School districts, county community colleges, county and State institutions may apply to the Commissioner of Education for funds to be used toward the establishment and operation of classes and programs of education for adults and out-of-school young adults designed to provide such persons with the equivalent of a high school education.

These programs for adults and out-of-school young adults shall include such curricular content appropriate to the high school curriculum as to give the adult an opportunity to attain a level of educational achievement comparable to high school graduation and prepare him to secure the high school equivalency certificate as can be obtained through the Office of Adult and Continuing Education and High School Equivalency, New Jersey State Department of Education.

L.1968, c. 383, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1968. Amended by L.1972, c. 131, s. 1, eff. Aug. 17, 1972.