§ 661. Eligibility requirements and conditions governing awards and\nloans. 1. Applicability. The eligibility requirements and conditions\nestablished in this section shall apply to all general awards, academic\nperformance awards and student loans other than education loans made\npursuant to part V of this article.\n 2. Application and recipient qualifications. At least annually and at\nsuch times as the board shall establish, a student and, where\napplicable, the parents and spouse of such student seeking aid or loans\nunder the provisions of this article, shall submit to the corporation on\nforms it shall establish such information as the board may require.\n 4. Attendance in approved courses of study in approved institutions.\nTo be eligible to receive payments from the president a student:\n a. Must be matriculated in an approved program, as defined by the\ncommissioner pursuant to article thirteen of this chapter, or pursuant\nto paragraph b of this subdivision, in an institution situated in the\nstate, which has been approved and operating in this state for at least\none year, and has been approved for participation in federal student\nfinancial aid programs authorized by Title IV of the Higher Education\nAct of 1965, as amended. Nothing in this subdivision shall preclude\npayment of an award to a recipient who receives instruction outside the\nstate, which instruction is conducted by an institution situated in the\nstate, and is part of the student's program of study at such\ninstitution; provided, however, that nothing in this subdivision shall\npreclude the receipt of a loan pursuant to section six hundred eighty of\nthis article; provided, further, that students not attending\ninstitutions eligible for participating in federal Title IV financial\naid programs on or before July first, two thousand seven: (i) who\nreceived their first award under this article before the two thousand\nsix--two thousand seven academic year shall be eligible for payments\nuntil the end of the two thousand nine--two thousand ten academic year;\nor (ii) who received their first award under this article for the two\nthousand six--two thousand seven academic year through and including the\ntwo thousand nine--two thousand ten academic year shall be eligible for\npayments until the end of the two thousand fourteen--two thousand\nfifteen academic year.\n b. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary and the\nrules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, the president shall\nmake tuition assistance program awards available to full-time resident\nundergraduate students not currently eligible for awards under\nsubdivision three of section six hundred sixty-seven of this part and\nwho are attending an educational institution in this state that:\n (i) is exempt from federal taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the\nInternal Revenue Code; and\n (ii) has its headquarters and main campus located within the state and\nis eligible for funds under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of\n1965, as amended; and\n (iii) is accredited by an agency recognized by the United States\nsecretary of education, or by a successor federal agency; and\n (iv) enrollment in which institution would render the student eligible\nto receive a federal Pell grant in accordance with section one thousand\nseventy of title twenty of the United States code, et. seq. and the\nregulations promulgated thereunder; and\n (v) provides a program of instruction lasting at least three years,\nfor which the student is enrolled.\n b-1. Tuition assistance program awards that are made available to\nstudents pursuant to paragraph b of this subdivision shall not be\nawarded if an applicant:\n (i) does not meet the citizenship requirements pursuant to subdivision\nthree of this section;\n (ii) does not meet the income requirements pursuant to section six\nhundred sixty-three of this subpart;\n (iii) does not maintain good academic standing pursuant to paragraph c\
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