By Matt Friedman/The Star-Ledger

TRENTON — A bill to allow students living in the country illegally to pay in-state tuition at the New Jersey’s public colleges and universities has stalled amid political concerns and technical issues.

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Members of the Latino Student Alliance and other students protest in favor of in-state tuition at Rutgers University in New Brunswick in this 2010 file photo. A bill that would charge in-state tuition to certain immigrants living in the U.S. illegally has stalled. Jerry McCrea/The Star-Ledger
The Tuition Equality Act (A4225) was initially included on the list of bills to be voted on by the full Assembly today, after it was approved last week by the budget committee. But on Friday afternoon, it was quietly removed from the agenda.

Assemblyman Gordon Johnson (D-Bergen), the bill’s sponsor, said that was partly because of Democratic members’ concerns about the legislation.

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