NY Educ L § 352-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 8 - State University and State Financial Assistance for Higher Education 352-A - Maritime College; Admissions Program.

§  352-a.  Maritime  college;  admissions  program.  1. There shall be created an admissions program for  the  state  university  of  New  York maritime  college  as  established  pursuant  to  section  three hundred fifty-two of this article  in  which  certain  elected  officials  shall nominate  students  for  placement  in  such  college's regimental/cadet degree system.   2. (a) Maritime college shall have a total of two hundred  eighty-four vacancy  positions  set  aside  for  applicants who are nominated by the governor, a state senator or a member  of  the  assembly.  Such  vacancy nominations  shall  increase or decrease based upon the number of senate districts authorized pursuant to article three of  the  New  York  state constitution.  An  applicant who receives such a nomination, is accepted for admission into  the  college  and  participates  in  the  regimental program  shall  receive a tuition scholarship equal to the amount of the state tuition charge after the deduction of any available grant aid  for the  four  consecutive  years  following  his  or her admission into the program  provided,  however,   that   the   student   remains   in   the regimental/cadet  degree  program  and  remains  at  all  times  in good academic standing as determined by the maritime college  administration. In  no  event  shall  a  student  lose his or her scholarship based upon legislative reapportionment or changes  in  legislative  composition  or membership.  Nothing  herein  shall  be construed to limit or reduce the number of vacancies available to the general population.  (b) To be eligible to receive such nomination and tuition scholarship, the applicant must be a resident of the  state.  For  purposes  of  this section,  a  state resident shall be defined as a person who has resided in the state of New York for a period of at least one year prior to  the time  of nomination, is a graduate or within one year of graduation from an approved high school or has attained a New  York  state  high  school equivalency diploma or its equivalent as determined by the commissioner.   3.  The  vacancy nominations shall be distributed as follows: five for the governor, five for the majority leader of the senate, five  for  the speaker  of  the  assembly,  two  for  each state senator other than the majority leader of the senate and one for each member  of  the  assembly other  than the speaker of the assembly. The governor and each member of the legislature  shall  provide  one  principal  and  three  alternative nominations  for  consideration for admission. Final admission decisions shall remain with the college and within administrative  procedures  and criteria.   4.  The  state  university  of  New York shall provide annually by the first day of July and upon request of  the  chairperson  of  the  senate higher  education  committee  or  the chairperson of the assembly higher education committee a report detailing the total vacancies  filled,  the total  vacancies expected for the upcoming academic year, what vacancies each elected official is expected to have pursuant to the provisions  of subdivision  three  of this section and a summary of the previous year's total student enrollment and participation in the program.   5. The tuition scholarships authorized by this section shall  be  made available so long as funds are made available for such purposes.   6.  Any  individual  receiving  a tuition scholarship pursuant to this section shall apply for all other available  state,  federal,  or  other educational  grant  aid  at  the  time  of  enrollment. Any grant aid or financial assistance received shall be utilized to offset  the  cost  of tuition  to  the  maximum  extent  possible,  except  that nothing shall require that aid or assistance received which may be used towards  costs other than that of tuition shall be applied toward the cost of tuition.    7. The state university of New York is hereby authorized to promulgate any  rules  and  regulations  necessary  for  the  implementation of the provisions of this section.