{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-608","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Education Law § 608","heading":"World trade center memorial scholarships","body":"§ 608. World trade center memorial scholarships. 1. Notwithstanding\nsubdivisions three and five of section six hundred sixty-one of this\ntitle, children, spouses and financial dependents of innocent victims\nwho have died or have been severely and permanently disabled, or those\ninnocent victims who have become severely and permanently disabled as a\ndirect result of an injury sustained in the impact area of the September\neleventh, two thousand one attack on the United States of America, shall\nbe eligible to receive a scholarship in an annual amount determined\npursuant to subdivision two of section six hundred sixty-eight-d of this\ntitle. The attack on the United States of America shall consist of the\nattack on the world trade center, the attack on the Pentagon and the\nhijackings and crashes of United Airlines flights 93 and 175 and\nAmerican Airlines flights 11 and 77.\n  2. Awards under this section shall be payable for each of not more\nthan four academic years of undergraduate study or five academic years\nif a program normally requires five years, as defined by the\ncommissioner pursuant to this article.","path":["Education Law","Title 1. General Provisions Article 1 Short Title and Definitions (§§","Article 13. Higher Education Student Financial Aid Programs"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/EDN/608","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"d97a1c19cea1e2c148e7c415404457394c2e9a6586c210961c3f7f33b32bec6d","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-607","next":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-608-a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}