N.Y. Educ. Law § 668-c

§ 668-c. Awards for Vietnam veterans' children born with Spina Bifida\nenrolled in approved undergraduate or graduate programs at degree\ngranting institutions. * 1. Eligible students. Awards shall be made to\nVietnam veterans' resident children born with Spina Bifida enrolled in\napproved undergraduate or graduate programs at degree granting\ninstitutions. For the purpose of this section, "Vietnam veteran" shall\nmean a person who served in Indochina at any time from the twenty-second\nday of December, nineteen hundred sixty-one, to and including the\nseventh day of May, nineteen hundred seventy-five and was honorably\ndischarged from the armed forces of the United States; "born with Spina\nBifida" shall mean a diagnosis at birth of such disease inclusive of all\nforms, manifestations, complications and associated medical conditions\nthereof, but shall not include Spina Bifida Occulta. Such diagnosis\nshall be in accordance with the provisions of the federal Spina Bifida\nprogram and shall be documented by the United States Administration of\nVeterans' Affairs.\n * NB Effective until November 12, 2020\n * 1. Eligible students. Awards shall be made to Vietnam veterans'\nresident children born with Spina Bifida enrolled in approved\nundergraduate or graduate programs at degree granting institutions. For\nthe purpose of this section, "Vietnam veteran" shall mean a person who\nserved in Indochina at any time from the twenty-second day of December,\nnineteen hundred sixty-one, to and including the seventh day of May,\nnineteen hundred seventy-five and (a) was honorably discharged from the\narmed forces of the United States, or (b) has a qualifying condition, as\ndefined in section three hundred fifty of the executive law, and has\nreceived a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from the\narmed forces of the United States, or (c) is a discharged LGBT veteran,\nas defined in section three hundred fifty of the executive law, and has\nreceived a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from the\narmed forces of the United States; "born with Spina Bifida" shall mean a\ndiagnosis at birth of such disease inclusive of all forms,\nmanifestations, complications and associated medical conditions thereof,\nbut shall not include Spina Bifida Occulta. Such diagnosis shall be in\naccordance with the provisions of the federal Spina Bifida program and\nshall be documented by the United States Administration of Veterans'\nAffairs.\n * NB Effective November 12, 2020\n 2. Amount and duration. Every recipient shall receive an annual award\nof four hundred fifty dollars for each of not more than four academic\nyears of undergraduate study or five academic years if a program\nnormally requires five years, as defined by the commissioner pursuant to\narticle thirteen of this chapter.\n