November 2, 2001

N.Y. Trying to Restore National Guard Awards

By DANA MULHAUSER

Almost 300 members of the New York National Guard will not receive the college scholarships they were promised this year because of a budget shortfall. State legislators have begun efforts to find other financing for the awards, which will probably amount to $500,000.

The scholarship program offers awards of up to $3,400 a year, the top cost of tuition at New York public colleges. That inducement is a prominent part of the National Guard's recruitment strategy, but nowhere in its