N.Y. Education Law § 668-b: Memorial scholarships for children, spouses and financial dependents of deceased firefighters, volunteer firefighters, police officers, p...

§ 668-b. Memorial scholarships for children, spouses and financial

dependents of deceased firefighters, volunteer firefighters, police

officers, peace officers, and emergency medical service workers. 1.

Notwithstanding subdivision five of section six hundred sixty-one of

this article, children, spouses or the financial dependents of

firefighters, volunteer firefighters, police officers, peace officers,

and emergency medical service workers who have died as a result of an

injury sustained in the line of duty, in service to the state of New

York shall be eligible to receive an annual amount determined pursuant

to subdivision two of section six hundred sixty-eight-d of this article.

Any award pursuant to this section shall be inclusive of any amount the

student would otherwise be eligible for pursuant to section six hundred

sixty-eight-a or six hundred sixty-eight-d of this article.

2. Awards under this section shall be payable for each of not more

than four academic years of undergraduate study or five academic years

if a program normally requires five years, as defined by the

commissioner pursuant to article thirteen of this title.