{"id":731,"date":"2016-03-15T16:49:38","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T21:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/?p=731"},"modified":"2016-03-15T16:49:38","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T21:49:38","slug":"bemidji-pioneer-ntc-takes-part-in-pilot-program-offering-free-tuition-for-qualified-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/2016\/03\/15\/bemidji-pioneer-ntc-takes-part-in-pilot-program-offering-free-tuition-for-qualified-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Bemidji Pioneer: NTC takes part in pilot program offering free tuition for qualified students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">BEMIDJI &mdash; A pilot program through the Minnesota Office of Higher Education is offering qualifying students entering Northwest Technical College this fall an opportunity to receive their education for free.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">MnSCU&rsquo;s Two-Year Occupational Grant Pilot Program provides financial help to students enrolled in qualifying career and technical programs at two-year colleges in Minnesota. The program is intended to help students complete programs in two years or less, and find jobs in high-demand occupations, a release said. The Minnesota Legislature has voted to fund the pilot program for the next two academic years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">NTC has nearly 70 academic programs that are eligible for the program. A complete list of eligible programs is available on the Office of Higher Education website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">To qualify for the grants, students must be enrolled in a qualifying certificate, diploma or associate&rsquo;s degree program at NTC. They also must have completed high school, an Adult Basic Education Program or earned a GED as a Minnesota resident during the 2015-16 academic year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Students who complete certain AmeriCorps service programs in 2015-16 are also eligible if they started their program immediately after high school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Qualifying students must come from a household with a 2015 adjusted gross income of $90,000 or less.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">To apply, students must complete the 2016-17 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which is available now. Undocumented students should apply using the 2016-17 Minnesota Dream Act state financial aid application.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Funding for the application is limited. Applicants will be ranked by application date.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">For more information about the application process and the rules associated with the program, visit the Office of Higher Education website.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEMIDJI &mdash; A pilot program through the Minnesota Office of Higher Education is offering qualifying students entering Northwest Technical College this fall an opportunity to receive their education for free. MnSCU&rsquo;s Two-Year Occupational Grant Pilot Program provides financial help to students enrolled in qualifying career and technical programs at two-year colleges in Minnesota. The program [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-link"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=731"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":732,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731\/revisions\/732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}