Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:71B-26

  • Higher education: means that education which is provided by any or all of the public institutions of higher education as herein defined and any or all equivalent private institutions. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
18A:71B-26. Scholarship Eligibility.

A Miss New Jersey Educational Scholarship shall be awarded annually to an individual who has been designated by the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, in consultation with the Miss New Jersey Pageant Organization, as being an exceptional young leader in the area of civic, cultural or charitable endeavors in the spirit of the Miss New Jersey Pageant. In order to be eligible for the scholarship, the individual shall be enrolled in or accepted into a course of study leading to an initial bachelor’s degree or a post graduate degree in any public institution of higher education of this State, as enumerated in N.J.S. 18A:62-1

L.1999,c.46,s.1.