N.J.S.A. 18A:64-13 — Tuition fees

18A:64-13. Tuition fees 18A:64-13. Students in each State college who are residents of New Jersey shall be required to pay each year a minimum tuition fee and nonresidents of the State shall pay an additional fee. Such fees and any increase of the minimum tuition fee shall be determined by each college board of trustees. The board of trustees may waive the payment of the college's anticipated tuition revenues to accomplish mission-related or policy goals. L.1967, c.271; amended 1968,c.24; 1986,c.42,s.5; 1994,c.48,s.99. 18A:64-13.1. Definitions. 1. As used in this act: a. "Job training course" means any course of instruction which will provide the individual with an identifiable job skill and will assist the individual in gaining reemployment, any course of instruction which is part of a training program approved pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of subsection (c) of R.S.43:21-4, or any course of instruction which is part of the education and training described in the Employability Development Plan developed for the individual pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1992, c.47 (C.43:21-59). b. "Public institution of higher education" means the State colleges and the New Jersey Institute of Technology and all other institutions indicated by N.J.S.18A:62-1, except for county colleges. L.1983,c.469,s.1; amended 1992,c.45,s.1. 18A:64-13.2. Tuition-free job training courses 2. Each public institution of higher education shall permit a person who has been in the labor market for at least two years and is unemployed or has received a layoff notice as a result of a factory or plant closing to enroll without payment of tuition in a job training course, provided that the person is not eligible for any available State or federal student financial aid and that available classroom space permits and that tuition paying students constitute the minimum number required for the course. Nothing herein shall preclude a public institution of higher education from requiring a registration fee not to exceed $20.00 per academic term. L.1983,c.469,s.2; amended 1992,c.45,s.2.

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