* § 679. Regents professional opportunity scholarships. 1. Number and
certification. Two hundred twenty regents professional opportunity
scholarships shall be awarded each year. Such scholarships shall be
allocated as provided in article thirteen of this chapter to eligible
students as certified to the president by the commissioner.

2. Duration. No recipient shall be eligible to receive an award
pursuant to this section for more than four academic years unless
enrolled in a program of study recognized by the regents as normally
requiring more than four years to complete.

3. Amount. The president shall make academic year awards in amounts
provided in this subdivision. The academic year award shall be up to
five thousand dollars provided however that if family income of the
applicant exceeds an amount established by the regents and approved by
the director of the division of the budget for an economically
disadvantaged applicant, the award shall be reduced by the amount of one
dollar for each four dollars, or part thereof, of the excess, provided,
however, that in no event shall the award be less than one thousand
dollars, and no award shall exceed the actual costs of attendance. Costs
of attendance shall include tuition, required fees, laboratory and other
instruction related expenses, books, transportation, room and board.

* NB Scholarship terminated per ch 31/85 § 17, as amended