Establishes a scholarship program for volunteer firefighters who respond to 25% of emergency calls for eight years.
The bill creates a volunteer firefighter scholarship program and fund. It awards student loan assistance to volunteer firefighters who respond to 25% of emergency calls for eight years. Recipients can receive up to four times the current tuition rate at a State University of New York college. The fund is established in the state finance law, with moneys to be paid out on the audit and warrant of the state comptroller.
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