House Bill No. by Representative Larvadain amends the initial eligibility requirements for the M.J. Foster Promise Program, which provides financial assistance to students attending two-year public postsecondary institutions or proprietary schools. The bill specifically revises the age requirement for applicants, removing the previous tiered age criteria that allowed applicants to be as young as 17 years old by the 2027-2028 award year.

Under the proposed law, the new requirement stipulates that applicants must be at least 21 years old to be eligible for the program. This change simplifies the age criteria by eliminating the phased approach and establishing a single minimum age for initial eligibility. The bill retains other aspects of the existing law while focusing on this significant alteration to the age requirement.

Statutes affected:
HB407 Original: 17:2(A)(1)