Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:71B-85.3

  • 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
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
4. A student who is eligible for an NJ STARS scholarship who earned college credits while enrolled in high school may submit to the county college a transcript from the institution of higher education that awarded the credits. If the county college determines that the student’s coursework is equivalent to that offered by the county college, then the county college shall apply the credits toward the award of the student’s associate degree under the NJ STARS Program.

L.2008, c.124, s.4.