2023 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 › 668-D - World Trade Center Memorial Scholarships.

§ 668-d. World trade center memorial scholarships. 1. Eligible groups.
Notwithstanding  subdivisions  three  and  five  of  section six hundred
sixty-one of this article, children, spouses and financial dependents of
innocent victims who have died or have  been  severely  and  permanently
disabled,  or  those  innocent  victims  who  have  become  severely and
permanently disabled as a direct result of an injury  sustained  in  the
impact  area  of  the September eleventh, two thousand one attack on the
United States of America,  shall  be  eligible  to  receive  a  memorial
scholarship. The attack on the United States of America shall consist of
the attack on the world trade center, the attack on the Pentagon and the
hijackings  and  crashes  of  United  Airlines  flights  93  and 175 and
American Airlines flights 11 and 77.
2. Amount. (a) The president shall grant annual  scholarships  in  the
following amounts:
(1)  If the recipient attends an institution of the city university of
New York or an institution of the state university  of  New  York  other
than  the  statutory  colleges  at Cornell, the college of environmental
science and forestry at Syracuse and the college of ceramics at  Alfred,
the  annual  award  shall  be an amount equal to: the tuition charged at
such institution provided that, notwithstanding any provision of law  to
the  contrary,  the tuition charged to award recipients shall not exceed
that charged to state resident students attending such institution;  the
mandatory  fees charged at such institution; and the non-tuition cost of
attendance at such institution or college, provided that the scholarship
shall not exceed an amount that is equal to the total cost of attendance
determined for federal Title IV student financial aid purposes, less all
other scholarships and grants provided by New York state, other  states,
the  federal  government,  or  other  governments,  and  the  amount  of
educational benefits paid under any program  that  would  duplicate  the
purposes  of  this  program,  provided  that  any scholarships or grants
provided to a recipient by the institution which are  intended  to  fund
any  portion  of  the  difference between the annual state award and the
actual costs  of  attendance  at  any  such  institution  shall  not  be
considered to duplicate the purposes of this program; or
(2)  If  the  recipient  attends any other approved program within New
York state, the annual award shall be based upon an amount equal to: the
tuition charged to state resident students attending a four-year college
of the state university of New York; the average mandatory fees  charged
at four-year colleges of the state university of New York, or the actual
tuition  and  fees  charged to the recipient, whichever is less; and the
average non-tuition cost of attendance, as determined by  the  president
and  as  approved  by  the  director of the budget, for a student at the
state university of New York or actual non-tuition cost of attendance at
such institution, whichever is less, provided that the scholarship shall
not exceed an amount that is equal  to  the  total  cost  of  attendance
determined for federal Title IV student financial aid purposes, less all
other  scholarships and grants provided by New York state, other states,
the  federal  government,  or  other  governments,  and  the  amount  of
educational  benefits  paid  under  any program that would duplicate the
purposes of this program,  provided  that  any  scholarships  or  grants
provided  to  a  recipient by the institution which are intended to fund
any portion of the difference between the annual  state  award  and  the
actual  costs  of  attendance  at  any  such  institution  shall  not be
considered to duplicate the purposes of this program.
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph a of subdivision  four  of  section  six
hundred  sixty-one of this article, if the recipient is a New York state
resident and, on September eleventh, two thousand one, was  matriculated
and  in attendance in an institution of higher education that provides a

two-year or four-year program of instruction for which  the  institution
awards  an  associate  or  baccalaureate degree and which is eligible to
participate in a program under Title IV of the Higher Education  Act  of
1965,  as  amended or any successor statutes located outside of New York
state, the annual award shall be based upon  an  amount  equal  to:  the
tuition charged to state resident students attending a four-year college
of  the state university of New York; the average mandatory fees charged
at four-year colleges of the state university of New York or the  actual
tuition  and  fees  charged to the recipient, whichever is less; and the
average non-tuition cost of attendance, as determined, by the  president
and  as  approved  by  the  director of the budget, for a student at the
state university of New York or actual non-tuition cost of attendance at
such institution, whichever is less, provided that the scholarship shall
not exceed an amount that is equal  to  the  total  cost  of  attendance
determined for federal Title IV student financial aid proposes, less all
other  scholarships and grants provided by New York state, other states,
the  federal  government,  or  other  governments,  and  the  amount  of
educational  benefits  paid  under  any program that would duplicate the
purposes of this program,  provided  that  any  scholarships  or  grants
provided  to  a  recipient by the institution which are intended to fund
any portion of the difference between the annual  state  award  and  the
actual  annual  costs of attendance at any such institution shall not be
considered to duplicate the purposes of this program.
(4) "Non-tuition cost of attendance", as  used  in  this  subdivision,
shall  mean:  (i)  the actual amount charged by the institution for room
and board, and (ii) an allowance for transportation, books and  supplies
as  determined  by  the president and as approved by the director of the
budget, provided that such determination shall be  made  no  later  than
December  first of each year for use in the succeeding academic year. In
the event a student  does  not  incur  room  or  board  charges  at  the
institution,  "non-tuition  cost  of attendance" shall mean an allowance
for room and board as determined by the president and  approved  by  the
director  of  the  budget.  In  determining  allowances pursuant to this
subparagraph, the president may take into consideration  the  allowances
provided for in the Pell grant program.
(b)  In  no  event  shall the combination of all student financial aid
received by a student exceed a recipient's total cost of  attendance  at
the institution being attended.
3.  Duration.  Awards  under this section shall be payable for each of
not more than  four  academic  years  of  undergraduate  study  or  five
academic  years if a program normally requires five years, as defined by
the commissioner pursuant to article thirteen of this title.