does

• Directs Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to increase income protection allowance used in determining eligibility of independent adult student for Tuition Aid Grant Program.
• Topic: Budget and Appropriations Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Official Summary Text

Directs Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to increase income protection allowance used in determining eligibility of independent adult student for Tuition Aid Grant Program.
Topic:
Budget and Appropriations
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

S3871 SHI Statement 3/16/26

SENATE HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No.
3871

with
committee amendments

STATE
OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:
�MARCH
16, 2026

����� The Senate Higher Education Committee reports
favorably and with committee amendments Senate Bill No. 3871.

����� As amended, t
his bill directs the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority
(HESAA) to increase the income protection allowance used when calculating
financial eligibility of an independent adult student for a tuition aid grant
to equal the income protection allowance used by the United States Department
of Education when calculating eligibility for an independent adult student for
a federal Pell grant.�

���� In
the formulas used by the State and federal government for calculating student
eligibility for tuition aid grants and Pell grants respectively, a certain
amount of an independent adult student�s income is disregarded.� This amount is
referred to as the Income Protection Allowance (IPA).� The IPA used by the
State is significantly lower than the IPA used by the federal government.� This
bill seeks to align the IPA used by HESAA for independent adult students with
that used by the United States Department of Education.��

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS
:

����� The committee made a technical amendment to the bill�s
title.