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P.L.2025, c.33 (S1445) Required public colleges to readmit students who withdrew for uniformed service with the same academic status and no fee

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Expands benefits Requires public colleges to readmit a student who withdrew for uniformed service with the same academic status and no fee.

Enacted N.J.S.A. 18A:62-4.3d. A public institution must readmit an undergraduate who withdrew because of service in the uniformed services, including Guard duty under state authority, with the same academic status, for the next semester after a written request, without an application or other fee. Approved March 7, 2025.

Progress

Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature

  1. Introduced Done, Senate, pre-filed
  2. In committee Done, Senate Higher Education, then Assembly Higher Education and Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs
  3. Passed one chamber Done, Senate, 37-0
  4. Passed both chambers Done, Assembly, 75-0-0, substituted for A3803
  5. Signed by the governor Done,
  6. In effect Done,

Sponsors

  • Troy SingletonSponsor, Senate, District 7
  • Kristin M. CorradoSponsor, Senate, District 40
  • Verlina Reynolds-JacksonSponsor, Assembly, District 15
  • Cleopatra G. TuckerSponsor, Assembly, District 28
  • Herb Conaway, Jr.Sponsor, Assembly, District 7
  • Carmen F. Amato, Jr.Co-sponsor, Senate
  • Nellie PouCo-sponsor, Senate
  • Paul D. MoriartyCo-sponsor, Senate
  • Gordon M. JohnsonCo-sponsor, Senate
  • Tennille R. McCoyCo-sponsor, Assembly
  • Al BarlasCo-sponsor, Assembly
  • Gerry ScharfenbergerCo-sponsor, Assembly
  • Victoria A. FlynnCo-sponsor, Assembly
  • Reginald W. AtkinsCo-sponsor, Assembly
  • Shanique SpeightCo-sponsor, Assembly
  • Benjie E. WimberlyCo-sponsor, Party and district not on the record
  • Michael InganamortCo-sponsor, Assembly
  • Cody D. MillerCo-sponsor, Assembly
  • Robert J. KarabinchakCo-sponsor, Assembly
  • Dawn FantasiaCo-sponsor, Assembly
  • Clinton CalabreseCo-sponsor, Assembly
  • Annette QuijanoCo-sponsor, Assembly
  • Sterley S. StanleyCo-sponsor, Assembly
  • Margie DonlonCo-sponsor, Assembly
  • Luanne M. PeterpaulCo-sponsor, Assembly
  • William B. Sampson IVCo-sponsor, Assembly
  • Eliana Pintor MarinCo-sponsor, Assembly
  • Mitchelle DrulisCo-sponsor, Assembly

What it touches

  • N.J.S.A. 18A:62-4.3d

Catalog entry

Official record

Read P.L.2025, c.33 (S1445) on the jurisdiction's own record