Community college students have until Sept. 15 to apply for financial aid and – if their incomes are $65,000 or less – have a tuition-free school year.
The program's first semester cost around $20M for grants to students. Murphy sought $58.5M for two semesters. Lawmakers OK'd $25M – and expanded eligibility.
The spring semester that begins this week at many N.J. community colleges will be tuition- and fee-free for about 13,000 students under a new state program.
Thousands of New Jersey students will begin attending community colleges tuition-free in January – though not in every county. We'll know where in September.
The number of undocumented immigrants in NJ colleges that could become eligible for TAG financial aid is more than 10 percent bigger than had been described.