NY Educ L § 666 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 14 - New York State Higher Education Services Corporation Part 2 - Student Financial Aid Sub Part 2 - General Awards 666 - Tuition Awards for Part-Time Undergraduate Students.

§ 666. Tuition  awards  for  part-time  undergraduate  students.    1.   Definition. For the purposes of this  section  (a)  "part-time  student"   means  a  student  enrolled  for  at  least  three  but less than twelve   semester hours, or the equivalent, per semester or  at  least  four  but   less  than eight semester hours per quarter in an approved undergraduate   degree  or  registered  certificate   program   in   a   degree-granting   institution, and (b) "income" means that amount determined in accordance   with subdivisions one and two of section six hundred sixty-three of this   article.2.  Eligible  students.  Tuition  awards  may be made to students, who   comply with the requirements provided in subdivisions  three,  five  and   six  of section six hundred sixty-one of this article, and  (i) are also   part-time  students  matriculated  in  approved   undergraduate   degree   programs  or  enrolled and accepted into registered certificate programs   and (ii) if eligible to claim dependents or to be claimed as  dependents   under  the  tax  law,  whose  incomes  do not exceed fifty thousand five   hundred fifty dollars or if  ineligible  whose  incomes  do  not  exceed   thirty-four  thousand  two  hundred  fifty  dollars. The continuation of   eligibility for a tuition award shall  require  the  retention  of  good   academic  standing,  as  defined by the commissioner pursuant to article   thirteen of this chapter. Prior to the approval of any additional  award   pursuant  to  this  section, participating institutions shall review the   academic standing of all recipients of awards pursuant to this section.3. Participating institutions. Institutions which  offer undergraduate   degrees and participate in the tuition assistance program  are  eligible   to  participate  in  the  tuition  award for part-time students program,   pursuant to this section provided, however, that  the  tuition  for  the   program  in  which  a  student  is  enrolled totals at least one hundred   dollars a year.  Eligible institutions shall apply to the corporation to   participate in such program on applications postmarked on or before  the   fifteenth  day  of June, such applications having been postmarked by the   corporation to all eligible institutions on or before the fifteenth  day   of  May. The department shall provide the enrollment data upon which the   institutional allocation of funds will be based to the corporation on or   before the first day of May. The corporation shall notify  participating   institutions  of  the institutional allocation of funds on or before the   fifteenth day of July.  Notwithstanding the manner and extent  in  which   allocations  of  funds  for  awards  are  made under this subdivision to   institutions which form a part of the state university of  New  York  or   the  city  university  of  New  York,  the  chancellor  of  either  such   university may reallocate and distribute any unexpended portion  of  the   allocation of an institution of such university to any other institution   of   such   university   to  which  an  allocation  is  made  hereunder.   Notwithstanding the manner and extent in which allocations of funds  for   awards  are  made  under this subdivision to independent institutions of   higher education,  the  president  may  reallocate  and  distribute  any   unexpended portion of the allocation of such an institution to any other   such  institution  to  which  an allocation is made hereunder.   Written   notice of such reallocation and  distribution  shall  be  given  to  the   corporation  by  such  chancellor or commissioner in accordance with the   rules of the board.4. Selection of recipients. Participating  institutions  shall  select   recipients of tuition awards for part-time students from amoung elibible   students.  Participating  institutions  shall  consider  those  eligible   students who demonstrate the greatest amount of financial need remaining   after all available grants have been applied to  educational  costs  and   shall  give  preference,  where  possible,  to  students  who  would  be   otherwise unable to attempt or continue post  secondary  education.  The    total  number of recipients and the amount of awards shall be limited by   the institutional allocation of funds pursuant to subdivision  eight  of   this  section. The institution shall select recipients within forty-five   days after the date fixed by the institution for students to add or drop   courses in the semester, quarter or term for which the award is made and   each  recipient  shall  be notified in writing of the award, its amount,   that it is effected by a waiver of tuition by the  institution  in  such   amount,  and  that  the  award  is  counted  toward  the maximum term of   eligibility under  the  tuition  assistance  program.  In  the  event  a   recipient  is  determined  to  be  ineligible  for  an  award after such   notification is given, the institution shall  advise  the  recipient  in   writing thereof, and that its selection of such recipient and its waiver   of  tuition is a nullity. If the determination of ineligiblility is made   prior to the date the institution submits its report  of  recipients  to   the  corporation,  a replacement recipient may be selected, notified and   reported.5. Amount of award. The annual award shall be for an amount up to  two   thousand  dollars or tuition, whichever is less. The amount of the award   shall be determined by the participating institution.  Such  institution   shall  waive the tuition for such eligible student in the amount of such   award.6. Limitation of amount. In no event shall  the  award  for  any  year   exceed  the  amount by which the tuition, exclusive of educational fees,   payable by the student exceeds the total of all other state, federal  or   other   educational   aid  which  the  commissioner  has  identified  by   regulation as duplicative of the purposes of tuition awards pursuant  to   this  section.  For  the  purposes  of  this subdivision, neither United   States war orphans educational benefits nor benefits under the veterans'   readjustment act of nineteen hundred sixty-six shall  be  considered  as   federal or other educational aid.7.  Duration. A recipient shall be eligible for a period not to exceed   eight years of part-time undergraduate study or,  if  the  undergraduate   program  normally requires five academic years of full-time study, for a   period not  to  exceed  ten  years  of  part-time  undergraduate  study.   Recipients  enrolled  in  a  program of remedial study conforming to the   provisions of this article, approved by the  commissioner  in  a  degree   granting  institution,  and  intended  to  culminate in an undergraduate   degree shall be considered as enrolled in a program  normally  requiring   five  years.  Any semester, quarter or term of attendance during which a   student receives an award pursuant to this section shall be  counted  as   one-half  of a semester, quarter or term, as the case may be, toward the   maximum term  of  eligibility  for  tuition  assistance  program  awards   pursuant  to section six hundred sixty-seven of this chapter. The period   of eligibility shall  be  proportionately  reduced  for  each  semester,   quarter  or  term of attendance during which a student receives an award   pursuant to section six hundred sixty-seven of this article.8. Institutional allocation of funds. The total amount  of  funds  for   awards at a participating institution for an academic year shall be that   amount determined by multiplying the annual total appropriation for this   program  by a ratio whose numerator shall be the undergraduate part-time   degree program  enrollment  at  the  institution  during  the  preceding   academic  year  and  whose  denominator  shall  be the aggregate of such   enrollment at all participating institutions in such academic year.9. Institutional reports and reimbursements. One week after the  final   date  recipients  may  be selected, each participating institution shall   report to the corporation the following: (i) the eligible  students  who   received  an  award pursuant to this section and their incomes; and (ii)   the amount of each such award. Within forty-five days of the  conclusion    of  each  term  or semester during which the awards are made pursuant to   this section,  each  participating  institution  shall  certify  to  the   corporation  whether  or not each student reported received a cumulative   passing  average  for  the  semester  hours  undertaken pursuant to such   award. The corporation shall reimburse the participating institution for   each award made by such institution on behalf  of  an  eligible  student   provided,  however,  that  if, during any term or semester, the value of   the awards conferred by the institution to students who fail to maintain   a cumulative passing average exceeds ten percent of the total  value  of   all  the  awards conferred by the institution, the institution shall not   be reimbursed for the value of those awards made to students who fail to   maintain a cumulative passing average which is in excess of ten  percent   of the total value of all the awards conferred by the institution during   that  term  or semester.   A recipient of such award shall not be liable   for tuition waived in  the  amount  of  the  award  for  semester  hours   undertaken  pursuant to such award for which he or she did not receive a   cumulative passing  average.  The  president  may  make  prepayments  to   institutions  of  their  allocations  of  funds  in  accordance with the   provisions of paragraph c of subdivision three of  section  six  hundred   sixty-five  of this article, and the president may require institutional   refunds in accordance with the provisions of paragraph c of  subdivision   four of section six hundred sixty-five of this article.10.  Annually prior to the first day of November the corporation shall   prepare a report  to  the  board  of  regents  which  shall  contain  an   evaluation  concerning  the  administration of the tuition award program   for part-time undergraduate students and an analysis of the  information   reported  pursuant  to  subdivision  nine  of this section. The board of   regents shall then prepare a report to the governor and the  legislature   making  appropriate  recommendations  annually prior to the first day of   January.11. The state comptroller shall audit the tuition  award  program  for   part-time  undergraduate  students for the period commencing July first,   nineteen hundred eighty-four and ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred   eighty-five and shall make a  report,  not  later  than  October  first,   nineteen  hundred  eighty-five,  relating  thereto  to the governor, the   temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly.