N.Y. Education Law § 671: Regents professional education in nursing scholarships

§ 671. Regents professional education in nursing scholarships. 1.

Number and certification. Eight hundred regents professional education

in nursing scholarships shall be awarded each year. Such scholarships

shall be allocated as provided in article thirteen to eligible students

as certified to the president by the commissioner.

2. Duration. Each such scholarship shall entitle the recipient to an

annual award for each year while enrolled in an approved course of study

leading to registration as a professional nurse, but not exceeding the

normal period of study required to complete the requirements for the

program, as such approved courses and normal periods of study are

defined by the commissioner pursuant to article thirteen.

3. Amount. The president shall make awards in the following amounts:

(a) The annual award shall be five hundred dollars, but if the income

exceeds one thousand eight hundred dollars, the award shall be reduced

by one dollar for each ten dollars, or part thereof, of the excess. The

minimum award shall be two hundred dollars. If the annual amount of

tuition and educational fees payable by the student is more than three

hundred fifty dollars, the award shall not exceed the amount of such

tuition and fees; if the amount of such tuition and educational fees is

three hundred fifty dollars, or less, the award shall not exceed three

hundred fifty dollars.

(b) The annual award for any scholarship awarded pursuant to this

section and effective subsequent to the nineteen hundred

seventy-three--nineteen hundred seventy-four school year shall be two

hundred fifty dollars. Provided, however, in the case of any student

who has received an award effective with the nineteen hundred

seventy-four--nineteen hundred seventy-five school year, if the award of

two hundred fifty dollars when combined with any award made pursuant to

the provisions of subdivision four of section six hundred sixty-seven of

this article would be less than the total of the combined awards he

might otherwise be entitled to receive pursuant to the provisions of

paragraph (a) of this subdivision and of subdivision three of section

six hundred sixty-seven, he shall be entitled to receive the combined

amount computed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (a) of this

subdivision and of subdivision three of section six hundred sixty-seven.