Establishes Gold Star Family Scholarship Program; appropriates $100,000 from General Fund to Higher Education Student Assistance Authority.

S 1265 establishes the Gold Star Family Scholarship Program, providing financial aid to spouses, parents, children, siblings, or legal guardians of New Jersey military personnel who died while on active duty. The program, administered by the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority (HESAA), offers scholarships covering undergraduate costs at eligible institutions, capped at the average tuition of four-year public colleges. Funding comes from a $2 annual surcharge on personalized license plates, optional taxpayer contributions via state income tax returns, and an initial $100,000 appropriation from the General Fund. The bill creates a permanent scholarship fund and sets eligibility criteria for beneficiaries.