§ 668-b. Memorial scholarships for children, spouses and financial
dependents of deceased firefighters, volunteer firefighters, police
officers, peace officers, and emergency medical service workers. 1.
Notwithstanding subdivision five of section six hundred sixty-one of
this article, children, spouses or the financial dependents of
firefighters, volunteer firefighters, police officers, peace officers,
and emergency medical service workers who have died as a result of an
injury sustained in the line of duty, in service to the state of New
York shall be eligible to receive an annual amount determined pursuant
to subdivision two of section six hundred sixty-eight-d of this article.
Any award pursuant to this section shall be inclusive of any amount the
student would otherwise be eligible for pursuant to section six hundred
sixty-eight-a or six hundred sixty-eight-d of this article.

2. Awards under this section shall be payable 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 thirteen of this title.