N.Y. Education Law Section 668-C
Awards for Vietnam veterans’ children born with Spina Bifida enrolled in approved undergraduate or graduate programs at degree granting i...


§ 668-c. Awards for Vietnam veterans’ children born with Spina Bifida enrolled in approved undergraduate or graduate programs at degree granting institutions.

1.

Eligible students. Awards shall be made to Vietnam veterans’ resident children born with Spina Bifida enrolled in approved undergraduate or graduate programs at degree granting institutions. For the purpose of this section, “Vietnam veteran” shall mean a person who served in Indochina at any time from the first day of November, nineteen hundred fifty-five, to and including the seventh day of May, nineteen hundred seventy-five and (a) was honorably discharged from the armed forces of the United States, or

(b)

has a qualifying condition, as defined in section one of the veterans’ services law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from the armed forces of the United States, or

(c)

is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one of the veterans’ services law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from the armed forces of the United States; “born with Spina Bifida” shall mean a diagnosis at birth of such disease inclusive of all forms, manifestations, complications and associated medical conditions thereof, but shall not include Spina Bifida Occulta. Such diagnosis shall be in accordance with the provisions of the federal Spina Bifida program and shall be documented by the United States Administration of Veterans’ Affairs.

2.

Amount and duration. Every recipient shall receive an annual award of four hundred fifty dollars for each of not more than four academic years of undergraduate study or five academic years if a program normally requires five years, as defined by the commissioner pursuant to article 13 (Higher Education Student Financial Aid Programs)article thirteen of this chapter.

Source: Section 668-C — Awards for Vietnam veterans' children born with Spina Bifida enrolled in approved undergraduate or graduate programs at degree granting i..., https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/668-C (updated Apr. 7, 2023; accessed Oct. 26, 2024).

666
Tuition awards for part-time undergraduate students
667
Tuition assistance program awards
667‑A
Supplemental tuition assistance program
667‑C
Part-time tuition assistance program awards
667‑C‑1
New York state part-time scholarship (PTS) award program
667‑D
Enhanced tuition awards
668
Regents awards for children of deceased and disabled veterans
668‑A
Regents awards for children of deceased police officers, peace officers, firefighters and volunteer firefighters
668‑B
Memorial scholarships for children, spouses and financial dependents of deceased firefighters, volunteer firefighters, police officers, p...
668‑C
Awards for Vietnam veterans’ children born with Spina Bifida enrolled in approved undergraduate or graduate programs at degree granting i...
668‑D
World trade center memorial scholarships
668‑E
Military enhanced recognition, incentive and tribute (“MERIT”) scholarships
668‑F
American Airlines flight 587 memorial scholarships
668‑G
Continental Airlines flight 3407 memorial scholarships
669
Regents awards for children of deceased state correction officers and state civilian employees of a correction facility
669‑A
Veterans tuition awards program
669‑B
Recruitment incentive and retention program for members of the New York state organized militia
669‑D
New York state math and science teaching incentive program
669‑E
New York state science, technology, engineering and mathematics incentive program
669‑F
New York state masters-in-education teacher incentive scholarship program
669‑G
The New York state achievement and investment in merit scholarship (NY-AIMS)
669‑H
Excelsior scholarship

Accessed:
Oct. 26, 2024

Last modified:
Apr. 7, 2023

§ 668-C’s source at nysenate​.gov

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