§ 667-d. Enhanced tuition awards. 1. Recipient qualifications. a.\nEstablishment. Enhanced tuition awards are available for students who\nare enrolled in approved programs in private degree granting\ninstitutions of higher education except those institutions set forth in\nparagraph b of subdivision four of section six hundred sixty-one of this\npart and who demonstrate the ability to complete such courses, in\naccordance with standards established by the commissioner; provided,\nthat, no award shall exceed one hundred percent of the amount of tuition\ncharged.\n b. Application for other awards. A student who would be eligible for a\ntuition assistance program award pursuant to section six hundred\nsixty-seven of this subpart and/or a federal Pell grant pursuant to\nsection one thousand seventy of title twenty of the United States code,\net. seq., is required to apply for each such award. Any award shall be\napplied to tuition after the application of payments received under the\ntuition assistance program pursuant to section six hundred sixty-seven\nof this subpart.\n c. GPA requirements. Notwithstanding paragraph c of subdivision four\nof section six hundred sixty-one of this part, a school shall certify\nthat a recipient has achieved a grade point average necessary for\nsuccessful completion of his or her coursework to receive payment under\nthe award.\n d. Credit requirements. An award shall be made to an applicant who:\n(i) if enrolled in (A) a private degree granting institution of higher\neducation prior to application, has completed at least thirty combined\ncredits per year following the student's start date, or its equivalent,\napplicable to his or her program or programs of study or (B) a public\ndegree granting institution of higher education prior to application,\nhas completed at least thirty combined credits per year following the\nstudent's start date, or its equivalent, applicable to his or her\nprogram or programs of study and which were accepted upon transfer to a\nprivate degree granting institution of higher education; (ii) enrolls in\nat least twelve credits per semester and completes at least thirty\ncombined credits per year following the student's start date, or its\nequivalent, applicable to his or her program or programs of study except\nin limited circumstances as prescribed by the corporation in regulation.\nNotwithstanding, in the student's last semester, the student may take at\nleast one course needed to meet his or her graduation requirements and\nenroll in and complete at least twelve credit hours or its equivalent.\nFor students who are disabled as defined by the Americans With\nDisabilities Act of 1990, 42 USC 12101, the corporation shall prescribe\nrules and regulations that allow applicants who are disabled to be\neligible for an award pursuant to this section based on modified\ncriteria.\n e. Notwithstanding paragraph d of this subdivision, a student who\notherwise satisfies all of the requirements under this section but fails\nto complete at least thirty combined credits, or its equivalent,\napplicable to his or her program or programs of study in any year shall\nbe eligible to receive an award payment for the first semester of such\nyear, provided however, the student shall be ineligible for any further\npayments under this section.\n f. Additional requirements. A recipient shall agree to reside\nexclusively in New York state, and shall not be employed in any other\nstate, for a continuous number of years equal to the duration of the\naward received within six months of receipt of his or her final award\npayment, and sign a contract with the corporation to have his or her\nfull award converted to a student loan according to a schedule to be\ndetermined by the corporation if such student fails to fulfill this\nrequirement. The terms and conditions of this paragraph may, as\nestablished by the rules and regulations of the corporation, be\ndeferred: (i) to complete undergraduate study
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