The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter,
shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise:
"AGI" means adjusted gross income reported to the United
States Internal Revenue Service on an income tax return.
1. For a dependent student, AGI refers to parental AGI, as
reported on the financial aid application.
2. For an independent student, AGI refers to the AGI reported
on the financial aid application for the student and, if applicable, the
student's spouse.
"Approved educational fees" means general education fees,
registration fees, facility fees, technology fees, laboratory fees, student
service and activity fees, and program and course fees, including fees
associated with coursework in nursing, culinary, and other career and technical
education programs, as determined annually by the Authority in consultation
with the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education, subject to the limit of
funds appropriated or otherwise made available for the program, and published
on the Authority's website.
"Authority" means the Higher Education Student Assistance
Authority established pursuant to
N.J.S.A.
18A:71A-3.
"Bridge year student" means a student in the graduating class
of 2021 or the graduating class of 2022, who has met all applicable New Jersey
high school graduation requirements by the end of the senior year of high
school and defers graduation from high school to pursue a bridge year pursuant
to
P.L.
2020, c. 41.
"CCOG" means the Community College Opportunity Grant
established pursuant to
P.L.
2021, c. 26.
"County college" means a New Jersey county college
established pursuant to
N.J.S.A.
18A:64A-1 et seq.
"In-county tuition" means the amount of tuition charged to
students for whom an institution is the county college that serves the
student's county of residence.
"Minimum level of academic success" means either:
1. That a student meets the standards for academic
performance and satisfactory academic progress that an institution adopts to
determine eligibility for Federal student aid programs under Title IV of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and its implementing regulations and
rules; or
2. To provide an opportunity for returning students to
re-engage in postsecondary education, that a student earns a minimum grade
point average of 1.8 in the semester immediately prior to receiving an award.
"Three plus one degree program" means a baccalaureate degree
program created pursuant to
section
1 of
P.L.
2018, c. 144.
