§ 610. Liberty scholarships. 1. Establishment of liberty scholarships.\nThe president of the higher education services corporation shall award\nliberty scholarships for payment annually beginning with the nineteen\nhundred ninety-one--nineteen hundred ninety-two academic year, and in\neach academic year thereafter, to students eligible pursuant to\nsubdivision two of this section. In administering this program, the\npresident is hereby authorized to exercise all powers and duties\nauthorized under article fourteen of this chapter.\n 2. Eligibility for scholarship. Liberty scholarships shall be awarded\nto persons:\n a. who have applied for such scholarship;\n b. who have graduated from a secondary school located within New York\nstate or have received a high school equivalency diploma from New York\nstate;\n c. who have not attained the age of twenty-two as of June thirtieth\nprior to the academic year for which the initial award is received and\nwho are undergraduate students receiving aid under this chapter for the\nfirst time during academic year nineteen hundred ninety-one--nineteen\nhundred ninety-two or thereafter;\n d. who have enrolled in an approved program in a degree-granting\ninstitution located in New York state within twenty-four months of the\ndate that the recipient graduated from secondary school or received a\nhigh school equivalency diploma, provided that those students who are\ntemporarily unable to avail themselves of the award due to illness,\nmilitary service or other causes in accordance with rules of the board\nof regents prior to receipt of the first payment of an award may be\ngranted a leave of absence pursuant to regulations of the trustees of\nthe higher education services corporation;\n e. who satisfy the requirements of section six hundred sixty-one of\nthis chapter;\n f. who retain good academic standing as defined by the commissioner;\nand\n g. who qualify for a scholarship pursuant to subdivision six of this\nsection.\n 3. Application. Application for payment of a liberty scholarship shall\nbe made in conjunction with an application for tuition assistance in\naccordance with rules of the board.\n 4. Application for other student financial assistance. a. A student\nenrolled in a program of full-time study shall not be entitled to\nreceive a scholarship unless the recipient (1) receives a tuition\nassistance award or supplemental tuition assistance award pursuant to\nsection six hundred sixty-seven or six hundred sixty-seven-a of this\nchapter and (2) receives a Pell grant award pursuant to section one\nthousand seventy-a of title twenty of the United States code.\n b. A recipient enrolled in a program of part-time study shall not be\nentitled to receive a scholarship unless the recipient receives a Pell\ngrant award pursuant to section one thousand seventy-a of title twenty\nof the United States code.\n 5. Duration. a. Subject to the requirements of subdivision two of this\nsection, a recipient shall be entitled to an annual scholarship for not\nmore than (1) four academic years of full-time undergraduate study or\nthe equivalent thereof of part-time study, or (2) five academic years,\nor the equivalent thereof of part-time study, if the program of study\nnormally requires five years, as defined by the commissioner pursuant to\narticle thirteen of this chapter.\n b. For purposes of this subdivision and subdivision fourteen of\nsection six hundred five of this chapter, the term "part-time study"\nmeans enrollment for at least six but less than twelve semester hours,\nor the equivalent, per semester or at least four but less than eight\nsemester hours per quarter in an approved undergraduate program.\n c. Any semester, quarter or term of attendance during which a student\nreceives an award for part-time study pursuant to this section shall be\ncounted as one-half of a semester, quarter or term, as the case may be,\ntoward the maximum term of eligibility for tuition assistance award
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