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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 3 - Academic Performance Awards › 671 - Regents Professional Education in Nursing Scholarships.

§ 671.   Regents  professional  education in nursing scholarships.  1.
Number and certification. Eight hundred regents  professional  education
in  nursing  scholarships  shall be awarded each year. Such scholarships
shall be allocated as provided in article thirteen to eligible  students
as certified to the president by the commissioner.
2.  Duration.  Each such scholarship shall entitle the recipient to an
annual award for each year while enrolled in an approved course of study
leading to registration as a professional nurse, but not  exceeding  the
normal  period  of  study  required to complete the requirements for the
program, as such approved  courses  and  normal  periods  of  study  are
defined by the commissioner pursuant to article thirteen.
3. Amount. The president shall make awards in the following amounts:
(a)  The annual award shall be five hundred dollars, but if the income
exceeds one thousand eight hundred dollars, the award shall  be  reduced
by  one dollar for each ten dollars, or part thereof, of the excess. The
minimum award shall be two hundred dollars.  If  the  annual  amount  of
tuition  and  educational fees payable by the student is more than three
hundred fifty dollars, the award shall not exceed  the  amount  of  such
tuition  and fees; if the amount of such tuition and educational fees is
three hundred fifty dollars, or less, the award shall not  exceed  three
hundred fifty dollars.
(b)  The  annual  award  for  any scholarship awarded pursuant to this
section   and   effective   subsequent   to   the    nineteen    hundred
seventy-three--nineteen  hundred  seventy-four  school year shall be two
hundred fifty dollars.  Provided, however, in the case  of  any  student
who   has   received  an  award  effective  with  the  nineteen  hundred
seventy-four--nineteen hundred seventy-five school year, if the award of
two hundred fifty dollars when combined with any award made pursuant  to
the provisions of subdivision four of section six hundred sixty-seven of
this  article  would  be  less  than the total of the combined awards he
might otherwise be entitled to receive pursuant  to  the  provisions  of
paragraph  (a)  of  this subdivision and of subdivision three of section
six hundred sixty-seven, he shall be entitled to  receive  the  combined
amount  computed  pursuant  to  the  provisions of paragraph (a) of this
subdivision and of subdivision three of section six hundred sixty-seven.
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 3 - Academic Performance Awards › 672 - Regents Professional Education in Medicine or Dentistry Scholarships.

§ 672. Regents   professional   education  in  medicine  or  dentistry
  scholarships.    1.  Number  and  certification.  One  hundred   regents
  professional  education  in  medicine or dentistry scholarships shall be
  awarded each year. Such scholarships shall be allocated as  provided  in
  article  thirteen  to eligible students as certified to the president by
  the commissioner.
2. Duration. Such scholarship shall entitle the recipient to an  award
  for  not more than four academic years while matriculated in an approved
  program, as defined by the commissioner pursuant to article thirteen.
3. Amount. The president shall make academic year awards in the amount
  of one thousand dollars, but if the income exceeds  one  thousand  eight
  hundred  dollars, the award shall be reduced by the amount of one dollar
  for each eight dollars, or part thereof, of the excess, except  that  in
  no  event  shall  the award be less than three hundred fifty dollars. If
  the annual amount of tuition and educational fees payable by the student
  is more than three hundred fifty dollars, the award shall not exceed the
  amount of such tuition and fees.
4. The provisions of this section shall only apply  to  any  recipient
  who  receives  his  or  her  first  award  payment prior to the nineteen
  hundred eighty-five--nineteen hundred eighty-six academic year.
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 3 - Academic Performance Awards › 672-A - Regents Professional Education in Optometry Scholarships.

§ 672-a. Regents professional education in optometry scholarships.  1.
  Number   and  certification.  Five  regents  professional  education  in
  optometry scholarships shall be awarded  each  year.  Such  scholarships
  shall  be allocated as provided in article thirteen to eligible students
  as certified to the president by the commissioner.
2. Duration. Such scholarship shall entitle the recipient to an  award
  for  not more than four academic years while matriculated in an approved
  program, as defined by the commissioner pursuant to article thirteen.
3. Amount. The president shall make academic year awards in the amount
  of one thousand dollars, but if the income exceeds  one  thousand  eight
  hundred  dollars, the award shall be reduced by the amount of one dollar
  for each eight dollars, or part thereof, of the excess, except  that  in
  no  event  shall  the award be less than three hundred fifty dollars. If
  the annual amount of tuition and educational fees payable by the student
  is more than three hundred fifty dollars, the award shall not exceed the
  amount of such tuition and fees.
4. The provisions of this section shall only apply  to  any  recipient
  who  receives  his  or  her  first  award  payment prior to the nineteen
  hundred eighty-five--nineteen hundred eighty-six academic year.
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 3 - Academic Performance Awards › 672-B - Regents Professional Education in Veterinary Medicine Scholarships.

§ 672-b. Regents   professional   education   in  veterinary  medicine
  scholarships.   1. Number and certification.  Ten  regents  professional
  education  in  veterinary  medicine  scholarships  shall be awarded each
  year. Such scholarships  shall  be  allocated  as  provided  in  article
  thirteen  to  eligible  students  as  certified  to the president by the
  commissioner.
2. Duration. Such scholarship shall entitle the recipient to an  award
  for  not more than four academic years while matriculated in an approved
  program, as defined by the commissioner pursuant to article thirteen.
3. Amount. The president shall make academic year awards in the amount
  of one thousand dollars, but if the income exceeds  one  thousand  eight
  hundred  dollars, the award shall be reduced by the amount of one dollar
  for each eight dollars, or part thereof, of the excess, except  that  in
  no  event  shall  the award be less than three hundred fifty dollars. If
  the annual amount of tuition and educational fees payable by the student
  is more than three hundred fifty dollars, the award shall not exceed the
  amount of such tuition and fees.
4. The provisions of this section shall only apply  to  any  recipient
  who  receives  his  or  her  first  award  payment prior to the nineteen
  hundred eighty-five--nineteen hundred eighty-six academic year.
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 3 - Academic Performance Awards › 673 - Regents Physician Shortage Scholarships.

§ 673. Regents   physician  shortage  scholarships.    1.  Number  and
  certification.   At least  thirty  percent  of  the  total  scholarships
  awarded   each   year  under  the  provisions  of  section  six  hundred
  seventy-two shall be awarded  to  eligible  students  certified  to  the
  president by the commissioner.
2.  Duration.  Each such scholarship shall entitle the recipient to an
  award for not more than four academic years  while  matriculated  in  an
  approved  program,  as  defined  by the commissioner pursuant to article
  thirteen.
3. Amount. The president shall make academic year  awards  in  amounts
  provided  in  this  subdivision.  The  academic year award shall be four
  thousand dollars, but if the family income of an applicant  exceeds  six
  thousand dollars, the award shall be reduced by the amount of one dollar
  for each four dollars, or part thereof, of the excess, except that in no
  event shall the award be less than one thousand dollars.
4.  The  provisions  of this section shall only apply to any recipient
  who receives his or her  first  award  payment  prior  to  the  nineteen
  hundred eighty-five--nineteen hundred eighty-six academic year.
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 3 - Academic Performance Awards › 674 - Regents Veterans With War Service Scholarships.

§ 674. Regents  veterans with war service scholarships.  1. Number and
  certification.    Six  hundred  regents  veterans   with   war   service
  scholarships  shall be awarded for study beginning with the college year
  nineteen hundred seventy-five--nineteen hundred seventy-six, to eligible
  students certified to the president by the commissioner.
2. Residence. Notwithstanding any provision of  this  article  to  the
  contrary,  for  such  scholarship  the  only  residence  requirement for
  eligibility is that an applicant must have been a legal resident of  New
  York state at the time of entry into the armed forces and must currently
  be a legal resident.
3. Duration. Each such scholarship shall entitle the recipient thereto
  to  an  annual  award  for  each  of four academic years of full-time or
  part-time study, as defined by  the  commissioner  pursuant  to  article
  thirteen,  at  a  college  or  at  a business, professional, vocational,
  technical or trade school licensed or approved by the regents. If all of
  a scholarship holder's attendance is less than full-time, as so defined,
  payments may be made for a total period  not  to  exceed  five  academic
  years.
4.  Amount.  Notwithstanding  any  provisions  of  this article to the
  contrary, the president shall make academic year awards in  the  amounts
  provided  in  this  subdivision.  The  recipient  shall be entitled to a
  maximum award of three hundred fifty dollars for each semester  or  term
  of  full-time  or part-time study, but not to exceed the cost of tuition
  and educational fees for such study.  However, the aggregate award for a
  single academic year shall not exceed three hundred  fifty  dollars,  or
  five  hundred  twenty-five  dollars  if  the  recipient is in continuous
  attendance during the entire academic year, including the  summer  term,
  and  the total aggregate payment under this subdivision shall in no case
  exceed one thousand four hundred dollars.
5. Leave of absence. Notwithstanding any provision of the  article  to
  the  contrary,  if an award is paid the recipient under this subdivision
  for any semester, quarter or term of attendance during an academic year,
  then a leave of absence shall not be required for non-attendance  during
  any part of the balance of such academic year.
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 3 - Academic Performance Awards › 675 - Empire State Challenger Scholarships for Teachers.

§ 675. Empire  state  challenger scholarships for teachers.  1. Number
  and  certification.  Three  hundred  twelve  Empire   state   challenger
  scholarships  for teachers shall be awarded each year. Such scholarships
  shall be allocated as provided in article thirteen of  this  chapter  to
  eligible students as certified to the president by the commissioner.
2. Duration. Such scholarship shall entitle the recipient to an annual
  award  for  not  more  than four academic years while matriculated in an
  approved program, as defined by the  commissioner  pursuant  to  article
  thirteen  of  this  chapter.  In  order  to  be eligible for an award, a
  recipient must be enrolled in an approved  program  no  later  than  the
  beginning of the junior year.
3.  Amount.  The  president  shall  make  academic year awards up to a
  maximum amount of three thousand dollars in  reimbursement  for  tuition
  and fees. An award shall not exceed the amount of such tuition and fees.
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 3 - Academic Performance Awards › 676 - Empire State Challenger Fellowships for Teachers.

§ 676. Empire  state  challenger  fellowships for teachers.  1. Number
  and certification. Two hundred full-time academic study fellowships  and
  two  hundred  part-time academic study fellowships shall be awarded each
  year. All  such  fellowships  shall  be  awarded  to  eligible  students
  certified  to  the  president  by  the  commissioner pursuant to article
  thirteen of this chapter.
2. Duration. Each fellowship award pursuant to paragraph  b  or  c  of
  subdivision  eight  of  section  six  hundred five of this chapter shall
  entitle the recipient to an award for one  academic  year  of  full-time
  study  while matriculated in an approved graduate program, as defined by
  the commissioner pursuant to article  thirteen  of  this  chapter.  Each
  fellowship  awarded  pursuant  to  paragraph  d  of subdivision eight of
  section six hundred five of this chapter shall entitle the recipient  to
  an  award  for not more than two academic years of part-time study while
  matriculated in  any  approved  graduate  program,  as  defined  by  the
  commissioner  pursuant to article thirteen of this chapter. No recipient
  shall receive an award subsequent to completion of an approved  graduate
  program  leading to permanent certification as a teacher in the field or
  fields for which the fellowship was awarded.
3. Amount. The president shall make full-time academic study awards up
  to a maximum annual amount of four thousand dollars. The president shall
  make part-time academic study awards up to a maximum  annual  amount  of
  one  thousand  dollars.  Awards shall not exceed the recipient's cost of
  attendance at  the  institution.  Cost  of  the  attendance  shall  mean
  tuition,   required  fees,  laboratory  and  other  instruction  related
  expenses, books, transportation, room and board.
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 3 - Academic Performance Awards › 677 - Regents Physician Loan Forgiveness Program.

§ 677.  Regents  physician  loan  forgiveness  program.  1. Number and
  certification. Eighty regents physician loan forgiveness awards shall be
  awarded each year. Such awards shall be allocated as provided in article
  thirteen of this chapter to eligible  physicians  as  certified  to  the
  president by the commissioner.
2.  Calculation  of  award  amounts.  Each  award shall consist of two
  consecutive  annual  loan  forgiveness  payments.  Each  of  the  annual
  payments  shall be for an amount equal to the total of undergraduate and
  medical school student loan expense or ten thousand dollars whichever is
  less. The president shall be  responsible  for  calculating  the  dollar
  amount  of  each  award  that eligibile candidates may receive from this
  program. For the purposes of this section, student  loan  expense  shall
  mean  the cumulative total of the annual student loans covering the cost
  of attendance at an undergraduate  institution  and/or  medical  school.
  Interest  paid  or  due on student loans that an applicant has taken out
  for use in paying for such undergraduate and/or medical education  shall
  be considered eligible for reimbursement under this program.
3.  Award  disbursement.  a.  Annual  award disbursements shall be the
  responsibility of the president and shall occur prior to  the  beginning
  of  each  of  the  required terms of service as specified in the service
  contract. The  board  of  trustees  of  the  higher  education  services
  corporation  shall  adopt  rules  and regulations regarding criteria for
  determining successful completion of the service contract and any appeal
  process  that  may  be  required  to  implement  this   paragraph   upon
  recommendation of the president in consultation with the commissioner.
b. The disbursement of the second annual award shall be dependent upon
  successful  completion  of  the  first  year  requirement of the service
  contract as defined by the president, as  well  as  other  criteria  set
  forth in this section.
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 3 - Academic Performance Awards › 677-A - Physician Loan Repayment Program.

§ 677-a. Physician   loan   repayment  program.     1.  Certification.
  Physician loan repayment awards shall be awarded each year. Such  awards
  shall  be allocated as provided in article nine of the public health law
  to eligible physicians as certified to the president by the commissioner
  of health.
2. Duration. Each award shall entitle the recipient to an annual award
  and a recipient shall be eligible for no more than  two  academic  years
  and no more than four years in post-residency placement.
3.  Calculation  of  award amounts. The president shall be responsible
  for calculating the dollar amount of each award that eligible candidates
  may receive from this program pursuant to section nine hundred three  of
  the  public  health  law. For the purposes of this section, student loan
  expense shall mean the cumulative total  of  the  annual  student  loans
  covering  the  cost of attendance at an undergraduate institution and/or
  medical school. Interest paid or due on student loans that an  applicant
  has  taken  out  for use in paying for such undergraduate and/or medical
  education shall be considered  eligible  for  reimbursement  under  this
  program.
4.  Award  disbursement.  Annual  award  disbursements  shall  be  the
  responsibility of the president.
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 3 - Academic Performance Awards › 678 - Regents Health Care Professional Opportunity Scholarships.

* § 678. Regents health care professional opportunity scholarships. 1.
  Number and certification. One hundred regents health career professional
  opportunity  scholarships  shall be awarded each year. Such scholarships
  shall be allocated as provided in article thirteen of  this  chapter  to
  eligible students as certified to the president by the commissioner.
2.  Duration. Such scholarship shall entitle the recipient to an award
  for not more than four academic years while matriculated in an  approved
  program,  as defined by the commissioner pursuant to article thirteen of
  this chapter.
3. Amount. The president shall make academic year  awards  in  amounts
  provided  in  this  subdivision.  The  academic  year award shall be ten
  thousand dollars per year, provided, however, that in no event shall the
  award exceed the actual costs of attendance. Costs of  attendance  shall
  include tuition, required fees, laboratory and other instruction related
  expenses, books, transportation, room and board.
* NB Scholarship terminated per ch 31/85 § 17, as amended
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 3 - Academic Performance Awards › 679 - Regents Professional Opportunity Scholarships.

* § 679.  Regents professional opportunity scholarships. 1. Number and
  certification.  Two  hundred  twenty  regents  professional  opportunity
  scholarships  shall  be  awarded  each  year. Such scholarships shall be
  allocated as provided in article thirteen of this  chapter  to  eligible
  students as certified to the president by the commissioner.
2.  Duration.  No  recipient  shall  be  eligible  to receive an award
  pursuant to this section  for  more  than  four  academic  years  unless
  enrolled  in  a  program  of study recognized by the regents as normally
  requiring more than four years to complete.
3. Amount. The president shall make academic year  awards  in  amounts
  provided  in  this  subdivision.  The academic year award shall be up to
  five thousand dollars provided however that  if  family  income  of  the
  applicant  exceeds  an amount established by the regents and approved by
  the  director  of  the  division  of  the  budget  for  an  economically
  disadvantaged applicant, the award shall be reduced by the amount of one
  dollar  for each four dollars, or part thereof, of the excess, provided,
  however, that in no event shall the award  be  less  than  one  thousand
  dollars, and no award shall exceed the actual costs of attendance. Costs
  of attendance shall include tuition, required fees, laboratory and other
  instruction related expenses, books, transportation, room and board.
* NB Scholarship terminated per ch 31/85 § 17, as amended
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-B - Primary Care Practitioner Scholarship Program.

§ 679-b. Primary    care    practitioner   scholarship   program.   1.
  Certification. Primary care practitioner  scholarships  may  be  awarded
  annually,  subject  to  the  availability of funds therefor. Such awards
  shall be allocated pursuant to section nine hundred four of  the  public
  health  law,  to  eligible  students  certified  to the president by the
  commissioner of health.
2. Duration. Each scholarship shall entitle the recipient to an annual
  award and a recipient shall be eligible for no more than the  equivalent
  of two academic years based on full-time study.
3.  Calculation  of  award  amounts.  The  president shall make annual
  awards of up to fifteen thousand dollars, but  in  no  event  shall  the
  award  exceed  cost of attendance at the institution. Cost of attendance
  shall mean tuition,  required  fees,  books,  transportation,  room  and
  board.
4.  Award  disbursement.  Annual  award  disbursements  shall  be  the
  responsibility of the president.
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-D - New York State Nursing Faculty Loan Forgiveness Incentive Program.

§  679-d.  New  York  state nursing faculty loan forgiveness incentive
program.  a.  Purpose.  (1)  The  president  shall  grant  student  loan
forgiveness 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 with previous clinical
experience in nursing who have completed a masters program in nursing or
doctoral degree that  qualified  them  as  nursing  faculty  or  adjunct
clinical faculty.
(2)  To  be  eligible  for  an  award  pursuant  to  this subdivision,
applicants shall (i) be licensed as  a  registered  professional  nurse;
(ii) have an outstanding student loan debt from a nursing degree program
acquired  on  or  after  January  first,  two thousand one; (iii) have a
master's degree in nursing or doctoral degree  that  qualified  them  as
nursing  faculty  or  adjunct  clinical  faculty;  (iv) be employed as a
faculty member at a nursing school located in New York  state;  and  (v)
comply with subdivisions three and five of section six hundred sixty-one
of this part.
(3)  An  award  of  eight  thousand  dollars shall be made annually to
recipients who have provided classroom or clinical  instruction  of  not
less  than  twelve  academic credit hours, or its equivalent, as nursing
faculty or in clinical teaching service in the academic  year  preceding
the  granting  of  the  award,  provided that no recipient shall receive
cumulative awards, pursuant to this section, in excess of forty thousand
dollars.
(4) Other awards. Award recipients shall  be  eligible  to  apply  for
other awards.
b.  Duration.  Loan  forgiveness  awards  shall  be  made  annually to
applicants whom the corporation has certified are  eligible  to  receive
such  awards and have provided nursing faculty or clinical nurse faculty
services required pursuant to this article; provided that no award shall
be granted for more than five years.
c. Amount. The corporation shall grant such awards within the  amounts
appropriated  for  such purpose and based on availability of funds in an
amount not to exceed the total cost of the student loan debt.
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-F - New York State Young Farmers Loan Forgiveness Incentive Program.

§  679-f.  New  York  state  young  farmers loan forgiveness incentive
  program. 1. Purpose. The president shall grant student loan  forgiveness
  awards  for  the  purpose of alleviating the burden of student loan debt
  for young farmers. Such awards shall be made on a competitive basis,  in
  accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the corporation for
  such  purposes,  to  applicants  who meet the eligibility criteria. Such
  rules and regulations shall include provisions for the consideration  of
  applicants who are economically disadvantaged.
2.  Eligibility. To be eligible for an award pursuant to this section,
  applicants shall: (a) have graduated  and  obtained  a  degree  from  an
  approved  New  York state college or university; (b) have an outstanding
  student loan debt from obtaining such degree; (c) operate a farm in  New
  York  state on a full-time basis; (d) agree to operate such farm for the
  duration of no less than five years; (e) have produced an  "agricultural
  product"  as  defined  by  section  three  hundred  twenty-eight  of the
  agriculture and markets law, for no more than ten consecutive years; and
  (f) comply with subdivisions three  and  five  of  section  six  hundred
  sixty-one of this part.
3.  Awards.  Awards  shall  be  granted to qualified applicants in the
  amount of up to ten thousand dollars per year,  per  applicant,  not  to
  exceed  a  duration  of five years and not to exceed the total amount of
  such applicant's student loan debt. The  corporation  shall  grant  such
  awards  within  amounts  appropriated for such purposes and based on the
  availability of funds. No one applicant shall receive more than a  total
  of fifty thousand dollars upon the end of a five year period.
4.  Priority.  First  priority  shall  be  given to applicants who are
  completing the second, third, fourth or fifth  year  of  full-time  farm
  operation  and  are  re-applying to receive an award under this program.
  Second priority shall be given  to  an  applicant  who  can  demonstrate
  economic need but did not receive an award during a previous application
  period.  If  larger  numbers of applicants are eligible pursuant to this
  subdivision than funds available, applicants shall be chosen pursuant to
  rules and regulations promulgated by the corporation. Provided, however,
  that each applicant chosen shall receive an award of up to ten  thousand
  dollars in each year such applicant is accepted into the program.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 14 - New York State Higher Education Services Corporation › Part 3 - Student Loans › 681 - Capacity of Minors.

§ 681. Capacity of minors.  Any person otherwise qualifying for a loan
  from  the  corporation,  or  qualifying  for  a  loan  guaranteed by the
  corporation, shall not be disqualified by reason of his being under  the
  age  of  eighteen  years and for the purposes of applying for, receiving
  and repaying such a loan any such person shall be deemed  to  have  full
  legal  capacity  to  act;  provided, however, that the signature of both
  parents of an applicant  not  meeting  emancipated  status  requirements
  shall  be  required for the purposes of receiving such a loan unless the
  president determines in accordance with  rules  and  regulations  to  be
  promulgated  by the board that unusual family circumstances preclude the
  availability of such signatures.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 14 - New York State Higher Education Services Corporation › Part 3 - Student Loans › 683-B - Information Furnished by the State Tax Commission and the Comptroller.

§ 683-b. Information  furnished  by  the  state tax commission and the
  comptroller.   Information  furnished  to  the  New  York  state  higher
  education  services  corporation  by  the  state  tax commission and the
  comptroller under or as a result of the agreement authorized by  section
  one   hundred   seventy-one-d   of  the  tax  law  shall  be  considered
  confidential  and  shall  not  be  disclosed  except  to  such   federal
  department   or   agency  entitled  to  such  information  because  such
  disclosure is necessary for the proper administration of this part.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 14 - New York State Higher Education Services Corporation › Part 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 686 - Dissolution of Corporation.

§ 686. Dissolution  of corporation.  The corporation and its corporate
  existence shall continue until terminated by law  upon  a  finding  that
  there  no  longer  exists  any  need  for  such a corporation; provided,
  however, that no such law shall take effect so long as  the  corporation
  shall  have  notes or other obligations outstanding.  For the purpose of
  this section, any appropriation or advance made to  the  corporation  by
  the  state,  which  has  not  been  repaid, shall not be deemed to be an
  outstanding obligation of the corporation.  Upon the dissolution of  the
  corporation or the cession of its activities all the property and moneys
  of  such  corporation  shall be disposed of in a manner provided by such
  law.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 14 - New York State Higher Education Services Corporation › Part 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 687 - Separability.

§ 687. Separability.  If any clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph,
  section  or  part  of this article be adjudged by any court of competent
  jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not  affect,  impair  or
  invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation
  to the clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph, section or part thereof
  directly  involved  in the controversy in which said judgment shall have
  been rendered.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 14 - New York State Higher Education Services Corporation › Part 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 688 - Construction.

§ 688. Construction.    To  the  extent  that  the  provisions of this
  article are inconsistent with the provisions of  any  other  general  or
  special law, rule, regulation or charter, the provisions of this article
  shall be controlling.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 14 - New York State Higher Education Services Corporation › Part 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 689 - Transfer of Officers and Employees.

§ 689. Transfer  of officers and employees.  1. Officers and employees
  of state departments and agencies may be transferred to the  corporation
  and  officers  and  employees  of  the corporation may be transferred to
  state departments and agencies without examination and without  loss  of
  any  civil  service  status or rights. No such transfer may, however, be
  made except with the approval of the head of  the  state  department  or
  division  involved  and  the director of the budget and the president of
  the corporation and in compliance with the rules and regulations of  the
  state civil service commission.
2.  Promotions  from  positions  in  state departments and agencies to
  positions  in  the  corporation,  and  vice  versa,  may  be  made  from
  interdepartmental  promotion lists resulting from promotion examinations
  in which both employees of the corporation and employees  of  the  state
  are eligible to participate.
3. In computing seniority for purposes of promotion or for purposes of
  suspension or demotion upon the abolition of positions in the service of
  the  corporation  or  in  the  service  of  the state, in the case of an
  employee of the corporation a period of prior employment in the  service
  of  the  state shall be counted in the same manner as though such period
  of employment had been in the service of the  corporation,  and  in  the
  case  of  an  employee  of the state a period of prior employment in the
  service of the corporation shall be counted in the same manner as though
  such period of employment had been in the service of the state.  For the
  purposes of the establishment  and  certification  of  preferred  lists,
  employees   suspended   from  the  corporation  shall  be  eligible  for
  reinstatement in the service of the state, and employees suspended  from
  the  service  of  the  state  shall be eligible for reinstatement in the
  service of the corporation, in the same manner as though the corporation
  were a department of the state.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 14 - New York State Higher Education Services Corporation › Part 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions › 689-A - Tuition Credits.

* §  689-a.  Tuition  credits.  1. The New York state higher education
  services corporation shall calculate a tuition credit for each  resident
  undergraduate student who has filed an application with such corporation
  for  a  tuition assistance program award pursuant to section six hundred
  sixty-seven of this article, and is determined to be eligible to receive
  such award, and is also enrolled in a program of undergraduate study  at
  a  state  operated or senior college of the state university of New York
  or  the  city  university  of  New  York  where  the   annual   resident
  undergraduate  tuition  rate  will exceed the maximum tuition assistance
  program award pursuant to subitem (a) of  item  one  of  clause  (A)  of
  subparagraph  (i)  of  paragraph  a  of subdivision three of section six
  hundred sixty-seven of  this  article.  Such  tuition  credit  shall  be
  calculated  for  each semester, quarter or term of study that tuition is
  charged and tuition for the  corresponding  semester,  quarter  or  term
  shall not be due for any student eligible to receive such tuition credit
  until  such  credit  is  calculated,  the  student  and school where the
  student is enrolled is notified of the tuition credit amount,  and  such
  tuition credit is applied toward the tuition charged.
2.  Each  tuition  credit  pursuant to this section shall be an amount
  equal to the product of the total annual resident undergraduate  tuition
  rate  minus  the  maximum  tuition  assistance program award pursuant to
  subitem (a) of item one of clause (A) of subparagraph (i) of paragraph a
  of subdivision three of section six hundred sixty-seven of this  article
  then  multiplied  by  an amount equal to the product of the total annual
  award for the student pursuant to section  six  hundred  sixty-seven  of
  this  article  divided  by  an  amount  equal  to the maximum amount the
  student qualifies to receive pursuant to clause (A) of subparagraph  (i)
  of  paragraph  a of subdivision three of section six hundred sixty-seven
  of this article.
* NB Repealed July 1, 2027
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 14 - New York State Higher Education Services Corporation › Part 5 - The New York Higher Education Loan Program › 690 - Definitions.

§ 690. Definitions.  As  used  in this part, the following terms shall
  have the following meanings unless otherwise specified:
1. "Education loan" shall mean  any  loan  that  is  made  under  this
  program to finance or refinance higher education expenses at an eligible
  college.
2. "Eligible borrower" or "borrower" shall mean (i) a student who is a
  resident  of New York state attending, or accepted for enrollment at, an
  eligible college, or (ii) the parent, legal  guardian,  or  sponsor,  as
  defined  by  the  corporation  in regulation, of a student attending, or
  accepted for enrollment at, an eligible college who is a resident of New
  York state, and who obtains an education loan from a lending institution
  to pay for or finance higher education expenses under this program.
3. "Eligible college" shall mean a post-secondary institution, located
  within New York state, eligible for funds under Title IV of  the  Higher
  Education  Act  of nineteen hundred sixty-five, as amended, or successor
  statute offering a two-year, four-year, graduate or professional  degree
  granting or certificate program.
4.  "Eligible  co-signer"  shall  mean  a  parent,  legal  guardian or
  otherwise credit worthy individual over  twenty-one  years  of  age  who
  satisfies  applicable credit criteria approved by the corporation and is
  a resident of New York state.
5. "Higher education expenses" shall mean the cost of attendance at an
  eligible college and shall include tuition and  fees,  books,  room  and
  board,  and  other  educationally related expenses, as determined by the
  corporation.
6. "Holder" shall mean, with respect  to  an  education  loan:  (i)  a
  lender;  (ii)  a  public  benefit  corporation authorized to finance the
  purchase or making of education loans pursuant to the public authorities
  law; or (iii) any assignee of such lender or public benefit corporation.
7. "Lending institution" or "lender" shall mean any entity that itself
  or through an affiliate originates education loans, other than an entity
  authorized to finance the purchase or making of education loans  through
  the issuance of bonds pursuant to the public authorities law.
8.  "Program"  shall  mean  the New York Higher Education Loan Program
  established by this article.
9. "Student" shall mean  any  individual  who  is  enrolled  at  least
  half-time,  as  defined  by  the commissioner, in a two year, four year,
  graduate or professional degree granting or certificate  program  at  an
  eligible college.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 14 - New York State Higher Education Services Corporation › Part 5 - The New York Higher Education Loan Program › 691 - Powers and Duties.

§  691. Powers and duties. In furtherance of the purposes set forth in
  this part, the corporation shall have the  following  additional  powers
  and duties:
1.  To  market,  originate,  disburse,  service,  collect, administer,
  guarantee, secure, finance, and purchase education loans not in  default
  status made under this program or contract for these services.
2. To purchase defaulted education loans made under this program.
3.  To  establish  and  maintain one or more default reserve funds and
  accounts within such  funds,  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  this
  program.
4.  To  develop  and  administer or contract to administer one or more
  financial literacy programs.
5. To provide or contract to provide default aversion services.
6. To establish criteria for eligible  colleges,  lenders,  and  other
  entities  such  as,  but  not  limited  to, servicers, and to enter into
  participation agreements with any such eligible colleges,  lenders,  and
  other  entities  and  any  entity  authorized to finance the purchase or
  making of education loans through the issuance of bonds pursuant to  the
  public  authorities law, and any subsequent purchaser of education loans
  made under this program.
7. To establish criteria for all lender underwriting,  education  loan
  purchases, servicing and default insurance payments.
8.  To establish criteria for the distribution of education loans made
  under this program.
9. To audit lenders, servicers, holders,  and  eligible  colleges  for
  program compliance.
10. To adopt rules and regulations to implement this program.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 14 - New York State Higher Education Services Corporation › Part 5 - The New York Higher Education Loan Program › 694 - Sale of Education Loans.

§  694.  Sale of education loans. 1. The corporation and holders shall
  be authorized to enter into one or  more  agreements  for  the  sale  of
  education loans made pursuant to this program.
2. Education loan purchases may be financed (i) by bonds issued by the
  state  of  New York mortgage agency, or other entity authorized to issue
  bonds for such purpose pursuant to the public  authorities  law,  in  an
  amount  approved  by the director of the division of the budget; or (ii)
  by other  non-state  sources  in  amounts  established  pursuant  to  an
  agreement with the corporation.
3.  The  corporation shall establish the criteria and terms upon which
  lenders may sell education loans subject to the approval of the state of
  New York mortgage agency or any other entity authorized to  issue  bonds
  under  this  program  with  respect  to  loans  that  are expected to be
  financed by such entity.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 14 - New York State Higher Education Services Corporation › Part 5 - The New York Higher Education Loan Program › 694-A - Miscellaneous.

§  694-a.  Miscellaneous. 1. No education loan shall be deemed subject
  to section one hundred eight of the banking law, to article nine of  the
  banking   law   or   to  any  other  provisions  of  law  governing  the
  qualifications to make  loans  or  the  terms  or  conditions  of  loans
  described  in  this  part,  including,  without limitation, the interest
  rates, fees and charges applicable thereto. Neither the corporation  nor
  any  entity authorized to finance education loans pursuant to the public
  authorities law shall  be  subject  to  any  licensing  requirements  in
  connection  with  its  education  lending activities. No entity shall be
  considered a lender for purposes of any other provision of law solely as
  a result of its interest in an education loan made under this part.
2. Funds may be appropriated to the corporation and/or  the  state  of
  New  York  mortgage  agency,  or  other entity authorized to issue bonds
  under this program, for the administration of this program.
3. Interest paid on education loans made under this program  shall  be
  allowed  as  a deduction in computing the net taxable income of any such
  person for purposes of any income or franchise tax imposed by the  state
  or any political subdivision thereof.
4.  Any  agreement  of  an  entity authorized to issue bonds under the
  public authorities law for purposes of this program to acquire education
  loans from a lender shall be subject to the availability to such  entity
  of  funding  for such purpose upon terms and conditions approved by such
  entity and shall not require the expenditure by  such  entity  of  funds
  from  any  source  other  than  amounts obtained through the issuance of
  bonds or notes,  including  earnings  thereon,  and  any  appropriations
  thereof.
5. The corporation, the state of New York mortgage agency, any lender,
  and  any  public benefit corporation authorized to issue bonds under the
  public authorities law for the purposes of this  program  shall  not  be
  subject  to  Title  5  of  the  general  obligations law with respect to
  education loans and such education loans shall not be  subject  to  such
  title.
6.  To  the  extent  that the provisions of this part are inconsistent
  with the provisions of any other part of this article, the provisions of
  this part shall be controlling.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 14 - New York State Higher Education Services Corporation › Part 5 - The New York Higher Education Loan Program › 694-B - Reporting.

§ 694-b. Reporting. The corporation, after consultation with the state
  of  New  York  mortgage agency, and any other public benefit corporation
  that shall have issued  bonds  under  the  public  authorities  law  for
  purposes  of this program, with respect to loans that have been financed
  by or that are expected to be financed  by  such  entity,  shall  report
  annually with respect to education loans made under this program for the
  prior  academic  year  to  the  governor, the temporary president of the
  senate, the speaker of the assembly, the director of the division of the
  budget, the senate  finance  committee,  the  assembly  ways  and  means
  committee   and  the  standing  committees  of  the  legislature  having
  jurisdiction of higher education on the number  and  characteristics  of
  students  who  received fixed rate and/or variable rate loans under this
  program, including, but not limited to, the interest rate  charged,  the
  default and collection fees established, the grace period established if
  other  than  six  months, the number of students who received loans that
  demonstrated financial need pursuant to section six  hundred  ninety-two
  of  this  part,  the  income  established by the corporation pursuant to
  section six hundred ninety-two of this part, the number of students  who
  received  fixed rate loans, the number of students who received variable
  rate loans, the number of default claims received  by  the  corporation,
  the  number of borrowers subject to administrative wage garnishment, and
  a list of the lenders and holders, if known, who have provided  variable
  rate  loans.  Such  annual report shall be submitted by the first day of
  December following the  close  of  the  academic  year  for  which  such
  education loans were made.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 14-A - New York State College Choice Tuition Savings Program › 695 - Program Established.

§  695.  Program  established.  There is hereby established the college
   choice tuition savings program and such program shall be known and  may
   be  cited  as  the  "New  York  state  college  choice  tuition savings
   program".