2006 New York Code - 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.