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 (a) was honorably\ndischarged from the armed forces of the United States, or (b) has a\nqualifying condition, as defined in section three hundred fifty of the\nexecutive law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or\ndishonorable from the armed forces of the United States, or (c) is a\ndischarged LGBT veteran, as defined in section three hundred fifty of\nthe executive law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct\nor dishonorable from the armed forces of the United States; "born with\nSpina Bifida" shall mean a diagnosis at birth of such disease inclusive\nof all forms, manifestations, complications and associated medical\nconditions thereof, but shall not include Spina Bifida Occulta. Such\ndiagnosis shall be in accordance with the provisions of the federal\nSpina Bifida program and shall be documented by the United States\nAdministration of Veterans' Affairs.\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