American Indian Students Receive Aid From The Native American Programs NYC Provides

By Deanne Shepard


The New York state legislature enacted the Education Law Section 4118 in 1953. This provided funding for all the Native American students that were from the tribes located in New York. All those eligible are allowed grants up to $2,000 annually for any state accredited post-secondary educational institution. They can receive the funds for up to four years, and are eligible even with part-time study.

Various public schools and Indian reservations in New York are given funding by the Native American Programs NYC, which allocates its funds from the state. This New York State Indian Aid programs is one of many programs NYC offers to the Native American community. It helps the state itself by keeping many students within the state, and it helps the American Indian students even more by allowing them to have a bit more help in attending post-secondary schools.

Every American Indian can receive state grants as long as he or she fills the criteria that is required by the state. Students have to be permanent residents of New York. They also must be either on a New York State tribe's member list, or be a child of an official member. These students will have to hold a high school diploma from a school that is acknowledged by the state. If the student does not have this requirement, he or she has to be already enrolled in a post-secondary school by means of a degree similar to the diploma.

The students will also have to be currently enrolled or accepted into an accredited program and school. These could be technical colleges, general college, nursing programs, trade schools, universities, or business schools. All eligible students may apply, regardless of age.

The New York State Indian Aid won't pay for certain courses. These include any non-credit, college preparation, or remedial classes the student is enrolled in. The aid also won't pay for any audits or repeating courses of old classes.

Students have to submit their aid applications to the State Education Department of New York. They'll have to submit by their applications by July 15 if they want aid for fall. If they'd like aid for spring, they have to submit by December 31; and for summer, May 20.

If a specific course or degree program requires that the students stay in school for five years, they are still eligible for funding in those five years. They can even get funds for summer classes if the state provides enough funding. The aid for the summer course will be taken out of the maximum full-time sum, though.

All state payments are sent to the student's school directly. The New York Education Department will sent the payment vouchers to the school, which will then verify the information and sent them to the Native American Indian Education Unit. These vouchers will be then sent to be fully processed by the Department of Audit and Control.

Payment processing usually takes around four to six weeks. The Native American Indian Education Unit will accommodate the schools that don't have standard school schedules as well. If the school differs from others, the Education Unit will provide it the information it needs for the accommodation.




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