Bill Text: NJ S68 | 2020-2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Requires school districts to provide information on free application for federal student aid to students in grades 11 and 12.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-08-20 - Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee [S68 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2020-S68-Amended.html
SENATE, No. 68
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
219th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2020 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator ROBERT W. SINGER
District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)
Senator M. TERESA RUIZ
District 29 (Essex)
SYNOPSIS
Requires school districts to provide information on free application for federal student aid to students in grades 11 and 12.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Education Committee on August 20, 2020, with amendments.
An Act concerning 1[graduation requirements] certain instruction1 for high school students and supplementing chapter 1[7C] 351 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. 1[Beginning with the 2020-2021 grade eleven class, the State Board of Education shall require that the local graduation requirements adopted by a board of education include the requirement that a student complete and submit a free application for federal student aid] Each school district shall incorporate information in grades 11 and 12 on the free application for federal student aid as part of the district's implementation of the New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Career Readiness, Life Literacies, and Key Skills, and shall encourage students and their parent or guardian to complete the application1.
b. The Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Executive Director of the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, shall publish a list of resources for school districts, parents, and students that include instructions on how to complete a free application for federal student aid.
2. This act shall take effect 1[immediately] in the first full school year following the date of enactment1.
