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 › 667-C - Part-Time Tuition Assistance Program Awards.

§   667-c.   Part-time   tuition   assistance   program   awards.   1.
Notwithstanding any  law,  rule  or  regulation  to  the  contrary,  the
president  of the higher education services corporation is authorized to
make tuition assistance program awards to:
* a. part-time students enrolled at the state university, a  community
college,  the  city  university of New York, and a non-profit college or
university incorporated by the regents or by the  legislature  who  meet
all  requirements  for  tuition assistance program awards except for the
students' part-time attendance; or
* NB Effective until July 1, 2024
* a. part-time students enrolled at a degree granting  institution  of
higher  education  incorporated by the regents or by the legislature who
meet all requirements for tuition assistance program awards  except  for
the students' part-time attendance; or
* NB Effective July 1, 2024
b.  part-time  students  enrolled  at  a community college or a public
agricultural and technical college in a non-degree workforce  credential
program  directly  leading to the employment or advancement of a student
in a "significant industry" as identified by the department of labor  in
its three most recent statewide significant industries reports published
preceding   the   student's  enrollment  in  such  non-degree  workforce
credential program. The state  university  of  New  York  and  the  city
university  of  New York shall publish and maintain a master list of all
eligible non-degree workforce credential program courses and update such
list every semester. Eligible non-degree workforce  credential  programs
shall  include  those  programs  less than twelve semester hours, or the
equivalent,  per  semester.  A  student  who  successfully  completes  a
non-degree  workforce  credential program and receives part-time tuition
assistance program awards pursuant to this paragraph  shall  be  awarded
academic  credit  by the state university of New York or city university
of  New  York  upon  matriculation  into  a  degree  program   at   such
institution,   provided   that   such  credit  shall  be  equal  to  the
corresponding credit hours earned in the non-degree workforce credential
program.
2. For purposes of this section:
a. for students defined in paragraph a  of  subdivision  one  of  this
section,  a  part-time  student is one who: (i) enrolled as a first-time
freshman during the two thousand six--two thousand seven  academic  year
or  thereafter  at  a college or university within the state university,
including  a  statutory  or  contract  college,  a   community   college
established  pursuant to article one hundred twenty-six of this chapter,
the city university of New York, or a non-profit college  or  university
incorporated by the regents or by the legislature;
(ii) is enrolled for at least six but less than twelve semester hours,
or  the  equivalent,  per  semester  in an approved undergraduate degree
program; and
(iii) has a cumulative grade-point average of at least 2.00.
b. for students defined in paragraph b  of  subdivision  one  of  this
section,  a part-time student is one who: (i) meets all requirements for
tuition assistance program awards except  for  the  student's  part-time
attendance  and  any  other  requirements that are inconsistent with the
student's enrollment in a non-degree workforce credential program; and
(ii) is  enrolled  in  an  approved  non-degree  workforce  credential
program  at  a  community college or a public agricultural and technical
college pursuant to paragraph b of subdivision one of this section.
3. a. For part-time students defined in this section, the award  shall
be  calculated  as  provided  in section six hundred sixty-seven of this
article and shall be in an amount equal to the enrollment factor percent

of the award the student would have been eligible  for  if  the  student
were  enrolled  full-time. For part-time students defined in paragraph a
of subdivision one of this section, the enrollment factor percent is the
percentage  obtained  by  dividing  the number of credits the student is
enrolled in, as certified by  the  school,  by  the  number  of  credits
required for full-time study in the semester, quarter or term as defined
by  the  commissioner.  For part-time students defined in paragraph b of
subdivision  one  of  this  section,  the  enrollment  factor  shall  be
calculated  pursuant  to regulations established by the higher education
services corporation.
b. (i) For part-time students defined in paragraph  a  of  subdivision
one  of this section, any semester, quarter or term of attendance during
which a student receives an award pursuant  to  this  section  shall  be
counted  as the enrollment factor percent of a semester, quarter or term
toward the maximum term of eligibility  for  tuition  assistance  awards
pursuant  to  section six hundred sixty-seven of this article. The total
period of study for which payment may  be  made  shall  not  exceed  the
equivalent of the maximum period authorized for that award.
(ii)  For part-time students defined in paragraph b of subdivision one
of this section, the total period of study for which payment may be made
shall not exceed the equivalent of the maximum period authorized for the
non-degree workforce credential  program  pursuant  to  paragraph  b  of
subdivision one of this section.