Bill > A4301

Introduced Session

This bill permits the inclusion of workforce training programs in the Tuition Aid Grant Program. Under current law, the Tuition Aid Grant Program is limited to institutions of higher education and certain proprietary institutions with degree-granting programs approved by the Executive Director of the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority. This bill requires the authority to designate qualified workforce training programs to participate in the tuition aid grant program. Designations are not limited to the degree-granting programs of an institution. Under the bill, the authority is to determine eligibility criteria for participation in the tuition aid grant program. At minimum, to be eligible to participate in the tuition aid grant program, a workforce training program is to: (1) require students to attend, at minimum, 150 hours of classroom instruction; (2) offer an industry-valued credential or employer-valued credential; and (3) have an average completion rate of at least 70 percent, as well as an average job placement rate of at least 70 percent.

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Linda Carter (D)*,  Cody Miller (D)*,  Michael Venezia (D)*,  Dan Hutchison (D),  Julio Marenco (D),  Michele Matsikoudis (R),  Carmen Morales (D),  Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee (on 05/10/2024)

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