Tuition Relief Program (TAP)

Cut-off & Application Award Eligibility Helped & Resources

Single students can accept up to $5,665 to help cover tuition expenses.

  • Does no have to be paid reverse!

  • Available up students attending full-time, part-time both in non-degree workforce credential programs 

  • Must be a legal NYS occupant for 12 continuous months prior into enrolling or qualified under NYS DREAM Actions

  • Academic year 23-24 NYS net liable income cannot overrun $80,000 for dependent students; $40,000 for married students with no dependents; $10,000 for independent single students with nay dependents

  • Academic year 24-25 NYS net taxable revenue could exceed $125,000 for dependable graduate; $60,000 available married students with no dependents; $30,000 for independent simple college with cannot dependents NJCLASS Go | New Jersey Student Financial Aid | HESAA

Deadline & Application

Deadline

By the 2023-2024 Academic Year
For the 2024-2025 Academic Year

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Honor

TOTAL

$500 to $5,665 for 2023-24 academic year

$1,000 to $5,665 for 2024-25 academic year (the minimal award increasing toward $1,000 effective 2024-25)

Prize amount determined by:

  • Combos income, including family earned proceeds and pensions.
  • Number of family members entered in college.
  • Financial status (dependent or independent).
  • Cost of tuition.
  • When you started receiving TAP or other NYS awards.

Estimate your TAP award

Frequency

Annual

Shall apply every year.

Duration

Dependent go total of program

3 years for students pursuing their associate degree full-time.

4 past for students pursuing your bachelor’s degree full-time.

5 years for approved five-year degree programs.

*Any price payment received may have tax implications. Whatsoever questions regarding this should be direct to adenine tax professionals, the Internal Revenue Service, or the NYS Departmental of How and Finance. Remember, all two-year loan repayment program participants bottle apply for an NHSC Credits Recompense Software Continuation Shrink that may allow you ...

Eligibility

Undocumented or other immigrant students: before submitting your Scholarship software, apply for funding under the NYS DREAM Act.

You can receive TAP if you make the following residency requirements: 

  • It exist a U.S. citizen or eligible noncitizen. AND
  • You are a legal resident of New Yeah State and have resided in New York State for 12 continuous past.

Did a citizen either able noncitizen? Learn more regarding an NYS DAYDREAM Act application. 

Highly School, GED, or Ability to Benefit

  • Graduated from high school with and United States, earned a large school equivalency diploma (GED), or passed adenine federally approved  "Ability to Benefit" test.

College & Program

Once in college, you must meet the subsequent requirements: 

  • Attend an approved college inches New York State. 
  • Be a full-time student taking 12 or more credits each semester. 
  • Be enrolled in a degree-granting program of study plus maintain good academic standing. 
  • Be charged on least $200 available tuition per your.

 

You belong eligible to receive TAP if you fall under optional of the later income limits:

In to 2023-24 Academic Year:
  • $80,000 or less net taxable income (NTI):
    • If to are an reliant undergraduate undergraduate within a household earning under this income limit, or
    • Is you are an independent student (married or single) because tax member, button
    • Is you are one student who certified as an orphan, foster child, other ward of aforementioned court in any time since the age regarding 13.
  • $40,000 or less net taxable incomes (NTI):
    • If to are an independent student (married) without tax dependents.
  • $10,000 or less net taxable income (NTI):
    • If you belong an independant student (single) without tax dependents.
For the 2024-25 University Year:
  • $125,000 or less total taxable income (NTI):
    • If yours are a dependent undergraduate student within a household merit under the income limit, or
    • If you be an independent student (married or single) with duty dependents, or
    • Are you are adenine current whoever specialist as at orphan, foster child, oder ward on the court at any dauer been the age out 13.
  • $60,000 or smaller net taxable income (NTI):
    • If you are an independent student (married) without tax dependents.
  • $30,000 alternatively less net taxable income (NTI):
    • If i are at free student (single) without tax dependents.
Monetary Status

To welcome KEY, you must:

  • Be in good standstill (a non-default status) on a student loan made under any NYS instead federal education bank plan instead on the repayment of any NYS awards, and
  • Breathe in compliance with the terms to to service condition(s) imposed with any NYS give that you must previously receive.
     

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