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§ 605-a. Scholarships for academic excellence. 1.
(a)Beginning with\nthe nineteen hundred ninety-seven--ninety-eight academic year and\nthereafter, scholarships for academic excellence shall be awarded to\nstudents completing their high school programs for attendance in\napproved programs. The academic merit criteria for awarding these\nscholarships will be determined by taking the weighted average of a\nstudent's score on Regents examinations taken by students prior to their\nsenior year in all of the following five subject areas: comprehensive\nEnglish; global studies; U.S. history/government; level 3 math; and\nscience, which shall consist of the weighted average of the combination\nof exams taken in chemistry, biology, earth science and physics. For\nthose schools not offering regen
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§ 605-a. Scholarships for academic excellence. 1. (a) Beginning with\nthe nineteen hundred ninety-seven--ninety-eight academic year and\nthereafter, scholarships for academic excellence shall be awarded to\nstudents completing their high school programs for attendance in\napproved programs. The academic merit criteria for awarding these\nscholarships will be determined by taking the weighted average of a\nstudent's score on Regents examinations taken by students prior to their\nsenior year in all of the following five subject areas: comprehensive\nEnglish; global studies; U.S. history/government; level 3 math; and\nscience, which shall consist of the weighted average of the combination\nof exams taken in chemistry, biology, earth science and physics. For\nthose schools not offering regents examinations in all such five subject\nareas, awards shall be based on criteria developed by the commissioner\nand subject to the approval of the director of the budget.\n (b) School allocation. (i) Each high school in the state, as defined\nin regulations of the commissioner adopted for such purpose and subject\nto the approval of the director of the budget, shall be allocated: for\nthe nineteen hundred ninety-seven--ninety-eight academic year, a single\nscholarship of one thousand dollars; and for the nineteen hundred\nninety-eight--ninety-nine academic year and thereafter, a single\nscholarship of one thousand five hundred dollars which shall be awarded\nto the top scholar of such school as determined by the academic merit\ncriteria set forth in paragraph (a) of this subdivision.\n (ii) The remaining scholarships for the nineteen hundred\nninety-seven--ninety-eight academic year of one thousand dollars, and\nfor the nineteen hundred ninety-eight--ninety-nine academic year and\nthereafter, of one thousand five hundred dollars shall be allocated to\nhigh schools in the state as defined in regulations of the commissioner\nfor such purpose and subject to the approval of the director of the\nbudget, in the same ratio that the number of students enrolled in the\ntwelfth grade at such high school in the prior school year bears to the\ntotal number of students who were enrolled in the twelfth grade in the\nstate during the prior school year. The ratio shall be multiplied by the\nnumber of scholarships available and the results, rounded to the nearest\nwhole number, shall be the number of scholarships allocated to the\nschool. Such awards shall be distributed on the basis of the academic\nmerit criteria as set forth in paragraph (a) of this subdivision.\n (iii) All scholarships of five hundred dollars shall be allocated in\nthe same manner as described in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph.\n * 2. In the event that a scholarship awarded is declined by a student,\nor for any reason revoked by the commissioner or the president, its\nbenefits shall lapse and there shall be no further payments or awarding\nof such scholarship.\n * NB Effective until July 1, 2026\n * 2. In the event that a scholarship awarded is declined by a student,\nor for any reason revoked by the commissioner or the president, its\nbenefits shall lapse and there shall be no further payments or awarding\nof such scholarship; provided however, if an award is declined by a\nstudent prior to the end of their high school program, the scholarship\nshall be awarded, to the extent practicable, to the next most qualified\nstudent pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision one of this section.\n * NB Effective July 1, 2026\n