NJ A1653

Students with full or partial custody of a child at New Jersey colleges and universities cannot be required to purchase meal plans

Parent students cannot be required to live in on-campus housing, except when it is a condition of a residential cohort program, access program, or scholarship

Institutions cannot require parent students to pay fees for campus gyms, fitness centers, or recreational facilities, unless those fees are bundled with other campus services like transportation

Students who do not pay the recreational facility fees may be denied access to those facilities

The law would take effect in the first full academic year following enactment