§ 668-d. World trade center memorial scholarships.
1.Eligible groups.\nNotwithstanding subdivisions three and five of section six hundred\nsixty-one of this article, children, spouses and financial dependents of\ninnocent victims who have died or have been severely and permanently\ndisabled, or those innocent victims who have become severely and\npermanently disabled as a direct result of an injury sustained in the\nimpact area of the September eleventh, two thousand one attack on the\nUnited States of America, shall be eligible to receive a memorial\nscholarship. The attack on the United States of America shall consist of\nthe attack 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
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§ 668-d. World trade center memorial scholarships. 1. Eligible groups.\nNotwithstanding subdivisions three and five of section six hundred\nsixty-one of this article, children, spouses and financial dependents of\ninnocent victims who have died or have been severely and permanently\ndisabled, or those innocent victims who have become severely and\npermanently disabled as a direct result of an injury sustained in the\nimpact area of the September eleventh, two thousand one attack on the\nUnited States of America, shall be eligible to receive a memorial\nscholarship. The attack on the United States of America shall consist of\nthe attack 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. Amount. (a) The president shall grant annual scholarships in the\nfollowing amounts:\n (1) If the recipient attends an institution of the city university of\nNew York or an institution of the state university of New York other\nthan the statutory colleges at Cornell, the college of environmental\nscience and forestry at Syracuse and the college of ceramics at Alfred,\nthe annual award shall be an amount equal to: the tuition charged at\nsuch institution provided that, notwithstanding any provision of law to\nthe contrary, the tuition charged to award recipients shall not exceed\nthat charged to state resident students attending such institution; the\nmandatory fees charged at such institution; and the non-tuition cost of\nattendance at such institution or college, provided that the scholarship\nshall not exceed an amount that is equal to the total cost of attendance\ndetermined for federal Title IV student financial aid purposes, less all\nother scholarships and grants provided by New York state, other states,\nthe federal government, or other governments, and the amount of\neducational benefits paid under any program that would duplicate the\npurposes of this program, provided that any scholarships or grants\nprovided to a recipient by the institution which are intended to fund\nany portion of the difference between the annual state award and the\nactual costs of attendance at any such institution shall not be\nconsidered to duplicate the purposes of this program; or\n (2) If the recipient attends any other approved program within New\nYork state, the annual award shall be based upon an amount equal to: the\ntuition charged to state resident students attending a four-year college\nof the state university of New York; the average mandatory fees charged\nat four-year colleges of the state university of New York, or the actual\ntuition and fees charged to the recipient, whichever is less; and the\naverage non-tuition cost of attendance, as determined by the president\nand as approved by the director of the budget, for a student at the\nstate university of New York or actual non-tuition cost of attendance at\nsuch institution, whichever is less, provided that the scholarship shall\nnot exceed an amount that is equal to the total cost of attendance\ndetermined for federal Title IV student financial aid purposes, less all\nother scholarships and grants provided by New York state, other states,\nthe federal government, or other governments, and the amount of\neducational benefits paid under any program that would duplicate the\npurposes of this program, provided that any scholarships or grants\nprovided to a recipient by the institution which are intended to fund\nany portion of the difference between the annual state award and the\nactual costs of attendance at any such institution shall not be\nconsidered to duplicate the purposes of this program.\n (3) Notwithstanding paragraph a of subdivision four of section six\nhundred sixty-one of this article, if the recipient is a New York state\nresident and, on September eleventh, two thousand one, was matriculated\nand in attendance in an institution of higher education that provides a\ntwo-year or four-year program of instruction for which the institution\nawards an associate or baccalaureate degree and which is eligible to\nparticipate in a program under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of\n1965, as amended or any successor statutes located outside of New York\nstate, the annual award shall be based upon an amount equal to: the\ntuition charged to state resident students attending a four-year college\nof the state university of New York; the average mandatory fees charged\nat four-year colleges of the state university of New York or the actual\ntuition and fees charged to the recipient, whichever is less; and the\naverage non-tuition cost of attendance, as determined, by the president\nand as approved by the director of the budget, for a student at the\nstate university of New York or actual non-tuition cost of attendance at\nsuch institution, whichever is less, provided that the scholarship shall\nnot exceed an amount that is equal to the total cost of attendance\ndetermined for federal Title IV student financial aid proposes, less all\nother scholarships and grants provided by New York state, other states,\nthe federal government, or other governments, and the amount of\neducational benefits paid under any program that would duplicate the\npurposes of this program, provided that any scholarships or grants\nprovided to a recipient by the institution which are intended to fund\nany portion of the difference between the annual state award and the\nactual annual costs of attendance at any such institution shall not be\nconsidered to duplicate the purposes of this program.\n (4) "Non-tuition cost of attendance", as used in this subdivision,\nshall mean: (i) the actual amount charged by the institution for room\nand board, and (ii) an allowance for transportation, books and supplies\nas determined by the president and as approved by the director of the\nbudget, provided that such determination shall be made no later than\nDecember first of each year for use in the succeeding academic year. In\nthe event a student does not incur room or board charges at the\ninstitution, "non-tuition cost of attendance" shall mean an allowance\nfor room and board as determined by the president and approved by the\ndirector of the budget. In determining allowances pursuant to this\nsubparagraph, the president may take into consideration the allowances\nprovided for in the Pell grant program.\n (b) In no event shall the combination of all student financial aid\nreceived by a student exceed a recipient's total cost of attendance at\nthe institution being attended.\n 3. Duration. Awards under this section shall be payable for each of\nnot more than four academic years of undergraduate study or five\nacademic years if a program normally requires five years, as defined by\nthe commissioner pursuant to article thirteen of this title.\n