By Matt Friedman, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
TRENTON — A bill that would allow New Jersey college students to pay the same tuition for nine straight semesters is one step closer to becoming law.
The state Assembly today voted 48-21 to pass the bill, which was one of seven bills the lower house passed today that are intended to rein in college costs.
“The time for change in higher education has come,” said Assemblyman Joseph Cryan (D-Union), a sponsor of the bills. “For the last 20 years New Jersey’s families have been at the mercy of what I would say is an oligarchy of presidents of higher education who determine their financial future.”
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