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 - Regents Awards for Children of Deceased and Disabled Veterans.

§ 668. Regents  awards for children of deceased and disabled veterans.
1.   Period of military service. For  a  student  to  be  eligible,  the
parent,  or  step-parent  where  the  student  is  the  dependent of the
step-parent, (i)  must  have  been  a  recipient  of  the  armed  forces
expeditionary  medal,  the  navy expeditionary medal or the marine corps
expeditionary medal for participation in operations in Lebanon from June
first, nineteen hundred eighty-three to December first, nineteen hundred
eighty-seven, in Grenada from  October  twenty-third,  nineteen  hundred
eighty-three to November twenty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-three, or
in  Panama  from  December  twentieth,  nineteen  hundred eighty-nine to
January thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety, or (ii) must have  served
on  regular active duty (other than for training) in the armed forces of
the United States during part of one of the following periods:
(a) April  sixth,  nineteen  hundred  seventeen  to  November  eleven,
nineteen hundred eighteen.
(b) December seven, nineteen hundred forty-one to December thirty-one,
nineteen  hundred  forty-six,  or have been employed by the War Shipping
Administration or Office of Defense Transportation or their agents as  a
merchant   seaman  documented  by  the  United  States  Coast  Guard  or
Department of Commerce, or as a civil servant  employed  by  the  United
States  Army  Transport Service (later redesignated as the United States
Army Transportation Corps, Water Division) or the  Naval  Transportation
Service;  and  who  served  satisfactorily  as  a crew member during the
period of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred  forty-one,
to  August  fifteenth,  nineteen  hundred  forty-five,  aboard  merchant
vessels in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service
as such terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501)  and
further  to include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and
Canada, Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or  public  vessels
in  oceangoing  service  or  foreign  waters  and  who  has  received  a
Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active  Duty  and  a  discharge
certificate,  or  an  Honorable  Service Certificate/Report of Casualty,
from the Department of  Defense  or  have  served  as  a  United  States
civilian  employed  by  the  American  Field Service and served overseas
under United States Armies and United States Army Groups in world war II
during the period of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen  hundred
forty-one  through  May eighth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and who (i)
was discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (ii)
has a qualifying condition, as defined in section one of  the  veterans'
services  law,  and  has  received a discharge other than bad conduct or
dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a discharged  LGBT  veteran,
as  defined  in  section  one  of  the  veterans'  services law, and has
received a discharge other than bad conduct or  dishonorable  from  such
service,  or  have  served  as  a United States civilian Flight Crew and
Aviation Ground Support Employee of Pan American World Airways or one of
its subsidiaries or its affiliates and served overseas as  a  result  of
Pan  American's  contract  with  Air  Transport  Command  or  Naval  Air
Transport  Service  during  the  period  of  armed  conflict,   December
fourteenth,   nineteen  hundred  forty-one  through  August  fourteenth,
nineteen hundred forty-five, and who (iv)  was  discharged  or  released
therefrom under honorable conditions, or (v) has a qualifying condition,
as  defined  in  section  one  of  the  veterans'  services law, and has
received a discharge other than bad conduct or  dishonorable  from  such
service, or (vi) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one
of  the  veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than
bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.
(c) June twenty-seven, nineteen hundred fifty to  January  thirty-one,
nineteen hundred fifty-five.
(d)  November  first,  nineteen  hundred  fifty-five  to  May seventh,
nineteen hundred seventy-five.
(e)  August  two, nineteen hundred ninety to the end of hostilities in
the Persian Gulf conflict.
(f) From September eighteenth, two thousand one until the end  of  the
United States military efforts in Afghanistan.
(g)  From  October  sixteenth,  two  thousand two until the end of the
United States military efforts in Iraq.
2. Eligible groups. Awards shall be made to students each of whom  has
a parent with such service, or a step-parent with such service where the
student  is  the  dependent  of  the  step-parent  even if the student's
biological parent is still living, who:
(a) was a legal resident of New York state at the time of his  or  her
demise and who died or die while so serving, or as a result of injury or
illness suffered or incurred during such military service; or
* (b)  (i)  is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States or
member of the  armed  forces  of  the  United  States,  or  (ii)  has  a
qualifying  condition,  as defined in section three hundred fifty of the
executive law, and has received a discharge other than  bad  conduct  or
dishonorable  from  such service, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT veteran,
as defined in section three hundred fifty of the executive law, and  has
received  a  discharge  other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such
service, who is a resident of the state of  New  York,  and  who  has  a
current  disability of forty percent or more as a result of an injury or
illness which is incurred or was incurred during such military  service;
or
* NB Effective until April 1, 2023
* (b)  (i)  is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States or
member of the  armed  forces  of  the  United  States,  or  (ii)  has  a
qualifying  condition,  as  defined  in  section  one  of  the veterans'
services law, and has received a discharge other  than  bad  conduct  or
dishonorable  from  such service, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT veteran,
as defined in section  one  of  the  veterans'  services  law,  and  has
received  a  discharge  other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such
service, who is a resident of the state of  New  York,  and  who  has  a
current  disability of forty percent or more as a result of an injury or
illness which is incurred or was incurred during such military  service;
or
* NB Effective April 1, 2023
(c)  is  now deceased, who was a resident of this state at the time of
his or her demise, and who at the time  of  his  or  her  demise  had  a
disability to a degree of forty percent or more as a result of an injury
or illness which was incurred during such military service; or
(d)  is  classified  as  a  former  prisoner  of war, or as missing in
action, who has been so classified by the United  States  department  of
defense,  and  who  is  a  resident of the state of New York if a former
prisoner of war or was  a  resident  of  the  state  of  New  York  when
classified as missing in action.
3.  Determinations of disability. Determinations concerning disability
or death by the United States Administrator of Veterans Affairs  or  the
separate  branches  of  the  armed  forces of the United States shall be
conclusive.
4. Amount and duration. Every recipient shall receive an annual  award
of  four  hundred  fifty dollars for each of not more than four academic
years, or five academic years if the recipient is enrolled in a  program
normally  requiring five years, as defined by the commissioner, pursuant
to article thirteen.