§ 672-a. Regents professional education in optometry scholarships. 1.
Number and certification. Five regents professional education in
optometry 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. Such scholarship shall entitle the recipient to an award
for not more than four academic years while matriculated in an approved
program, as defined by the commissioner pursuant to article thirteen.

3. Amount. The president shall make academic year awards in the amount
of one thousand dollars, but if the income exceeds one thousand eight
hundred dollars, the award shall be reduced by the amount of one dollar
for each eight dollars, or part thereof, of the excess, except that in
no event shall the award be less than three hundred fifty 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.

4. The provisions of this section shall only apply to any recipient
who receives his or her first award payment prior to the nineteen
hundred eighty-five--nineteen hundred eighty-six academic year.