New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter I - Scholarships and Grants › Part 145 - Higher Education Student Financial Aid Program › Subpart 145-2 - Educational Requirements For Awards And Loans › Section 145-2.3 - Approved programs for general and academic performance awards

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) The
					 commissioner shall periodically provide each approved institution of
					 postsecondary education in the State with a list of registered programs
					 approved by the commissioner for purposes of general and academic performance
					 awards in that institution, and such institution shall certify as attending
					 approved programs of study only those students enrolled in programs included in
					 such list, except as otherwise specifically authorized by the commissioner
					 because of administrative error, pending registration, or other special
					 circumstances. Copies of all such lists of registered programs shall be
					 provided to the president of the Higher Education Services Corporation for use
					 in implementing the purposes of this section.
(b) Approved programs, for general and
					 academic performance awards other than part-time tuition awards and tuition
					 awards for Vietnam veterans, where authorized and specified by statute, shall
					 be defined as follows:
(1) Collegiate level
					 programs shall denote those programs registered by the State Education
					 Department under section
					 52.2 
					 of this Title or other appropriate regulation applying to a program leading to
					 a degree, or leading to a diploma or certificate fully creditable towards a
					 degree in an institution authorized to grant degrees. Approved diploma and
					 certificate programs shall be of at least one academic year's duration.
					 Programs registered under section
					 52.22 
					 of this Title shall not be considered collegiate level programs. Further,
					 post-doctoral programs leading to specialty certification, such as in
					 psychoanalysis or orthodonture, shall not be considered diploma or certificate
					 programs within the intent of articles 13 and 14 of the Education
					 Law.
(2) Noncollegiate programs.
(i) Hospital programs of professional
					 nursing. Such programs shall denote programs registered by the State Education
					 Department under section
					 52.12(a)(1) 
					 of this Title as programs offered by a hospital nursing school and approved by
					 the Regents as leading to licensure as a registered professional
					 nurse.
(ii) Other health-related
					 programs. Such programs shall denote other programs that lead to licensure as a
					 licensed practical nurse registered by the State Education Department section
					 52.12(a)(2) 
					 of this Title, or to certification in an area of medical or health technology,
					 and that are registered, licensed or approved by the State Education Department
					 or by the State Department of Health.
(iii) Two-year programs in licensed private
					 career schools. Such programs shall denote programs of at least 1440
					 instructional hours' duration that are offered by licensed private career
					 schools not authorized to grant degrees and that are registered by the State
					 Education Department under Part 126 of this Title.