New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter A - Higher and Professional Education › Part 53 - Information For Students And Prospective Students › Section 53.3 - Information to be provided

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Information shall be provided on financial assistance
					 available to students, costs of attending the institution, the refund policy of
					 the institution, and the instructional programs and other related aspects of
					 the institution, as provided in this section.
(a) Information on financial assistance
				  available to students shall be provided for each of the aid categories listed
				  in this subdivision. The information printed for each program of financial
				  assistance available to students at that institution, and for which student
				  application is required, shall include: application procedures, including a
				  description of forms and their preparation, method of selection of recipients
				  and allocation of awards, award schedule, and rights and responsibilities of
				  recipients. Standard current descriptions of State and Federal financial
				  assistance programs will be provided by the Education Department in cooperation
				  with the Higher Education Services Corporation to the institutions subject to
				  the provisions of this Part. These descriptions, or some other descriptions
				  providing the required information, along with current procedures and
				  definitions related to emancipated student status, shall be provided by the
				  institutions to persons identified in section
				  53.2 
				  of this Part. Where summary information is provided, an institutional office
				  where detailed information can be obtained shall be identified.
(1) State programs. Information shall be
				  provided for those of the following programs for which students at the
				  institution may be eligible: the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP), Regents
				  College Scholarships, Regents Nursing Scholarships, Regents Awards for Children
				  of Deceased or Disabled Veterans, State Assistance for Native Americans,
				  guaranteed student loans, and also special programs for the economically and
				  educationally disadvantaged including the Higher Education Opportunity Program
				  (HEOP), Education Opportunity Program (EOP), Search for Education and Elevation
				  through Knowledge (SEEK), College Discovery (CD) Program, and the Work
				  Incentive (WIN) Program. Any other State program which accounts for 10 percent
				  or more of the total State student aid administered by the institution shall
				  also be described in similar detail and terminology.
(2) Federal programs. Information shall be
				  provided for those of the following programs for which students at the
				  institution may be eligible: the Basic Educational Opportunity Grants (BEOG)
				  program, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG), National Direct
				  Student Loans (NDSL), College Work Sugdy (CWS) program, social security
				  payments to children of deceased/disabled parents, Federal aid to Native
				  Americans, and Veterans Administration educational benefits. Any other Federal
				  program which accounts for 10 percent or more of the total Federal student aid
				  administered by the institution shall also be described in similar detail and
				  terminology.
(3) Local
				  institutional programs. Information shall be provided on grants, scholarships,
				  waivers, deferrals, loans, including small emergency loans, and work-study
				  arrangements which are administered by the institution. Financial aid programs
				  involving awards of $300 or more per year shall be individually listed,
				  including restrictions if any. THe number and average value or programs with
				  awards of less than $300 per year shall be provided, along with the name,
				  address and telephone number of an institutional office from which more
				  detailed information can be obtained.