N.Y. EDN Law § 667-C

§ 667-c. Part-time tuition assistance program awards. 1.\nNotwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the\npresident of the higher education services corporation is authorized to\nmake tuition assistance program awards to:\n a. part-time students enrolled at a degree granting institution of\nhigher education incorporated by the regents or by the legislature who\nmeet all requirements for tuition assistance program awards except for\nthe students' part-time attendance; or\n b. part-time students enrolled at a community college or a public\nagricultural and technical college in a non-degree workforce credential\nprogram directly leading to the employment or advancement of a student\nin a "significant industry" as identified by the department of labor in\nits three most recent statewide significant industries reports published\npreceding the student's enrollment in such non-degree workforce\ncredential program. The state university of New York and the city\nuniversity of New York shall publish and maintain a master list of all\neligible non-degree workforce credential program courses and update such\nlist every semester. Eligible non-degree workforce credential programs\nshall include those programs less than twelve semester hours, or the\nequivalent, per semester. A student who successfully completes a\nnon-degree workforce credential program and receives part-time tuition\nassistance program awards pursuant to this paragraph shall be awarded\nacademic credit by the state university of New York or city university\nof New York upon matriculation into a degree program at such\ninstitution, provided that such credit shall be equal to the\ncorresponding credit hours earned in the non-degree workforce credential\nprogram.\n 2. For purposes of this section:\n a. for students defined in paragraph a of subdivision one of this\nsection, a part-time student is one who: (i) is enrolled at a college or\nuniversity within the state university, including a statutory or\ncontract college, a community college established pursuant to article\none hundred twenty-six of this chapter, the city university of New York,\nor a non-profit college or university incorporated by the regents or by\nthe legislature;\n (ii) is enrolled for at least three but less than twelve semester\nhours, or the equivalent, per semester in an approved undergraduate\ndegree program; and\n (iii) has a cumulative grade-point average of at least 2.00.\n b. for students defined in paragraph b of subdivision one of this\nsection, a part-time student is one who: (i) meets all requirements for\ntuition assistance program awards except for the student's part-time\nattendance and any other requirements that are inconsistent with the\nstudent's enrollment in a non-degree workforce credential program; and\n (ii) is enrolled in an approved non-degree workforce credential\nprogram at a community college or a public agricultural and technical\ncollege pursuant to paragraph b of subdivision one of this section.\n 3. a. For part-time students defined in this section, the award shall\nbe calculated as provided in section six hundred sixty-seven of this\narticle and shall be in an amount equal to the enrollment factor percent\nof the award the student would have been eligible for if the student\nwere enrolled full-time. For part-time students defined in paragraph a\nof subdivision one of this section, the enrollment factor percent is the\npercentage obtained by dividing the number of credits the student is\nenrolled in, as certified by the school, by the number of credits\nrequired for full-time study in the semester, quarter or term as defined\nby the commissioner. For part-time students defined in paragraph b of\nsubdivision one of this section, the enrollment factor shall be\ncalculated pursuant to regulations established by the higher education\nservices corporation.\n b
credits the student is\nenrolled in, as certified by the school, by the number of credits\nrequired for full-time study in the semester, quarter or term as defined\nby the commissioner. For part-time students defined in paragraph b of\nsubdivision one of this section, the enrollment factor shall be\ncalculated pursuant to regulations established by the higher education\nservices corporation.\n b. (i) For part-time students defined in paragraph a of subdivision\none of this section, any semester, quarter or term of attendance during\nwhich a student receives an award pursuant to this section shall be\ncounted as the enrollment factor percent of a semester, quarter or term\ntoward the maximum term of eligibility for tuition assistance awards\npursuant to section six hundred sixty-seven of this article. The total\nperiod of study for which payment may be made shall not exceed the\nequivalent of the maximum period authorized for that award.\n (ii) For part-time students defined in paragraph b of subdivision one\nof this section, the total period of study for which payment may be made\nshall not exceed the equivalent of the maximum period authorized for the\nnon-degree workforce credential program pursuant to paragraph b of\nsubdivision one of this section.\n