New Jersey § 18a:64a-23

§ 18a:64a-23.

a. Each county college shall, to the extent its facilities will permit accept students

who are residents of any other county in the State. b. Any person desiring to enroll in a county college as a nonresident student shall

apply to the chief fiscal officer of his county of residence for a certificate of

residence showing that said person is a resident of said county. The chief fiscal officer of each county shall, upon application and submission to

him of satisfactory evidence of such residence, issue said certificate provided that

(1) the county does not sponsor a county college or contribute to the support of a

county assisted college, or (2) the local county or county assisted college certifies

that it does not offer the particular course or program of study desired by the applicant,

or (3) the local county or county assisted college certifies that it cannot admit

the applicant into a particular course or the desired program of study, pursuant to

criteria established by the Commission on Higher Education. If the chief fiscal officer of a county refuses to issue such a certificate, the

applicant may appeal to the board of chosen freeholders of the county within 10 days

of the receipt of notice of such refusal. The board of chosen freeholders shall make a determination after a hearing, upon

10 days' notice to such chief fiscal officer and the applicant, and such determination

shall be final and binding on the county. Upon his registration for each college year, the nonresident student shall file with

the college such a certificate of residence issued not earlier than two months prior

thereto and such certificate of residence shall be valid for the current or next academic

year succeeding the date of issuance, as the case may be. c. Any county college so admitting nonresident students shall charge to and collect

from each county within the State which has issued a certificate or certificates of

residence pursuant to subsection b. and on the basis of which such nonresident students

are attending such college, the sending county's share of the operating expenses of

such county college, as certified by the board of school estimate and as paid by the

receiving county for resident students, computed on a per full-time equated (FTE)

student basis and multiplied by cost ratios as determined by the State Treasurer pursuant to N.J.S. 18A:64A-22 for various instructional categories. Any county college shall additionally charge and collect the sum of $1.00 per credit

hour for each student so enrolled to compensate for minor capital costs of the college. d. Within 10 days after the commencement of each college term, the county college

shall charge the county's per FTE student share of operating expenses of such college

for that term as aforesaid to each county which has issued a certificate or certificates

of residence pursuant to subsection b., on the basis of which nonresident students

are attending such county college. The amount so charged to the county issuing the certificate or certificates shall

be paid within 30 days of the date of the billing.