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-D - Enhanced Tuition Awards.

§  667-d.  Enhanced  tuition  awards. 1. Recipient qualifications.  a.
  Establishment. Enhanced tuition awards are available  for  students  who
  are   enrolled   in   approved   programs  in  private  degree  granting
  institutions of higher education except those institutions set forth  in
  paragraph b of subdivision four of section six hundred sixty-one of this
  part  and  who  demonstrate  the  ability  to  complete such courses, in
  accordance with standards established  by  the  commissioner;  provided,
  that, no award shall exceed one hundred percent of the amount of tuition
  charged.
b. Application for other awards. A student who would be eligible for a
  tuition  assistance  program  award  pursuant  to  section  six  hundred
  sixty-seven of this subpart and/or a  federal  Pell  grant  pursuant  to
  section  one thousand seventy of title twenty of the United States code,
  et. seq., is required to apply for each such award. Any award  shall  be
  applied  to tuition after the application of payments received under the
  tuition assistance program pursuant to section six  hundred  sixty-seven
  of this subpart.
c.  GPA  requirements. Notwithstanding paragraph c of subdivision four
  of section six hundred sixty-one of this part, a  school  shall  certify
  that  a  recipient  has  achieved  a  grade  point average necessary for
  successful completion of his or her coursework to receive payment  under
  the award.
d.  Credit  requirements.  An award shall be made to an applicant who:
  (i) if enrolled in (A) a private degree granting institution  of  higher
  education  prior  to application, has completed at least thirty combined
  credits per year following the student's start date, or its  equivalent,
  applicable  to  his  or her program or programs of study or (B) a public
  degree granting institution of higher education  prior  to  application,
  has  completed  at  least thirty combined credits per year following the
  student's start date, or  its  equivalent,  applicable  to  his  or  her
  program  or programs of study and which were accepted upon transfer to a
  private degree granting institution of higher education; (ii) enrolls in
  at least twelve credits per  semester  and  completes  at  least  thirty
  combined  credits  per  year  following the student's start date, or its
  equivalent, applicable to his or her program or programs of study except
  in limited circumstances as prescribed by the corporation in regulation.
  Notwithstanding, in the student's last semester, the student may take at
  least one course needed to meet his or her graduation  requirements  and
  enroll  in  and complete at least twelve credit hours or its equivalent.
  For  students  who  are  disabled  as  defined  by  the  Americans  With
  Disabilities  Act of 1990, 42 USC 12101, the corporation shall prescribe
  rules and regulations that allow  applicants  who  are  disabled  to  be
  eligible  for  an  award  pursuant  to  this  section  based on modified
  criteria.
e. Notwithstanding paragraph d of  this  subdivision,  a  student  who
  otherwise satisfies all of the requirements under this section but fails
  to  complete  at  least  thirty  combined  credits,  or  its equivalent,
  applicable to his or her program or programs of study in any year  shall
  be  eligible  to receive an award payment for the first semester of such
  year, provided however, the student shall be ineligible for any  further
  payments under this section.
f.   Additional  requirements.  A  recipient  shall  agree  to  reside
  exclusively in New York state, and shall not be employed  in  any  other
  state,  for  a  continuous  number of years equal to the duration of the
  award received within six months of receipt of his or  her  final  award
  payment,  and  sign  a  contract with the corporation to have his or her
  full award converted to a student loan according to  a  schedule  to  be
  determined  by  the  corporation  if  such student fails to fulfill this

  requirement.  The  terms  and  conditions  of  this  paragraph  may,  as
  established  by  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  corporation,  be
  deferred: (i)  to  complete  undergraduate  study;  or  (ii)  to  attend
  graduate  school on at least a half-time basis. Any obligation to comply
  with such provisions as outlined in this paragraph may be cancelled upon
  the death of the  recipient.  Notwithstanding  any  provisions  of  this
  paragraph  to  the contrary, the corporation is authorized to promulgate
  rules and regulations to provide for the waiver  or  suspension  of  any
  financial obligation which would involve extreme hardship.
g.  Failure  to  meet  the conditions of the award shall not otherwise
  disqualify a student's eligibility to receive an award under section six
  hundred sixty-seven of this subpart.
2. Duration. No undergraduate shall be eligible  for  more  than  four
  academic  years of study, or five academic years if the program of study
  normally requires five years. An undergraduate student  enrolled  in  an
  eligible two-year program approved by the commissioner shall be eligible
  for  no  more  than  two  academic years. Under no circumstances shall a
  student receive an award for  a  two-year  program  for  more  than  two
  consecutive  years  of  academic  study or four consecutive semesters of
  academic study; or at a four or five-year program, for  more  than  four
  consecutive  years  or  eight consecutive semesters of academic study or
  five consecutive years, or ten consecutive semesters  of  study  if  the
  program normally requires five years. Notwithstanding, such duration may
  be  extended  for  an allowable interruption of study including, but not
  limited to, death of a family member, medical leave,  military  service,
  and parental leave, as established by the corporation in regulation.
3.  Income. An award shall be made to an applicant who has an adjusted
  gross income for the qualifying year, as such terms are defined in  this
  subdivision, equal to or less than: (i) one hundred thousand dollars for
  recipients  receiving  an  award  in  the  two  thousand  seventeen--two
  thousand eighteen academic year; (ii) one hundred ten  thousand  dollars
  for  recipients  receiving  an  award  in the two thousand eighteen--two
  thousand nineteen academic  year;  and  (iii)  one  hundred  twenty-five
  thousand  dollars  for recipients receiving an award in the two thousand
  nineteen--two thousand twenty academic  year  and  thereafter.  Adjusted
  gross income shall be the total of the combined adjusted gross income of
  the  applicant  and  the  applicant's  parents  or the applicant and the
  applicant's spouse, if married. Qualifying year shall  be  the  adjusted
  gross  income  as  reported  on  the  federal  income  tax return, or as
  otherwise obtained by the corporation, for the calendar year  coinciding
  with  the  tax  year  established by the U.S. department of education to
  qualify applicants for federal student financial aid programs authorized
  by Title IV of the Higher Education Act of nineteen hundred  sixty-five,
  as  amended,  for the school year in which application for assistance is
  made. Provided, however, if an applicant demonstrates to the corporation
  that there has been a change in such applicant's adjusted  gross  income
  in  the  year  or  years  subsequent  to the qualifying year which would
  qualify such applicant for an award, the corporation  shall  review  and
  make  a determination as to whether such applicant meets the requirement
  set forth in this subdivision based on such year. Provided, further that
  such change was caused by the death, permanent  and  total  physical  or
  mental disability, divorce, or separation by judicial decree or pursuant
  to  an  agreement of separation which is filed with a court of competent
  jurisdiction of any person whose income  was  required  to  be  used  to
  compute the applicant's total adjusted gross income.
4.  Amount.  Within  the  amounts  appropriated  therefor and based on
  availability of funds, awards shall be granted beginning  with  the  two
  thousand  seventeen--two  thousand eighteen academic year and thereafter

  to applicants that  the  corporation  has  determined  are  eligible  to
  receive  such  awards.  Recipients  of an award under this program shall
  receive six thousand dollars  through  a  combination  of  the  enhanced
  tuition award plus a student's tuition assistance program award pursuant
  to   section   six   hundred   sixty-seven  of  this  subpart  plus  the
  institution's matching  award  pursuant  to  subdivision  five  of  this
  section. Provided, however, any institution that charges tuition that is
  reduced  by  greater  than  fifteen  percent  from  the level of tuition
  charged six years prior to the academic year in which the award is to be
  applied shall be exempt from the requirement to provide such  match  and
  students  attending  such institutions shall receive an enhanced tuition
  award without such institutional match.
5. Matching awards. Commencing with the  two  thousand  seventeen--two
  thousand   eighteen   academic   year   and   thereafter,  participating
  institutions shall credit each recipient's remaining tuition expenses in
  an amount equal to the recipient's award under this  section.  Provided,
  however  that  any  institution  that charges tuition that is reduced by
  greater than fifteen percent from the level of tuition charged six years
  prior to the academic year in which the award is to be applied shall  be
  exempt  from  the  requirement  to  provide such match, and shall remain
  exempt from providing such match to such recipient in any academic  year
  in which such recipient receives an award under this section.
6.  Tuition. The rate of tuition charged to an individual receiving an
  award shall not  be  increased  for  the  duration  of  time  that  such
  individual receives an award.
7. College option. An institution may choose not to participate in the
  program  and  students attending any non-participating college may still
  be eligible  to  receive  an  award  pursuant  to  section  six  hundred
  sixty-seven of this subpart.
8. Recipient selection. The president may establish: a. an application
  deadline  and  b.  a method of selecting recipients if in any given year
  there are insufficient funds to cover the needs of  all  the  applicants
  provided  that  priority  shall  be given to eligible applicants who are
  currently in attendance at an institution of higher education.
9. Rules and regulations. The corporation is authorized to  promulgate
  rules   and  regulations,  and  may  promulgate  emergency  regulations,
  necessary for the implementation  of  the  provisions  of  this  section
  including, but not limited to, the criteria for distributing the awards,
  which may include a lottery or other form of random selection.