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 4 - Other Awards › 679-C - Senator Patricia K. Mcgee Nursing Faculty Scholarship Program.

§  679-c.  Senator  Patricia  K.  McGee  nursing  faculty  scholarship
  program. 1. Purpose:
a. The president shall grant scholarship awards  for  the  purpose  of
  increasing the number of educators and adjunct clinical faculty teaching
  in  the  field of nursing education in New York state. Such awards shall
  be made on a  competitive  basis,  as  promulgated  by  the  corporation
  through   rules   and  regulations  to  applicants  who  are  registered
  professional nurses and are enrolling in an approved program to obtain a
  master's degree in nursing or a doctoral degree that will  qualify  them
  as nursing faculty or adjunct clinical faculty.
b.  To  be  eligible  for  an  award  pursuant  to  this  subdivision,
  applicants shall (1) be a licensed registered nurse in New  York  state;
  (2)  enroll  in  a master's degree program in nursing or doctoral degree
  program that will qualify them as nursing faculty  or  adjunct  clinical
  faculty  in  New  York state; (3) agree to practice in New York state as
  nursing faculty upon completion of such degree program; and  (4)  comply
  with  subdivisions  three  and  five of section six hundred sixty-one of
  this part.
2. Award conditions and requirements. Scholarships shall be awarded on
  a competitive basis as promulgated by the corporation through rules  and
  regulations  to  applicants  whom  the  corporation  has  certified  are
  eligible to receive such awards; and who agree to provide not less  than
  twelve  academic  credit  hours  or its equivalent as nursing faculty or
  clinical teaching service for the duration of at least four  years  upon
  completion of the degree program.
3.  Amount. The corporation shall grant such awards within the amounts
  appropriated for  such  purpose  and  based  on  availability  of  funds
  according  to  a  schedule  to  be  determined  by the corporation in an
  amount:
a. equal to the tuition charged to state resident students attending a
  master's degree program in nursing or doctoral degree program that  will
  qualify them as nursing faculty or adjunct clinical faculty at the state
  university  of New York; the average mandatory fees charged at 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 corporation  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.
b. No annual award shall exceed twenty thousand dollars.
4. Other awards. Award recipients shall be eligible to apply for other
  awards.
5.  Penalties for noncompliance. a. The corporation shall convert to a
  student loan the full  amount  of  the  award  given  pursuant  to  this
  section,  plus interest, according to a schedule to be determined by the
  corporation if: (1) three years  after  the  completion  of  the  degree
  program  it  is found that an applicant did not begin to provide nursing
  faculty or clinical nurse faculty services; (2) if such  applicant  does

  not  provide  nursing  faculty  or clinical nursing faculty services for
  four years within seven years of the completion of the  master's  degree
  program  in  nursing  or  doctoral  degree;  or (3) the student fails to
  receive  a  master's  degree  in  nursing  or  doctoral degree that will
  qualify them as nursing faculty or adjunct clinical faculty  within  the
  three  years  of  receiving  the award. The terms and conditions of this
  subdivision shall be  deferred  for  any  interruption  in  graduate  or
  doctoral study or employment as established by the rules and regulations
  of  the  corporation.  Any  obligation to comply with such provisions as
  outlined in this section shall  be  cancelled  upon  the  death  of  the
  recipient.  Notwithstanding  any  provisions  of this subdivision 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.
b. The rate of interest charged for  repayment  of  the  student  loan
  shall be determined pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the
  corporation.