New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Chapter 13 - GENERAL PLACEMENT PROVISIONS
Subchapter 5 - TUITION PROGRAM
Section 3A:13-5.4 - Eligibility requirements
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 3A:13-5.4
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) A Tuition Program applicant will be determined eligible for the Program upon meeting the following criteria:
1. At the time of the initial application, the
Tuition Program applicant shall be 16 to 23 years of age;
2. The Tuition Program applicant shall:
i. Have been in the care and custody of the
Division of Child Protection and Permanency for a period of nine cumulative months
or more following the Tuition Program applicant's 16th birthday;
ii. Be or have been residing in an independent
living arrangement, or a transitional living program established pursuant to
P.L.
1999, c. 224 (9:12A-2 et seq.), operated or approved
for payment by the Division; or
iii. Be
or have been residing in a transitional living program located in the State of New
Jersey and approved for payment by the Federal government pursuant to the Federal
"Runaway and Homeless Youth Act," Title III of Pub. L. 93-415 (
42 U.S.C.
§§
5701 et seq.).
3. The Tuition Program applicant shall have
received a high school diploma or a certificate of high school equivalency;
and
4. The Tuition Program applicant
shall have been granted full-time admission to a New Jersey public institution of
higher education or county vocational school.
(b) The Program is limited to five years from the application date.
(c) The Program is limited to students admitted and enrolled in a full-time degree, diploma or certificate program or course of undergraduate study.
(d) The Tuition Program participant shall maintain satisfactory academic progress.
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