§ 671. Regents professional education in nursing scholarships. 1.\nNumber and certification. Eight hundred regents professional education\nin nursing scholarships shall be awarded each year. Such scholarships\nshall be allocated as provided in article thirteen to eligible students\nas certified to the president by the commissioner.\n 2. Duration. Each such scholarship shall entitle the recipient to an\nannual award for each year while enrolled in an approved course of study\nleading to registration as a professional nurse, but not exceeding the\nnormal period of study required to complete the requirements for the\nprogram, as such approved courses and normal periods of study are\ndefined by the commissioner pursuant to article thirteen.\n 3. Amount. The president shall make awards in
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§ 671. Regents professional education in nursing scholarships. 1.\nNumber and certification. Eight hundred regents professional education\nin nursing scholarships shall be awarded each year. Such scholarships\nshall be allocated as provided in article thirteen to eligible students\nas certified to the president by the commissioner.\n 2. Duration. Each such scholarship shall entitle the recipient to an\nannual award for each year while enrolled in an approved course of study\nleading to registration as a professional nurse, but not exceeding the\nnormal period of study required to complete the requirements for the\nprogram, as such approved courses and normal periods of study are\ndefined by the commissioner pursuant to article thirteen.\n 3. Amount. The president shall make awards in the following amounts:\n (a) The annual award shall be five hundred dollars, but if the income\nexceeds one thousand eight hundred dollars, the award shall be reduced\nby one dollar for each ten dollars, or part thereof, of the excess. The\nminimum award shall be two hundred dollars. If the annual amount of\ntuition and educational fees payable by the student is more than three\nhundred fifty dollars, the award shall not exceed the amount of such\ntuition and fees; if the amount of such tuition and educational fees is\nthree hundred fifty dollars, or less, the award shall not exceed three\nhundred fifty dollars.\n (b) The annual award for any scholarship awarded pursuant to this\nsection and effective subsequent to the nineteen hundred\nseventy-three--nineteen hundred seventy-four school year shall be two\nhundred fifty dollars. Provided, however, in the case of any student\nwho has received an award effective with the nineteen hundred\nseventy-four--nineteen hundred seventy-five school year, if the award of\ntwo hundred fifty dollars when combined with any award made pursuant to\nthe provisions of subdivision four of section six hundred sixty-seven of\nthis article would be less than the total of the combined awards he\nmight otherwise be entitled to receive pursuant to the provisions of\nparagraph (a) of this subdivision and of subdivision three of section\nsix hundred sixty-seven, he shall be entitled to receive the combined\namount computed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (a) of this\nsubdivision and of subdivision three of section six hundred sixty-seven.\n