By Tara Nurin
Lower chamber hammers out package of bills, while upper house creates a commission to study the ‘college affordability crisis’
Assembly Higher Education Committee Chairwoman Mila Jasey (D-Essex and Morris).
The state Senate and Assembly seem to be at loggerheads over a package of 20 bills that would make it easier for New Jerseyans to get into college and to pay for it. The legislation was crafted by the Assembly Higher Education Committee, and thus far the Assembly has passed approximately a dozen of the bills — most of them overwhelmingly.
They’ve been referred to the Senate Higher Education Committee, where they have yet to be scheduled for hearings. The prospect of that happening anytime soon appears remote.
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