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Under New Bill Universities that Provide the Majority of its Classes Online due to Covid-19 and don’t lower tuition would have its state aid cut

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Assemblyman Ron Dancer bill incentivizes colleges to lower tuition for remote learning

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

TRENTON NJ, Public and private universities that provide the majority of its classes online due to Covid-19 and don’t lower tuition would have its state aid reduced under a bill introduced by Assemblyman Ron Dancer.“Students take on a lot of debt for the full slate of services and opportunities college provides in addition to education,” said Dancer (R-Monmouth). “If they can’t enjoy those services and opportunities, they shouldn’t have to pay for them. Hopefully, colleges choose to save students money instead of losing state aid.”Under the bill (A4499), the state secretary of Higher Education would determine a methodology for how much state aid colleges would lose.

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More Calls to Check Unbridled Power of Governor Murphy

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TRENTON NJ,  Assemblyman Ron Dancer is supporting his Republican colleague Brian Bergen’s legislation to put a layer of checks and balances on the governor’s ability to enact emergency executive orders.
“The governor’s ability to unilaterally impose restrictions on the freedoms of our citizens cannot go unchecked,” said Bergen (R-Morris). “One person with near absolute power is dangerous. Governor Murphy doesn’t even have a problem admitting that he doesn’t consider the Bill of Rights. My legislation will ensure that the governor has the ability to take emergency action, but that action must be reviewed and approved by the legislature within 14 days or it will expire.”

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Dancer Bill to Lift New Jersey Ban on Sleigh Bells

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August 24,2017
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Trenton NJ,  New Jersey law will no longer require sleigh bells attached to horse-drawn sleighs on highways under legislation introduced by Assemblyman Ron Dancer. The legislator sponsors two bills removing antiquated sections of state law, “It’s like cleaning out your basement. You find some things that have outlived their usefulness and it’s time to let them go,” said Dancer (R-Ocean). “We don’t need a sleigh bell law. There was a place for it a long time ago, but now we’re discussing laws to regulate driverless cars.”

Dancer’s bill repealing the sleigh bell law (A5169) also abolishes a World War II-era statute legally defining the words “present war” as the military conflicts with Japan, German and Italy.

Another bill (A5170) rescinds two provisions from 1931 prohibiting the transportation of “any poor person” between counties. The Legislature created the State Pension Survey Commission in 1930. In its February 1931 report, the commission recommended that the county welfare boards assume responsibility for the administration of welfare programs, replacing municipal almshouses and poor houses. The purpose of the recommendation was to provide uniformity and efficiency in the administration of welfare programs.

“The archaic statutes are irrelevant and useless, and they should be retired,” said Dancer. “It’s time to bring our laws into the 21st century.”