Title 18A, Title 18A: EDUCATION

18A:71-32 Membership. 5. (a) The board of directors of the fund shall consist of the chairman of the Commission on Higher Education and the chairperson of the Board of the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority or their designees from among the public members and eight cit…

18A:71-33 Board's additional duties. 6. The board shall: (a) Administer all funds appropriated by the Legislature for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act. (b) Be an agency of communication with departments and agencies of the United States on the availability o…

18A:71-34 Awarding of "opportunity grants." 7. (a) The board is hereby authorized to award "opportunity grants" from the fund to needy students for undergraduate study leading to a baccalaureate degree, associate degree, or other approved certificate and for graduate and professi…

18A:71-35 Prerequisites necessary for awarding grant. (a) No opportunity grant shall be awarded to any applicant therefor unless such applicant shall have demonstrated to the satisfaction of the board that he or she: (1) Is and has been a resident of the State for at least 12 mon…

18A:71-36 Financial resources of applicant; rules and regulations. In awarding opportunity grants pursuant to this act, the board shall take into account the financial resources available to the applicant to meet the cost of his higher education and the tuition, fees and living e…

18A:71-37 Period of assistance. No person shall be eligible for educational opportunity assistance pursuant to this act for more than six years, or for such other period of time as may be determined by the board to be necessary for the completion of an organized course of study. …

18A:71-38 No discrimination; number; amount. Opportunity grants shall be awarded by the board without regard to race, creed or religion and in such number and amount as may be within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available therefor. L.1968,c.142,s.11.

18A:71-39 Remedial and supplementary education for grantees. 12. The board of directors shall develop, establish and maintain programs of remedial and supplementary education for the students who will receive educational opportunity assistance under this act. Such programs may be…

18A:71-40.1. Short title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "C. Clyde Ferguson Law Scholarship Act of 1989." L.1989, c.259, s.1.

18A:71-40.2. C. Clyde Ferguson Law Scholarships; created There are created C. Clyde Ferguson Law Scholarships which shall be maintained by the State and awarded and administered pursuant to this act to students from disadvantaged or minority backgrounds enrolled in the Minority S…

18A:71-40.3. Scholarships awarded annually C. Clyde Ferguson Law Scholarships shall be awarded annually by the board of directors of the New Jersey Educational Opportunity Fund to 30 New Jersey law students from disadvantaged or minority backgrounds. Each of the participating law…

18A:71-40.4. Requirements for scholarship recipients No person shall be awarded a C. Clyde Ferguson Law Scholarship unless: a. The person has been a resident of New Jersey for a period of not less than one year immediately prior to receiving the scholarship; b. The person has dem…

18A:71-40.5. Amount of scholarship The amount of a C. Clyde Ferguson Scholarship shall be established by the board of directors of the New Jersey Educational Opportunity Fund but shall not exceed the maximum amount of tuition, fees and on-campus housing charged at the Rutgers Sch…

18A:71-40.6. Renewal of scholarship Each C. Clyde Ferguson Law Scholarship shall be renewable annually for up to four years except that each scholarship shall remain in effect only if the holder of the scholarship continues to have financial need, achieves satisfactory academic p…

18A:71-40.7. Rules, regulations The board of directors of the New Jersey Educational Opportunity Fund shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1989, c…

18A:71-78.1 Tuition-free enrollment in postsecondary program for certain volunteers, family members. 1. A person who is an active member of a volunteer fire company or volunteer first aid or rescue squad or association in good standing and the dependent children and spouse of a v…

18A:71-78.2 Eligibility for tuition credit. 2. In order to be eligible to receive tuition credit at a county college, county vocational school or county technical institute, a person shall agree to serve as a member of a volunteer fire company or volunteer first aid or rescue squ…

18A:71-78.3 Verification of service; transcript records. 3. Upon being accepted and enrolled in a county college, county vocational school or county technical institute, the volunteer, dependent child or spouse shall provide verification to the institution that the volunteer has …

18A:71-78.4 Issuance of letter of eligibility. 4. A municipality which chooses to participate in the tuition credit program shall issue a letter of eligibility to the volunteer, to be presented to the appropriate institution, stating that the individual is a member in good standi…