671 - Regents professional education in nursing scholarships.

§ 671.   Regents  professional  education in nursing scholarships.  1.  Number and certification. Eight hundred regents  professional  education  in  nursing  scholarships  shall be awarded each year. Such scholarships  shall be allocated as provided in article thirteen to eligible  students  as certified to the president by the commissioner.    2.  Duration.  Each such scholarship shall entitle the recipient to an  annual award for each year while enrolled in an approved course of study  leading to registration as a professional nurse, but not  exceeding  the  normal  period  of  study  required to complete the requirements for the  program, as such approved  courses  and  normal  periods  of  study  are  defined by the commissioner pursuant to article thirteen.    3. Amount. The president shall make awards in the following amounts:    (a)  The annual award shall be five hundred dollars, but if the income  exceeds one thousand eight hundred dollars, the award shall  be  reduced  by  one dollar for each ten dollars, or part thereof, of the excess. The  minimum award shall be two hundred dollars.  If  the  annual  amount  of  tuition  and  educational fees payable by the student is more than three  hundred fifty dollars, the award shall not exceed  the  amount  of  such  tuition  and fees; if the amount of such tuition and educational fees is  three hundred fifty dollars, or less, the award shall not  exceed  three  hundred fifty dollars.    (b)  The  annual  award  for  any scholarship awarded pursuant to this  section   and   effective   subsequent   to   the    nineteen    hundred  seventy-three--nineteen  hundred  seventy-four  school year shall be two  hundred fifty dollars.  Provided, however, in the case  of  any  student  who   has   received  an  award  effective  with  the  nineteen  hundred  seventy-four--nineteen hundred seventy-five school year, if the award of  two hundred fifty dollars when combined with any award made pursuant  to  the provisions of subdivision four of section six hundred sixty-seven of  this  article  would  be  less  than the total of the combined awards he  might otherwise be entitled to receive pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  paragraph  (a)  of  this subdivision and of subdivision three of section  six hundred sixty-seven, he shall be entitled to  receive  the  combined  amount  computed  pursuant  to  the  provisions of paragraph (a) of this  subdivision and of subdivision three of section six hundred sixty-seven.