N.Y. Education Law § 670-a: Empire state scholarships of excellence

§ 670-a. Empire state scholarships of excellence. 1. Number and

certification. One thousand empire state scholarships of excellence

shall be awarded each year. Such scholarships shall be allocated as

provided in article thirteen of this chapter to eligible students

certified to the president by the commissioner.

2. Duration. A scholarship shall entitle the recipient to an annual

award for not more than four academic years of undergraduate study, or

five academic years if the program of study normally requires five years

as defined by the commissioner pursuant to article thirteen of this

chapter.

3. Amount. The annual award shall be in the amount of two thousand

dollars provided in no event shall the amount of the annual award exceed

the recipient's cost of attendance at the institution attended. Cost of

attendance shall mean tuition, required fees, laboratory and other

instruction related expenses, books, transportation, room and board. The

cost of attendance however shall be reduced by the amount the recipient

shall receive or would be entitled to receive as a Pell grant pursuant

to section one thousand seventy-a of title twenty of the United States

Code. Anything in this article to the contrary notwithstanding, a

recipient of an empire state scholarship of excellence may concurrently

receive with such award any other academic or general award for which he

or she may be eligible provided however in no event shall the

combination of all such awards exceed the recipient's cost of attendance

at the institution.