N.Y. Education Law Section 669
Regents awards for children of deceased state correction officers and state civilian employees of a correction facility

1.

Eligible students. Awards shall be made to resident children of state correction officers and state civilian employees of a correctional facility who died as a result of an injury sustained in the line of duty during the period from September ninth, nineteen hundred seventy-one through September thirteenth, nineteen hundred seventy-one, inclusive.

2.

Amount and duration. The award shall not exceed the sum of tuition, educational fees, room and board charged by the state university of New York nor shall it be for more than four academic years of undergraduate study or five academic years if a program of study normally requires five years, as defined by the commissioner pursuant to article thirteen.

3.

Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this chapter, no child of a state correction officer who is receiving an award under the provisions of § 668-A (Regents awards for children of deceased police officers, peace officers, firefighters and volunteer firefighters)section six hundred sixty-eight-a of this article shall receive an award under the provisions of this section.

Source: Section 669 — Regents awards for children of deceased state correction officers and state civilian employees of a correction facility, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/669 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Dec. 6, 2025).

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Tuition assistance program awards 667–A
Supplemental tuition assistance program 667–C
Part-time tuition assistance program awards 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
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