Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
As used in this Subchapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings, unless otherwise specified:
(a) General awards means:
(1) tuition assistance program (TAP)
awards;
(2) Regents awards for
children of deceased and disabled veterans;
(3) Regents awards for children of deceased
State correction officers and State civilian employees of a correction
facility; and
(4) tuition awards
for Vietnam veterans.
(b) Academic perforamance awards means:
(1) Regents college scholarships;
(2) Regents professional education in nursing
scholarships;
(3) Regents
professional education in medicine, dentistry or osteopathy
scholarships;
(4) Regents
professional education in optometry scholarships;
(5) Regents physician shortage
scholarships;
(6) Regents veterans
with war service scholarships;
(7)
Empire State challenger scholarships for teachers;
(8) Empire State challenger fellowships for
teachers;
(9) Regents health care
professional opportunity scholarships;
(10) Regents professional opportunity
scholarships;
(11) Regents
physician loan forgiveness program;
(12) Empire State scholarships of excellence;
and
(13) Liberty
scholarships.
(c)
Fellowships means Herbert L. Lehman graduate fellowships in the social sciences
and public and international affairs.
(d) Term. For purposes of determining a
schedule of payment of awards under this Subchapter, term shall mean a unit of
attendance, including but not limited to quarter, semester; uniterm (24
semester hours for an academic year of not more than 12 months), as established
by the corporation.
(e) Regular
academic year, as it affects the determination of term structure for computing
the proper manner of payment of awards and payment for summer study, shall mean
that period of attendance normally utilized by collegiate level institutions
encompassing two semesters of study or the equivalent as determined by the
commissioner, excluding the summer term.
(f) Cost of attendance. As used hereinafter,
the following terms shall have the following meanings, as components of an
award recipient's cost of attendance:
(1)
Tuition shall mean the actual tuition charged to an award recipient by the
institution he or she is attending.
(2) Required fees shall mean educational fees
as defined by the commissioner.
(3)
Books shall mean a reasonable amount, determined by the institution, of an
award recipient's cost of books for an academic year.
(4) Transportation shall mean a reasonable
amount, determined by the institution, of an award recipient's cost for
transportation for an academic year. This amount may include:
(i) the cost of travel between the award
recipient's residence and the institution; and
(ii) the cost of travel required for
completion of a course of study.
(5) Room and board shall mean an amount
calculated as follows:
(i) for a student who
has no dependents and lives with his or her parent(s), an allowance of
$1,100;
(ii) for a student who has
no dependents and lives in institutionally owned or operated housing, the
actual amount charged the student for room and board for an academic
year;
(iii) for a student who has
no dependents and does not live with his or her parent(s) or in institutionally
owned or operated housing, a standard allowance, determined by the institution,
for room and board for an academic year; or
(iv) for a student who has dependents, an
allowance, determined by the institution, for room and board for an academic
year based upon expenses incurred by the student and his or her dependent(s).
For purposes of this section, a spouse is considered a
dependent.
(6)
Laboratory and other instruction-related expenses shall mean a reasonable
amount, determined by the institution, of an award recipient's costs for
laboratory and other instruction-related expenses, which shall include but not
be limited to laboratory fees and the cost of all equipment and material which
is required by the institution for the completion of any course considered part
of the approved program of an award recipient.
