New Jersey § 18a:71c-74

§ 18a:71c-74.

As used in section 2 of this act: 1 “ Authority ” means the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority established pursuant to N.J.S.18A:71A-3 . “ Eligible student loan expenses ” means the outstanding balance of the principal and interest due on student loans

used to cover the cost of attendance while enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate

degree program at an institution of higher education. “ Low performing public school ” means a school located in New Jersey, under collegiate grade, which is operated

by a school district or a charter school established pursuant to P.L.1995, c. 426 ( C.18A:36A-1 et seq. ) that meets the criteria of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2): (1) among all students in that school to whom a State assessment was administered,

the sum of the percent of students scoring in the not yet meeting expectations and

partially meeting expectations categories in both the language arts and mathematics

subject areas of the State assessments exceeded 40% in each of the prior two school

years; or (2) among all students in that school to whom a State assessment was administered,

the sum of the percent of students scoring in the not yet meeting expectations and

partially meeting expectations categories in either the language arts or mathematics

subject areas of the State assessment exceeded 65% in each of the prior two school

years. (3) A school shall continue to be designated a low performing school until such time

that the sum of the percent of students scoring in the not yet meeting expectations

and partially meeting expectations categories in both the language arts and mathematics

subject areas of the State assessments is less than or equal to the sum of the Statewide

percent of students scoring in the not yet meeting expectations and partially meeting

expectations categories on the corresponding Statewide assessments. “ Program participant ” means a person who is initially hired by a school district following the effective

date of this act 2 and who meets the criteria of section 2 of this act, and who has executed a contract

with the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority for participation in the loan

redemption program. A program participant shall be a resident of New Jersey. “ School district ” means a local or regional school district established pursuant to chapter 8 or chapter

13 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, a county vocational school district established

pursuant to article 3 of chapter 54 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, and a

school district under full State intervention pursuant to P.L.1987, c. 399 ( C.18A:7A-34 et seq. ). 1

L.2019, c. 401 (N.J.S.A. § 18A:71C-75). 2

L.2019, c. 401, eff. Jan. 21, 2020.