§ 601 — Definitions

§ 601. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall\nhave the following meanings unless otherwise specified:\n 1. "President" shall mean the president of the New York state higher\neducation services corporation.\n 2. "College" shall mean any institution of higher education,\nrecognized and approved by the regents of the university of the state of\nNew York, which provides a course of study leading to the granting of a\npost-secondary degree or diploma.\n 3. "Vocational institution" shall mean a business, trade, technical or\nother occupational school approved as such by the regents of the\nuniversity of the state of New York or accredited by a nationally\nrecognized accrediting agency or association accepted as such by the\nregents of the state of New York.\n 4. "Approved program", for the purpose of determining a student's\neligibility for awards provided in articles thirteen and fourteen of\nthis chapter and subject to specific modification by sections of such\narticles, shall mean the following programs of study approved by the\ncommissioner pursuant to this article in accordance with rules of the\nboard of regents and registered by the state education department in\naccordance with regulations of the commissioner or, where applicable,\nregistered by the state department of health and forwarded to the state\neducation department: (1) collegiate level programs leading to a degree,\nor programs leading to a diploma or certificate that are fully\ncreditable towards a degree program in that institution; (2) study and\ntraining programs offered by a hospital school, a community college, a\nunit of the state university of New York, a unit of the city university\nof New York, or an institution chartered by the regents or by the\nlegislature for the purpose of granting degrees, leading to licensure as\na professional registered or practical nurse or to certification in an\narea of medical or health technology; and (3) two-year programs offered\nin a registered private business school.\n 5. "Children" as referenced in subdivision four of section six hundred\nfour and sections six hundred eight, six hundred eight-a, six hundred\nsixty-eight-a, six hundred sixty-eight-b, six hundred sixty-eight-d and\nsix hundred sixty-eight-e of this title shall mean: (a) birth children,\nadopted children, stepchildren who survive an individual, or children\nfor whom an individual was a legal guardian, and (b) other children\nrelated by blood, adoption or marriage to an individual for whom such\nindividual had assumed and was exercising custody and care as of the\ndate of such individual's death.\n 6. "Impact area" as referenced in sections six hundred eight and six\nhundred sixty-eight-d of this title shall mean the secure zone\nestablished by the city of New York surrounding the world trade center\nand the crash sites during the period that disasters were declared or\nrescue and recovery efforts were underway.\n 7. "Financial dependent" as referenced in sections six hundred four,\nsix hundred eight, six hundred eight-a, six hundred sixty-eight-b, six\nhundred sixty-eight-d and six hundred sixty-eight-e of this title shall\nmean a person who is dependent for his or her support upon an\nindividual, other than one who was involved in, supported, or was\nresponsible for the act or acts of terrorism or other intentional act or\nacts that caused such death, injury or illness, who has died or become\nseverely and permanently disabled as described in such sections,\nprovided that a person shall be considered a financial dependent and\nshall be eligible for awards pursuant to these sections upon a showing\nof unilateral dependence or mutual interdependence upon such individual,\nwhich may be evidenced by a nexus of factors, including but not limited\nto common ownership of property, common householding, shared budgeting\nand the length of the relationship between the financial dependent and\nsuch individual.\n