§ 605. Academic performance awards. 1. Regents college scholarships.\nRegents college scholarships shall be awarded to students completing\ntheir high school programs for attendance in approved programs, on the\nbasis of nationally established competitive examinations.\n a. County allocation. Twenty-five thousand such scholarships shall be\nawarded each year and shall be allocated to each county in the state in\nthe same ratio that the number of students residing in such county who\nwere graduated from approved high schools in the state during the school\nyear preceding the date of the examination for the award of such\nscholarships bears to the total number of students residing in the state\nwho were graduated from approved high schools in the state during such\nschool year; provided, that no county shall be allocated fewer than\nforty scholarships, except that Hamilton county shall be allocated no\nfewer than sixteen scholarships. In the event that a scholarship awarded\npursuant to this paragraph is declined by a student or for any reason\nrevoked by the commissioner or the president, its benefits shall lapse\nand there shall be no further payment or reawarding of such scholarship.\n b. School allocation. If in any year the candidates who are graduates\nof a given approved high school in the state and who are awarded\nscholarships under paragraph a of this subdivision do not constitute at\nleast one person for every forty persons who were graduated from such\nschool during the school year preceding the date of the examination for\nthe award of such scholarships, then additional scholarships shall be\nawarded in such year in the number required to provide such allocation\nof scholarship awards for each such school, and such additional\nscholarships shall be awarded directly to candidates from each such\nschool in accordance with the provisions of section six hundred two of\nthis chapter. In the event that a scholarship awarded pursuant to this\nparagraph is declined by a student or for any reason revoked by the\ncommissioner or the president, its benefits shall lapse and there shall\nbe no further payment or reawarding of such scholarship.\n 2. Regents professional education in nursing scholarships. Regents\nprofessional education in nursing scholarships shall be awarded on the\nsame basis as regents college scholarships to students completing their\nhigh school programs for attendance in programs for the training of\nregistered professional nurses at colleges or schools approved by the\nregents. Eight hundred such scholarships shall be awarded each year.\nSuch scholarships shall be allocated to each county in the state in the\nsame ratio that the number of students residing in such county who were\ngraduated from approved high schools in the state during the school year\npreceding the date of the examination for the award of such scholarships\nbears to the total number of students residing in the state who were\ngraduated from approved high schools in the state during such school\nyear, provided, that no county shall be allocated fewer than four\nscholarships, except that Fulton and Hamilton counties shall each be\nallocated no fewer than two scholarships; provided, however, that no\ncounty shall be allocated fewer scholarships than such county received\nduring the year nineteen hundred seventy-two--nineteen hundred\nseventy-three.\n 3. Regents professional education in medicine or dentistry\nscholarships. Regents professional education in medicine or dentistry\nscholarships shall be awarded annually, on a competitive basis, to\nstudents beginning professional study in medicine or dentistry. One\nhundred such scholarships shall be awarded annually, and shall be\nclassified and allocated in accordance with regents rules. The\nprovisions of this subdivision shall only apply to any recipient who\nreceives his or her first award payment prior to the nineteen hundred\neighty-five--nineteen hundred eighty-six academic year.\
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