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 › 669-A - Veterans Tuition Awards Program.

§  669-a. Veterans tuition awards program. 1. As used in this section,
  the following terms shall have the following meanings:
a. "Vietnam veteran" means (i) a person who  is  a  resident  of  this
  state,  (ii)  who  served  in  the  armed forces of the United States in
  Indochina at any time from the first day of November,  nineteen  hundred
  fifty-five,  to  and  including the seventh day of May, nineteen hundred
  seventy-five, and  (iii)  who  was  either  discharged  therefrom  under
  honorable  conditions, including but not limited to honorable discharge,
  discharge under honorable conditions, or general  discharge,  or  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  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.
b. "Persian Gulf veteran" means (i) a person who is a resident of this
  state (ii) who served in the armed forces of the United  States  in  the
  hostilities  that  occurred  in  the Persian Gulf from the second day of
  August, nineteen hundred ninety through the end of such hostilities, and
  (iii) who was either discharged therefrom  under  honorable  conditions,
  including  but  not  limited  to  honorable  discharge,  discharge under
  honorable  conditions,  or  general  discharge,  or  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 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. "Afghanistan veteran" means (i) a person who is a resident of  this
  state  (ii)  who  served in the armed forces of the United States in the
  hostilities that occurred  in  Afghanistan  from  the  eleventh  day  of
  September,  two  thousand one, to the end of such hostilities, and (iii)
  who  was  either  discharged  therefrom  under   honorable   conditions,
  including  but  not  limited  to  honorable  discharge,  discharge under
  honorable  conditions,  or  general  discharge,  or  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 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.
d. "Other eligible combat veteran" means: an individual who (i)  is  a
  resident  of  this  state, (ii) served in the armed forces of the United
  States  in  hostilities  that  occurred  after  February  twenty-eighth,
  nineteen  hundred  sixty-one,  as evidenced by their receipt of an Armed
  Forces Expeditionary Medal, Navy Expeditionary Medal,  or  Marine  Corps
  Expeditionary  Medal,  and  (iii)  was either discharged under honorable
  conditions, including but not limited to honorable discharge,  discharge
  under  honorable  conditions,  or general discharge, or 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 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.
e. "Part time study" means enrollment for at least three but less than
  twelve  semester  hours  per semester, or the equivalent, in an approved
  undergraduate or graduate program.
f. "Approved vocational training programs" means programs  offered  by
  agencies  approved  by  the  commissioner  for  funding pursuant to this
  section. The commissioner shall approve only  such  non-credit  programs
  which are at least three hundred twenty clock hours in length, and which

  meet  standards  of  instructional quality established in regulations by
  the commissioner. These standards shall include, but not be limited  to,
  qualifications of administrative and instructional personnel, quality of
  facilities and equipment, recordkeeping, admission, grading, attendance,
  and   record  of  placement  of  completers  which  meets  standards  of
  acceptability as established by the commissioner.
2. a. Tuition awards are available  for  all  Vietnam,  Persian  Gulf,
  Afghanistan   and   other   eligible  combat  veterans,  as  defined  in
  subdivision one of this section, who are enrolled, pursuant to paragraph
  a of subdivision four of section six hundred sixty-one of this part,  in
  approved   undergraduate   or   graduate  programs  at  degree  granting
  institutions or enrolled in approved vocational  training  programs  and
  who apply for a tuition assistance program award pursuant to section six
  hundred sixty-seven of this subpart.
b.  Eligibility  for awards under this section shall be established as
  of the date the application is received by the corporation. All eligible
  recipients shall  receive  an  award  in  an  amount  as  set  forth  in
  subdivision four of this section.
3.  a. No recipient shall receive awards for more than eight semesters
  of full time undergraduate study, or the  equivalent  of  four  academic
  years,  or,  if an undergraduate program normally requires five academic
  years of full time study, for more  than  ten  semesters  of  full  time
  study,  or the equivalent of five academic years. Recipients enrolled in
  a program of  remedial  study  conforming  to  the  provisions  of  this
  article,  approved by the commissioner in a degree granting institution,
  and intended to culminate in an undergraduate degree shall be considered
  as enrolled in a program normally requiring  five  years.  No  recipient
  enrolled in an approved vocational training program shall receive awards
  for more than four semesters of full-time study or the equivalent of two
  academic years of full-time study.
b.  No  recipient shall receive awards for more than sixteen semesters
  of part time undergraduate study as defined in subdivision one,  or  the
  equivalent  of  eight  academic  years  of  part  time  study, or, if an
  undergraduate program normally requires five academic years of full time
  study, for more than  twenty  semesters  of  part  time  study,  or  the
  equivalent  of  ten  academic years. Recipients enrolled in a program of
  remedial study conforming to the provisions of this chapter, approved by
  the commissioner in a  degree  granting  institution,  and  intended  to
  culminate  in an undergraduate degree shall be considered as enrolled in
  a program normally requiring five years. No  recipient  enrolled  in  an
  approved  vocational training program shall receive awards for more than
  eight semesters of part-time study or the equivalent  of  four  academic
  years of part-time study.
c.  No  recipient  shall receive awards for more than six semesters of
  full time study, or the equivalent of three academic years, for graduate
  study. No recipient shall receive awards for more than twelve  semesters
  of  part  time  graduate  study  as  defined  in subdivision one of this
  section, or the equivalent of six academic years of part  time  graduate
  study.
4.  Every  recipient  shall  receive  an  award equal to the amount of
  undergraduate tuition for residents of New York  state  charged  by  the
  state  university  of  New  York or actual tuition charged, whichever is
  less, for each semester, or the equivalent, of full  time  study,  or  a
  pro-rated amount for part-time study; provided, however, that such award
  shall  not  be  reduced  by  any  benefits  available  under the federal
  Montgomery GI Bill act  of  1984  or  the  federal  Pell  grant  program
  pursuant to section one thousand seventy-a of title twenty of the United
  States code.