NJ boosting TAG awards more than $2,000 for some college students
TRENTON – Around 68,000 college students in New Jersey will be provided larger Tuition Aid Grant awards in the coming year, under revisions to the program made possible by a $35 million increase in state budget funding.
The changes don’t expand eligibility for the need-based TAG grants, but they do increase the awards across the board – including by more than $2,000 for some low-income students.
In all, the state plans to spend nearly $473 million on TAG awards in the coming year. David Socolow, executive director of the New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, said it is a “historic funding increase.”
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But more money is only part of the story. Experts are also studying longstanding inequities in initiatives like the Tuition Aid Grant program
Eugene Lepore, executive director of the New Jersey Association of State Colleges and Universities
The fiscal year 2022 budget deal struck by Gov. Phil Murphy and legislative leaders in June was a monumental spending plan for many reasons: It was the largest budget in New Jersey’s history, made a massive $6.9 billion pension payment and established a new $3.7 billion debt defeasance and prevention fund, to name three reasons. It was also a landmark budget for college access and affordability.
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