New Jersey Statutes 18A:62-4.5. Eligibility for resident undergraduate tuition rate
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:62-4.5
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Higher education: means that education which is provided by any or all of the public institutions of higher education as herein defined and any or all equivalent private institutions. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
(1) the student is a United States citizen; and
(2) the student has resided in the State for a period of not less than 12 consecutive months before first enrolling in a public institution of higher education and, in the case of a county college student, resides in the county sponsoring the college before first enrolling at the college.
b. A dependent student may not establish eligibility for the resident undergraduate tuition rate pursuant to subsection a. of this section if the student’s parent or guardian has not lived in this State for a period of at least 12 consecutive months immediately prior to the student’s initial enrollment in a public institution of higher education.
c. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the eligibility for the resident undergraduate tuition rate of any student who does not meet the requirements of this section but is otherwise eligible for the resident undergraduate tuition rate at a public institution of higher education in accordance with law or regulation.
L.2019, c.383, s.3.