2023 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  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  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 scholarships authorized by this section shall be made available
so long as funds are made available for such purposes.
6.  Any  individual  receiving  a 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 and
the "Summer Sea Term"  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.