NJ’s financial aid for undocumented immigrants gets more costly
Michael Symons
April 29, 2018
TRENTON — The soon-to-be-enacted law providing state Tuition Aid Grants to undocumented immigrants appears likely to cost more than lawmakers thought when they considered the bill.
Nonpartisan legislative staffers initially had projected the proposal would add almost $4.5 million in costs to the TAG program – an average of $7,451 for an estimated 600 undocumented students who have qualified for in-state tuition rates since 2014.
But updated numbers provided by four-year colleges to the Legislature in recent weeks show at least 670 such students are enrolled this year. The difference would add more than half a million dollars to the cost of the expanded TAG program.
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