Current through Register Vol. 45, No. 52, December 27, 2023
(a) Purpose. It is the purpose of this
section to establish requirements for awarding grants, pursuant to Education
Law section
6455, to degree-granting institutions or
consortia of such institutions to establish programs aimed at improving the
enrollment and retention of minority and economically disadvantaged students in
undergraduate and graduate programs that prepare students for professional
licensure or for employment in scientific, technical, health and health-related
fields.
(b) Definitions. For
purposes of subdivisions (2) and (3) of section
6455 of the Education Law and of this
section:
(1) minorities historically
underrepresented in the scientific, technical, health and health-related
professions means residents of New York State or students who meet the
requirements of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section
6455 of the Education Law who are Black,
Hispanic, American Indian or Alaskan native;
(2) a student who is economically
disadvantaged means a student who meets the criteria set forth in subdivisions
(b) and (c) of section
27-1.1 of the
rules of the Board of Regents, except that paragraphs (2) and (4) of
subdivision (b) of section
27-1.1 shall
not apply;
(3) an approved
undergraduate level program of study and an approved graduate level program
means a program registered by the State Education Department and offered in New
York State which either:
(i) has been
designated by the commissioner as licensure qualifying in the particular
profession;
(ii) in the case of the
profession of law, meets the requirements contained in section 520.3 of the
Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR 520.3) pertaining to the study of law;
or
(iii) prepares students for
employment in scientific, technical, health and health-related fields;
and
(4) eligible
applicant means a degree-granting postsecondary institution, or a consortium of
such institutions, which offers an approved undergraduate program of study
and/or an approved graduate level program of study.
(c) Program administration. Activities funded
under the collegiate science and technology entry program shall be administered
pursuant to a contract between the State Education Department and the
participating institution or consortium of institutions. Such institution or
consortium shall not use collegiate science and technology entry program funds
to duplicate services or financial assistance to students enrolled in the
State-funded higher education opportunity programs or similar federally funded
programs as determined by the commissioner.
(d) Applications. Eligible applicants seeking
a grant shall submit, by a date prescribed by the commissioner, a comprehensive
plan describing the instruction and curriculum-related activities and support
services to be provided using grant funds. Such plans shall be in a form
prescribed by the commissioner and shall include, but shall not be limited to,
a description of quantifiable measures to be used to assess the effectiveness
of the instruction, activities and services in promoting the purposes of the
collegiate science and technology entry program.
(e) Criteria for the award of grants.
(1) Undergraduate program grants.
Undergraduate collegiate science and technology entry program grants may be
awarded to eligible applicants for programs at the undergraduate level that
provide services and activities eligible for funding pursuant to paragraph (a)
of subdivision 2 of section
6455 of the Education Law to students
eligible to receive support pursuant to such paragraph. In awarding such
grants, the commissioner shall consider, but shall not be limited to, the
following criteria:
(i) compliance with the
requirements of Education Law, section
6455 and this section;
(ii) the degree of coordination with the
activities of science and technology entry programs for secondary school
students established pursuant to section
6454 of the Education Law;
(iii) the eligible applicant's record of
success in minority recruitment and retention;
(iv) the availability of a matching
contribution equivalent to, or in excess of the grant funds sought;
and
(v) the eligible applicant's
ability to demonstrate past institutional success in conducting similar
collegiate programs designed to prepare students for licensure in the
professions or for careers in scientific, technical, health and health-related
fields.
(2) Graduate
program grants. Graduate collegiate science and technology entry program grants
may be awarded to eligible applicants for programs at the graduate level that
provide services and activities eligible for funding pursuant to paragraph (a)
of subdivision 3 of section
6455 of the Education Law to students
eligible to receive support pursuant to such paragraph. In awarding such grants
the commissioner shall consider, but shall not be limited to, the criteria set
forth in subparagraphs (i), (iii), (iv) and (v) of paragraph (1) of this
subdivision, and the degree of coordination of the graduate program with
efforts at the undergraduate level to increase minority access to the
professions and scientific, technical, health and health-related
fields.
Amended
New
York State Register July 29, 2020/Volume XLII, Issue 30, eff.
7/29/2020
