§ 669-a. Veterans tuition awards program. 1. As used in this section,\nthe following terms shall have the following meanings:\n a. "Vietnam veteran" means (i) a person who is a resident of this\nstate, (ii) who served in the armed forces of the United States in\nIndochina at any time from the first day of November, nineteen hundred\nfifty-five, to and including the seventh day of May, nineteen hundred\nseventy-five, and (iii) who was either discharged therefrom under\nhonorable conditions, including but not limited to honorable discharge,\ndischarge under honorable conditions, or general discharge, or has a\nqualifying condition, as defined in section one of the veterans'\nservices law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or\ndishonorable from such service, or is a discharged LGBT veteran, as\ndefined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a\ndischarge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.\n b. "Persian Gulf veteran" means (i) a person who is a resident of this\nstate (ii) who served in the armed forces of the United States in the\nhostilities that occurred in the Persian Gulf from the second day of\nAugust, nineteen hundred ninety through the end of such hostilities, and\n(iii) who was either discharged therefrom under honorable conditions,\nincluding but not limited to honorable discharge, discharge under\nhonorable conditions, or general discharge, or has a qualifying\ncondition, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and\nhas received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from\nsuch service, or is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one\nof the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than\nbad conduct or dishonorable from such service.\n c. "Afghanistan veteran" means (i) a person who is a resident of this\nstate (ii) who served in the armed forces of the United States in the\nhostilities that occurred in Afghanistan from the eleventh day of\nSeptember, two thousand one, to the end of such hostilities, and (iii)\nwho was either discharged therefrom under honorable conditions,\nincluding but not limited to honorable discharge, discharge under\nhonorable conditions, or general discharge, or has a qualifying\ncondition, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and\nhas received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from\nsuch service, or is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one\nof the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than\nbad conduct or dishonorable from such service.\n d. "Other eligible veteran" means: an individual who (i) is a resident\nof this state, (ii) served in the armed forces of the United States (1)\non active duty for at least four years, or (2) in hostilities that\noccurred after February twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred sixty-one, as\nevidenced by their receipt of an Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Navy\nExpeditionary Medal, or Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, and (iii) was\neither discharged under honorable conditions, including but not limited\nto honorable discharge, discharge under honorable conditions, or general\ndischarge, or has a qualifying condition, as defined in section one of\nthe veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than bad\nconduct or dishonorable from such service, or is a discharged LGBT\nveteran, as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and\nhas received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from\nsuch service.\n e. "Part time study" means enrollment for at least three but less than\ntwelve semester hours per semester, or the equivalent, in an approved\nundergraduate or graduate program.\n f. "Approved vocational training programs" means programs offered by\nagencies approved by the commissioner for funding pursuant to this\nsection. The commissioner shall approve only such non-credit programs\nwhich are at least three hundred twenty clock hou
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