A grant for the training of public librarians shall be deemed vacant unless an acceptance thereof is filed with the department within 15 days of notification to the person entitled thereto. Except when a leave of absence has been granted as provided in the following section, the recipient of the training grant award must enter upon at least half-time work in an approved library school in this State at the beginning of the semester immediately succeeding the award of the training grant.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 8 § 146.4