§ 6206 — Powers and duties

New York § 6206

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law EDN: Education
• Title 7: State and City Colleges and Institutions-cornell University
• Art. 125: City University of New York

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§ 6206. Powers and duties. 1. The board of trustees shall have the\nduties and powers of trustees of colleges as set forth in this chapter,\nunless otherwise specifically provided in this chapter.\n 2. On or before February first, nineteen hundred eighty or six months\nafter their assuming their functions, whichever occurs later, the board\nof trustees shall transmit to the governor, to the mayor, to the\ntemporary president of the senate and to the speaker of the assembly a\nstatus report concerning the functioning, the goals and the needs of the\ncity university. Included in the status report shall be such\nrecommendations as the board of trustees sees fit to make in regard to\nthe following topics.\n a. Description of curricula and plans for maintenance of and\nadjustments to curricula;\n b. Description of the conditions, appropriateness and adequacy of\nfacilities and plans to remedy deficiencies;\n c. Description of policies with respect to student admissions; and\n d. Desired and potential student enrollments, including the\njustification of the projections.\n 3. a. The board of trustees shall, once every four years, formulate a\nlong-range city university plan or general revision thereof and make\nrecommendations to the board of regents, for the organization,\ndevelopment and coordination of the city university. The plan and\nrecommendations shall include but not be limited to the following:\n (1) Plans for new curricula,\n (2) Plans for new facilities,\n (3) Plans for change in policies with respect to student admissions,\n (4) Potential student enrollments,\n (5) Comments upon its relationship to other colleges and universities,\npublic and private, within the state, and\n (6) For informational purposes only, projection standards and overall\nexpenditure projections of capital and operating costs.\n The plan shall be in such form as to provide a basis for the\ndevelopment of the regents statewide plan for higher education as\ndefined in section two hundred thirty-seven of this chapter. Prior to\ntransmitting their long-range plan or general revisions thereof to the\nboard of regents, to the temporary president of the senate, and to the\nspeaker of the assembly, the board of trustees shall, after giving due\nnotice, conduct one or more hearings on such plan.\n b. During the calendar year nineteen hundred eighty and each fourth\nyear thereafter the board of trustees shall transmit their proposed plan\nor general revisions thereof to the board of regents, on or before the\nfirst day of June in each such year. Such plan shall be reviewed by the\nboard of regents and shall be subject to approval by such board. As\napproved by the board of regents and incorporated into the regents plan\nor general revision thereof for the development of higher education in\nthe state and, upon approval thereafter by the governor, such plan shall\nguide and determine the development, organization and coordination of\nthe city university.\n c. By the first day of June in nineteen hundred eighty-two and each\nfourth year thereafter, the board of trustees shall report in writing to\nthe board of regents, a copy of which report shall be furnished to the\ntemporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly, the\nmayor and the president of the city council for information and comment,\non the progress made in carrying out its responsibilities under such\nplan and its general recommendations with respect to the city university\nor its component colleges or other institutions in the city of New York\nincluding recommendations as to modifications of such plan which the\nboard of trustees deems essential to meet the then current demands upon\npublic higher education in the city of New York. The board of trustees\nmay also at any other time propose modifications which it deems\nessential or desirable with respect to such plan. The board of trustees\nmay, after giving due notice, conduct one or more hearings on such\nmodifications and shall transmit its recommendations therefor to the\nboard of regents, to the temporary president of the senate, the speaker\nof the assembly, the mayor and the president of the city council for\ninformation and comment. Such modifications shall be subject to approval\nby the regents and thereafter by the governor in the same manner as such\nplan or general revisions thereof.\n 4. When a proposed plan or general revision thereof contains a\nproposal providing for the termination or merger of a senior college or\ncommunity college so that such college ceases to exist as a separate\neducational institution that provision of a proposed plan or general\nrevision shall also be subject to the approval of the legislature.\n 5. The board of trustees shall select and acquire or cause to be\nacquired all new sites hereafter to be designated for the purposes of\nthe city university and procure and pass upon all plans for buildings on\nnewly acquired sites, shall supervise their erection, shall organize\ntheir faculties, shall approve and administer their courses leading to\nacademic, professional and technical certificates, diplomas and degrees,\nshall appoint their officers of administration and instruction, shall\nprepare all their budgets and shall generally control and administer all\npublic education in the colleges and institutions of which the city\nuniversity is composed in such city, except the teacher training courses\nwhich are now conducted by the board of education of such city. The\nboard of trustees shall appoint the chancellor of the city university\nwho shall be the chief educational and administrative officer of the\ncity university and who shall serve at the pleasure of the board of\ntrustees.\n 6. The board of trustees shall control and keep up the buildings and\ngrounds occupied and used by institutions and units controlled by it;\nallow and regulate the use, gratuitously or otherwise, of such property\nfor other than college or university purposes and prescribe the fees, if\nany, that persons, associations or corporations allowed to use it may\ncharge; purchase materials, services, equipment and supplies. But the\nboard of trustees shall not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of land\nand buildings purchased by city funds used for the community colleges of\nthe city university. It may, however, accept and administer for college\nor university purposes, gifts of land, bequests, trusts, devises, money\nand buildings from private sources and erect buildings on college or\nuniversity land out of money not furnished by the city or the state; and\ngifts of money, endowments, fees, interest and other income not derived\nfrom public taxation or the public credit shall be administered by it\nfor collegiate or university purposes in connection with the units under\nits control.\n 7. * (a) The board of trustees shall establish positions, departments,\ndivisions and faculties; appoint and in accordance with the provisions\nof law fix salaries of instructional and non-instructional employees\ntherein; establish and conduct courses and curricula; prescribe\nconditions of student admission, attendance and discharge; and shall\nhave the power to determine in its discretion whether tuition shall be\ncharged and to regulate tuition charges, and other instructional and\nnon-instructional fees and other fees and charges at the educational\nunits of the city university. The trustees shall review any proposed\ncommunity college tuition increase and the justification for such\nincrease. The justification provided by the community college for such\nincrease shall include a detailed analysis of ongoing operating costs,\ncapital, debt service expenditures, and all revenues. The trustees shall\nnot impose a differential tuition charge based upon need or income. All\nstudents enrolled in programs leading to like degrees at the senior\ncolleges shall be charged a uniform rate of tuition, except for\ndifferential tuition rates based on state residency. Notwithstanding any\nother provision of this paragraph, the trustees may authorize the\nsetting of a separate category of tuition rate, that shall be greater\nthan the tuition rate for resident students and less than the tuition\nrate for non-resident students, only for students enrolled in distance\nlearning courses who are not residents of the state; provided, however,\nthat:\n (i) Commencing with the two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve\nacademic year and ending in the two thousand fifteen--two thousand\nsixteen academic year, the city university of New York board of trustees\nshall be empowered to increase the resident undergraduate rate of\ntuition by not more than three hundred dollars over the resident\nundergraduate rate of tuition adopted by the board of trustees in the\nprior academic year, provided however that commencing with the two\nthousand eleven--two thousand twelve academic year and ending with the\ntwo thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen academic year if the annual\nresident undergraduate rate of tuition would exceed five thousand\ndollars, then a tuition credit for each eligible student, as determined\nand calculated by the New York state higher education services\ncorporation pursuant to section six hundred eighty-nine-a of this\nchapter, shall be applied toward the tuition charged for each semester,\nquarter or term of study. Tuition for each semester, quarter or term of\nstudy shall not be due for any student eligible to receive such tuition\ncredit until the tuition credit is calculated and applied against the\ntuition charged for the corresponding semester, quarter or term.\n (ii) Commencing with the two thousand seventeen--two thousand eighteen\nacademic year and ending in the two thousand twenty--two thousand\ntwenty-one academic year the city university of New York board of\ntrustees shall be empowered to increase the resident undergraduate rate\nof tuition by not more than two hundred dollars over the resident\nundergraduate rate of tuition adopted by the board of trustees in the\nprior academic year, provided however that if the annual resident\nundergraduate rate of tuition would exceed five thousand dollars, then a\ntuition credit for each eligible student, as determined and calculated\nby the New York state higher education services corporation pursuant to\nsection six hundred eighty-nine-a of this title, shall be applied toward\nthe tuition charged for each semester, quarter or term of study. Tuition\nfor each semester, quarter or term of study shall not be due for any\nstudent eligible to receive such tuition credit until the tuition credit\nis calculated and applied against the tuition charged for the\ncorresponding semester, quarter or term. Provided, further that the\nrevenue resulting from an increase in the rate of tuition shall be\nallocated to each campus pursuant to a plan approved by the board of\ntrustees to support investments in new classroom faculty, instruction,\ninitiatives to improve student success and on-time completion and a\ntuition credit for each eligible student.\n (iii) On or before November thirtieth, two thousand seventeen, the\ntrustees shall approve and submit to the chairs of the assembly ways and\nmeans committee and the senate finance committee and to the director of\nthe budget a master tuition plan setting forth the tuition rates that\nthe trustees propose for resident undergraduate students for the four\nyear period commencing with the two thousand seventeen--two thousand\neighteen academic year and ending in the two thousand twenty--two\nthousand twenty-one academic year, and shall submit any proposed\namendments to such plan by November thirtieth of each subsequent year\nthereafter through November thirtieth, two thousand twenty.\n (iv) Beginning in state fiscal year two thousand twelve--two thousand\nthirteen and ending in state fiscal year two thousand fifteen--two\nthousand sixteen, the state shall appropriate and make available state\nsupport for operating expenses, including fringe benefits, for the city\nuniversity in an amount not less than the amount appropriated and made\navailable in the prior state fiscal year; provided, however, that if the\ngovernor declares a fiscal emergency, and communicates such emergency to\nthe temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assembly, state\nsupport for operating expenses of the state university and city\nuniversity may be reduced in a manner proportionate to one another, and\nthe aforementioned provisions shall not apply.\n (v) Beginning in state fiscal year two thousand seventeen--two\nthousand eighteen and ending in state fiscal year two thousand\ntwenty--two thousand twenty-one, the state shall appropriate and make\navailable general fund operating support, including fringe benefits, for\nthe city university in an amount not less than the amount appropriated\nand made available in the prior state fiscal year; provided, however,\nthat if the governor declares a fiscal emergency, and communicates such\nemergency to the temporary president of the senate and speaker of the\nassembly, state support for operating expenses at the state university\nand city university may be reduced in a manner proportionate to one\nanother, and the aforementioned provisions shall not apply; provided\nfurther, the state shall appropriate and make available general fund\nsupport to fully fund the tuition credit pursuant to subdivision two of\nsection six hundred sixty-nine-h of this chapter.\n (vi) Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation or practice to the\ncontrary, commencing with the two thousand twenty-three--two thousand\ntwenty-four academic year and ending in the two thousand\ntwenty-five--two thousand twenty-six academic year, following the review\nand approval of the chancellor of the city university or his or her\ndesignee, the city university of New York board of trustees shall be\nempowered to annually impose differential tuition rates on non-resident\nundergraduate and graduate rates of tuition for senior colleges,\nprovided that such rates are competitive with the rates of tuition\ncharged by peer institutions and that the board of trustees annually\nprovide the reason and methodology behind any rate increase to the\ngovernor, the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the\nassembly prior to the approval of such increases.\n * NB Effective until July 1, 2027\n * (a) (i) The board of trustees shall establish positions,\ndepartments, divisions and faculties; appoint and in accordance with the\nprovisions of law fix salaries of instructional and non-instructional\nemployees therein; establish and conduct courses and curricula;\nprescribe conditions of student admission, attendance and discharge; and\nshall have the power to determine in its discretion whether tuition\nshall be charged and to regulate tuition charges, and other\ninstructional and non-instructional fees and other fees and charges at\nthe educational units of the city university. The trustees shall review\nany proposed community college tuition increase and the justification\nfor such increase. The justification provided by the community college\nfor such increase shall include a detailed analysis of ongoing operating\ncosts, capital, debt service expenditures, and all revenues. The\ntrustees shall not impose a differential tuition charge based upon need\nor income. All students enrolled in programs leading to like degrees at\nthe senior colleges shall be charged a uniform rate of tuition, except\nfor differential tuition rates based on state residency. Notwithstanding\nany other provision of this paragraph, the trustees may authorize the\nsetting of a separate category of tuition rate, that shall be greater\nthan the tuition rate for resident students and less than the tuition\nrate for non-resident students, only for students enrolled in distance\nlearning courses who are not residents of the state. The trustees shall\nfurther provide that the payment of tuition and fees by any student who\nis not a resident of New York state, other than a non-immigrant\nnoncitizen within the meaning of paragraph (15) of subsection (a) of\nsection 1101 of title 8 of the United States Code, shall be paid at a\nrate or charge no greater than that imposed for students who are\nresidents of the state if such student:\n (1) attended an approved New York high school for two or more years,\ngraduated from an approved New York high school and applied for\nattendance at an institution or educational unit of the city university\nwithin five years of receiving a New York state high school diploma; or\n (2) attended an approved New York state program for general\nequivalency diploma exam preparation, received a general equivalency\ndiploma issued within New York state and applied for attendance at an\ninstitution or educational unit of the city university within five years\nof receiving a general equivalency diploma issued within New York state;\nor\n (3) was enrolled in an institution or educational unit of the city\nuniversity in the fall semester or quarter of the two thousand one--two\nthousand two academic year and was authorized by such institution or\neducational unit to pay tuition at the rate or charge imposed for\nstudents who are residents of the state.\n A student without lawful immigration status shall also be required to\nfile an affidavit with such institution or educational unit stating that\nthe student has filed an application to legalize his or her immigration\nstatus, or will file such an application as soon as he or she is\neligible to do so. The trustees shall not adopt changes in tuition\ncharges prior to the enactment of the annual budget. The board of\ntrustees may accept as partial reimbursement for the education of\nveterans of the armed forces of the United States who are otherwise\nqualified such sums as may be authorized by federal legislation to be\npaid for such education. The board of trustees may conduct on a fee\nbasis extension courses and courses for adult education appropriate to\nthe field of higher education. In all courses and courses of study it\nmay, in its discretion, require students to pay library, laboratory,\nlocker, breakage and other instructional and non-instructional fees and\nmeet the cost of books and consumable supplies. In addition to the\nforegoing fees and charges, the board of trustees may impose and collect\nfees and charges for student government and other student activities and\nreceive and expend them as agent or trustee.\n (ii) Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation or practice to the\ncontrary, commencing with the two thousand twenty-three--two thousand\ntwenty-four academic year and ending in the two thousand\ntwenty-five--two thousand twenty-six academic year, following the review\nand approval of the chancellor of the city university or his or her\ndesignee, the city university of New York board of trustees shall be\nempowered to annually impose differential tuition rates on non-resident\nundergraduate and graduate rates of tuition for senior colleges,\nprovided that such rates are competitive with the rates of tuition\ncharged by peer institutions and that the board of trustees annually\nprovide the reason and methodology behind any rate increase to the\ngovernor, the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the\nassembly prior to the approval of such increases.\n * NB Effective July 1, 2027\n * (a-1) The trustees shall further provide that the payment of tuition\nand fees by any student who is not a resident of New York state, other\nthan a non-immigrant noncitizen within the meaning of paragraph (15) of\nsubsection (a) of section 1101 of title 8 of the United States Code,\nshall be paid at a rate or charge no greater than that imposed for\nstudents who are residents of the state if such student:\n (i) attended an approved New York high school for two or more years,\ngraduated from an approved New York high school and applied for\nattendance at an institution or educational unit of the city university\nwithin five years of receiving a New York state high school diploma; or\n (ii) attended an approved New York state program for general\nequivalency diploma exam preparation, received a general equivalency\ndiploma issued within New York state and applied for attendance at an\ninstitution or educational unit of the city university within five years\nof receiving a general equivalency diploma issued within New York state;\nor\n (iii) was enrolled in an institution or educational unit of the city\nuniversity in the fall semester or quarter of the two thousand one--two\nthousand two academic year and was authorized by such institution or\neducational unit to pay tuition at the rate or charge imposed for\nstudents who are residents of the state.\n A student without lawful immigration status shall also be required to\nfile an affidavit with such institution or educational unit stating that\nthe student has filed an application to legalize his or her immigration\nstatus, or will file such an application as soon as he or she is\neligible to do so. Except as otherwise authorized in paragraph (a) of\nthis subdivision, the trustees shall not adopt changes in tuition\ncharges prior to the enactment of the annual budget. The board of\ntrustees may accept as partial reimbursement for the education of\nveterans of the armed forces of the United States who are otherwise\nqualified such sums as may be authorized by federal legislation to be\npaid for such education. The board of trustees may conduct on a fee\nbasis extension courses and courses for adult education appropriate to\nthe field of higher education. In all courses and courses of study it\nmay, in its discretion, require students to pay library, laboratory,\nlocker, breakage and other instructional and non-instructional fees and\nmeet the cost of books and consumable supplies. In addition to the\nforegoing fees and charges, the board of trustees may impose and collect\nfees and charges for student government and other student activities and\nreceive and expend them as agent or trustee.\n * NB Repealed July 1, 2027\n (a-2) The trustees shall further provide that the payment of tuition\nand fees by any student who is not a resident of New York state shall be\npaid at a rate or charge no greater than that imposed for students who\nare residents of the state if such student is enrolled in any college or\neducational unit of the city university of New York and is attending\nsuch college or educational unit in accordance with the federal GI bills\nand in compliance with all applicable eligibility requirements thereof.\n (a-3) The trustees shall further provide that the payment of tuition\nand fees by any student who is not a resident of New York state shall be\npaid at a rate or charge no greater than that imposed for students who\nare residents of the state if such student is enrolled in any college or\neducational unit of the city university of New York and is the spouse or\nthe dependent of a member of the armed forces of the United States on\nfull-time active duty and not stationed in this state immediately\nfollowing being stationed therein.\n (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general, special or\nlocal law, rule or regulation, the board of trustees may permit persons\nsixty years of age or over to audit courses given therein without\ntuition, examination, grading or credit therefor upon a space available\nbasis, as determined by the president of each such institution, provided\nthat such audit attendance does not deny course attendance at the city\nuniversity of New York by an individual who is otherwise qualified under\nthis section.\n * (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general, special or\nlocal law, rule or regulation, the board of trustees shall promulgate\nregulations to permit members of the New York city police department\nemployed in the rank of police officer, who are enrolled in programs\nleading to baccalaureate or higher degrees at a senior college of the\ncity university to attend one course without tuition, provided that such\ncourse is related to their employment as police officers and that such\ntuition-waived attendance does not deny course attendance at a senior\ncollege of the city university by an individual who is otherwise\nqualified under this section.\n * NB Repealed July 1, 2026\n * (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general, special or\nlocal law, rule or regulation, the board of trustees shall promulgate\nregulations to permit firefighters and fire officers employed by the New\nYork city fire department, who are enrolled in programs leading to\nbaccalaureate or higher degrees at a senior college of the city\nuniversity to attend one course without tuition, provided that such\ncourse is related to their employment as firefighters and fire officers\nand that such tuition-waived attendance does not deny course attendance\nat a senior college of the city university by an individual who is\notherwise qualified under this section.\n * NB Repealed July 1, 2026\n * (e) The trustees shall further provide that any student who is not a\nlegal resident of New York state but is a United States citizen, a\npermanent lawful resident, an individual who is granted U or T\nnon-immigrant status pursuant to the Victims of Trafficking and Violence\nProtection Act of 2000, a person granted temporary protected status\npursuant to the Federal Immigration Act of 1990, an individual of a\nclass of refugees paroled by the attorney general of the United States\nunder his or her parole authority pertaining to the admission of\nnoncitizens to the United States, or an applicant without lawful\nimmigration status may have the payment of tuition and other fees and\ncharges reduced by state-aided programs, scholarships or other financial\nassistance awarded under the provisions of articles thirteen,\nthirteen-A, fourteen and fourteen-A of this chapter, provided that the\nstudent meets the requirements set forth in subparagraph (ii) of\nparagraph a or subparagraph (ii) of paragraph b of subdivision five of\nsection six hundred sixty-one of this chapter, as applicable.\n * NB There are 2 par (e)'s\n * (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general, special or\nlocal law, rule or regulation, the board of trustees shall be authorized\nto set a reduced rate of tuition and/or fees, or to waive tuition and/or\nfees entirely, for students participating in any dual or concurrent\nenrollment program with no reduction in other state, local, or other\nsupport for such students earning college credit that such higher\neducation partner would otherwise be eligible to receive; provided that,\nfor purposes of this provision, a dual or concurrent enrollment program\nshall mean one or more college courses taken by a high school student\nthrough a community college or a senior college of the city university\nwhile such student is still enrolled in high school and for which the\nstudent may receive both high school and college credit.\n * NB There are 2 par (e)'s\n (f) In state fiscal year two thousand twenty-two--two thousand\ntwenty-three and thereafter, the state shall appropriate and make\navailable general fund operating support in the amount of the tuition\ncredit calculated pursuant to section six hundred eighty-nine-a of this\nchapter annually.\n * (g) (i) For purposes of this paragraph, "Team USA athlete" means any\nstudent athlete who meets the eligibility standards defined and approved\nby the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee and by the\nnational governing body for the sport in which the athlete competes.\n (ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general, special or\nlocal law, rule or regulation and pursuant to an appropriation and\nfunding being made for such purpose, the trustees shall further provide\nthat the payment of tuition and fees by any student who is not a\nresident of New York state shall be paid at a rate or charge no greater\nthan that imposed for students who are residents of this state if such\nstudent is enrolled in an institution or educational unit of the city\nuniversity of New York, is a Team USA athlete, and is training in New\nYork State in an elite level program approved by the United States\nOlympic and Paralympic Committee.\n * NB Effective July 1, 2026\n 8. The board of trustees shall, on the recommendation of its faculty\nor faculties, grant the certificates, diplomas and degrees which were\nannounced in the bulletins of the existing public institutions of higher\nlearning published for the term beginning immediately prior to April\nsixteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-six, and also such other degrees and\nhonors as the regents thereafter specifically authorized or may\nhereafter authorize it to grant.\n 9. When a center is first opened, the board of trustees shall submit\nan initial estimate of the sum needed for its support, maintenance and\noperation, based on an estimated original enrollment of students, for\nthe fiscal year or portion thereof immediately following. Such estimate\nshall be acted upon as hereinbefore prescribed for current annual\nbudgets; and in the event that an initial appropriation be for a part of\nthe fiscal year only, then in making calculation for the succeeding\nannual appropriation, the initial appropriation shall be taken as the\nappropriate fractional base.\n 10. Money appropriated by the city to the board of trustees for\ncollege or university purposes, shall be placed in the custody of the\ncomptroller of the city to the credit of such board of trustees and all\ndisbursements from such funds shall be made by the comptroller acting\nfor and in behalf of such board of trustees upon requisitions duly\naudited and signed by the board of trustees or by a person or persons\nappointed by such board of trustees, by resolution filed with the\ncomptroller, to act for it. The comptroller shall audit such account of\nthe board of trustees in the same manner as he audits the account of the\nboard of education of the city of New York. Any balance of any annual\nappropriation made by the city to the board of trustees, which may be\nunallocated for college or university purposes by the board of trustees\nninety days after the expiration of the calendar year for which the\nappropriation was made, shall revert to the city treasury and be\ncredited to such uses as the city may direct.\n 11. The board of trustees may, in its discretion, compensate members\nof the instructional staff and non-instructional staff for loss of\npersonal property. With respect to members of the instructional staff\nand other employees who are not covered by the workers' compensation\nlaw, the board of trustees may provide in its discretion for payment of\nreasonable medical and hospital expenses arising from injuries incurred\nin actual performance of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred\nsixty-five.\n 12. The board of trustees, under such by-laws as it deems appropriate,\nshall provide for the eligibility for sabbatical leaves of absence to\nmembers of its permanent instructional staff provided, however, that\nwhen such leaves are for one half year, they shall be at full pay, and\nwhen such leaves are for one year, they shall be at half pay.\n 13. The board of trustees shall provide standards for the granting of\nadvanced standing to veterans applying for college admissions at schools\nin the city university who have successfully completed United States\nArmed Forces Institute or other comparable course work.\n * 13-a. The board of trustees shall provide standards for admission of\nstudents who have completed an online high school program located within\nthe United States consistent with the provisions of subparagraph eleven\nof paragraph h of subdivision two of section three hundred fifty-five of\nthis chapter.\n * NB Effective March 5, 2026\n 14. Notwithstanding the provisions of section forty-four, fifty or\nfifty-one of the state finance law or any other provision of law to the\ncontrary, the city university trustees are authorized and empowered to\nincrease or decrease appropriations by transfer or interchange as\nfollows:\n a. Amounts appropriated for the programs or purposes or for any item\nor items within such programs or purposes of any individual senior\ncollege of the city university and city university central\nadministration within the schedules of such senior colleges or central\nadministration from a particular fund or funds in a fiscal year may be\ninterchanged between such programs or purposes of such senior college or\ncentral administration of city university, or between items within the\nsame program or purpose, or with other items appropriated from such fund\nnot in the same program or purpose, but which are contained in the state\ncomptroller's classification of items as last promulgated pursuant to a\ncertificate of allocation. Such certificate shall be submitted by such\nsenior college or central administration to the board of trustees of the\ncity university. Such certificate shall be submitted by the board of\ntrustees to the state comptroller with copies to be sent to the chairs\nof the senate finance committee and the assembly ways and means\ncommittee and the director of the budget for informational purposes\nonly. The total amount appropriated for any program or purpose may be\ndecreased by not more than the aggregate of five percent of such\nappropriation for a program or purpose with the approval of the senior\ncollege or central administration or such amounts may be decreased by\nmore than the aggregate of five percent of such appropriation with the\napproval of the city university trustees.\n b. Amounts appropriated to senior colleges of the city university from\na particular fund or funds in a fiscal year for the programs or purposes\nof such senior colleges of the city university may be transferred\nbetween and among such senior colleges pursuant to a certificate of\nallocation, submitted directly by the city university to the state\ncomptroller, with copies of such certificates to be sent to the chairmen\nof the senate finance committee and the assembly ways and means\ncommittee and the director of the budget for informational purposes\nonly. The total amount appropriated for any senior college may not be\ndecreased by more than the aggregate of three percent of an\nappropriation for a senior college.\n c. Amounts appropriated for programs or purposes, or for any item\nwithin such programs or purposes, within the university-wide program\nschedule of city university from a particular fund or funds in a fiscal\nyear shall not be decreased by means of transfer or interchange by more\nthan the aggregate of four percent of an appropriation for a program or\npurpose within such schedule.\n d. Amounts appropriated for the central administration of the city\nuniversity within the central administration schedule from a particular\nfund or funds in a fiscal year for programs or purposes including, but\nnot limited to, administration of senior colleges and university-wide\nprograms of the city university shall not be increased by means of\ntransfer or interchange by more than five percent of the aggregate\nappropriation within such schedule.\n e. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subdivision,\nwhenever the director of the budget, pursuant to section forty-nine of\nthe state finance law, shall establish an aggregate amount less than\nthat contained in the local assistance appropriations act, the trustees\nmay transfer or interchange any or all of such lesser amount among any\nof the programs or purposes or items without regard to the restrictions\nprovided in this subdivision.\n f. The allocation of lump sum appropriations from a fund or funds made\nto the city university for later distribution to senior colleges and/or\nthe central administration of the city university or the allocation of\nlump sum appropriations made to all state departments and agencies for\nlater allocation for specific programs or purposes or senior colleges\nand/or central administration of the city university shall not be deemed\nto be part of any total increase or decrease authorized by this section.\n 15. a. The board of trustees shall adopt rules requiring that each\ninstitution of the city university, on or before January first, two\nthousand, adopt and implement a plan providing for the investigation of\nany violent felony offense occurring at or on the grounds of each such\ninstitution, and providing for the investigation of a report of any\nmissing student. Such plans shall provide for the coordination of the\ninvestigation of such crimes and reports with local law enforcement\nagencies. Such plans shall include, but not be limited to, written\nagreements with appropriate local law enforcement agencies providing for\nthe prompt investigation of such crimes and reports and requirement that\nthe institution shall notify the appropriate law enforcement agency as\nsoon as practicable but in no case more than twenty-four hours after a\nreport of a violent felony or that a student who resides in housing\nowned or operated by such institution is missing; provided that each\ninstitution shall: (1) inform each victim of a sexual offense of their\noptions to notify proper law enforcement authorities, including\non-campus and local police; (2) inform the victim of a sexual offense of\nthe right to report or not to report such offense to local law\nenforcement agencies; and (3) offer the option to be assisted by campus\nauthorities in notifying such authorities, if the victim of sexual\nassault so chooses, all in compliance with applicable federal law,\nincluding, but not limited to, the federal Campus Sexual Assault\nVictims' Bill of Rights under Title 20 U.S. Code Section 1092(f).\n b. As used in this subdivision, the following terms shall have the\nfollowing meanings:\n (i) "Local law enforcement agencies" means any agency or agencies\nemploying peace officers or police officers for the enforcement of the\nlaws of the state, and which has or have jurisdiction under provisions\nof the criminal procedure law over offenses occurring at or on the\ngrounds of any institution subject to the provisions of this\nsubdivision.\n (ii) "Missing student" means any student of an institution subject to\nthe provisions of this subdivision, who resides in a facility owned or\noperated by such institution and who is reported to such institution as\nmissing from his or her residence.\n (iii) "Violent felony offense" means a violent felony offense as\ndefined in subdivision one of section 70.02 of the penal law.\n 16. The board of trustees shall appoint for the city university campus\nofficers who shall have the powers of peace officers as set forth in the\ncriminal procedure law within the geographical area of the city of New\nYork. A campus officer designated as a peace officer must have\nsatisfactorily completed or complete, within one year of the date of\nsuch designation, a course of law enforcement training prescribed by the\nmunicipal police training council in consultation with the city\nuniversity board of trustees.\n 18. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the\ncity university of New York board of trustees shall pass a resolution by\nJune first, two thousand fifteen, to develop a plan to make available to\nstudents enrolled in an academic program of the city university of New\nYork beginning in the two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen\nacademic year, approved experiential or applied learning activities.\nSuch experiential or applied learning activities may include completion\nof activities related to students' program of study, including, but not\nlimited to, service-learning activities completed as part of a course,\npaid or unpaid internships, faculty-supervised undergraduate projects\nand activities leading to publication of research in journals or similar\npublications, production or performance of creative works, and iterative\n"co-op" partnerships that explicitly link the curricula to a temporary,\npaid position in industry or the public sector. Such plan, to be\ncompleted by June first, two thousand sixteen, shall be developed in\nconsultation with university faculty senate, the university student\nsenate and other stakeholders. Such plan shall define approved\nexperiential or applied learning activities, methods of faculty\noversight and assessment, responsibilities of business, corporate,\nnon-profit or other entities hosting students, and include a requirement\nfor collecting and reporting data associated with such experiential or\napplied learning activities. Such plan shall have each college examine\nthe feasibility of including such experiential or applied learning\nactivities as a degree requirement. Such college shall examine its\nability to administer and provide such opportunities to students; the\nlocal community's capacity to support such experiential or applied\nlearning activities; the impact such requirement would have on the local\nworkforce, if any; potential for such a requirement to enhance learning\noutcomes for students; and whether adding such a requirement would cause\npotential delays in graduation for students.\n 19. The city university trustees shall annually report on how the\nrevenue generated has been invested in faculty, instruction, initiatives\nto improve student success and on-time completion and student financial\nassistance for the duration of the four year tuition plan. The trustees\nshall submit the report by September first of each subsequent year.\n 20. The board of trustees shall adopt rules requiring that each\ninstitution of the city university of New York adopt written policies\nrequiring that all public single-occupancy bathroom facilities be\ndesignated as gender neutral for use by no more than one occupant at a\ntime or for family or assisted use. Such gender neutral bathroom\nfacilities shall be clearly designated by the posting of such on or near\nthe entry door of each facility. For purposes of this section,\n"single-occupancy bathroom" shall have the same meaning as paragraph (d)\nof subdivision one of section one hundred forty-five of the public\nbuildings law.\n 21. The board of trustees shall adopt a policy requiring that each\ninstitution of the city university of New York collaborate with\nstudents, faculty and staff to encourage campuses to eliminate the use\nof certain plastic items generally recognized by the public as being\ndesigned for single use. Such plastic items may include, but shall not\nbe limited to, tableware, straws, stirrers, cups and food service\ncontainers. In establishing such a policy, the trustees shall consider\nthe following:\n a. the availability of affordable alternatives;\n b. the accessibility of alternatives to all students, faculty, and\nstaff;\n c. an evaluation of the effectiveness of reusable alternatives; and\n d. benchmarks for assessing progress.\n 22. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the\nboard of trustees shall establish a policy authorizing senior colleges\nand community colleges within the city university of New York to grant\nposthumous degrees to enrolled matriculated students whose death occurs\nprior to graduation. Such policy shall provide that, upon terms set in\nthe policy, any remaining credit requirements shall be waived for any\nstudent who dies and who otherwise would have been eligible for\ngraduation had they been able to complete their academic career.\n 23. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the\ncity university of New York board of trustees shall, by June first, two\nthousand twenty-five, develop a plan to make available to students\nenrolled in an academic program of the city university of New York\nbeginning in the two thousand twenty-five--two thousand twenty-six\nacademic year, approved experiential or applied learning activities, as\ndefined in subdivision eighteen of this section. Such plan shall be\ndeveloped in consultation with university faculty senate, the university\nstudent senate and other stakeholders. Such plan shall define approved\nexperiential or applied learning activities, methods of faculty\noversight and assessment, responsibilities of business, corporate,\nnon-profit or other entities hosting students, and include a requirement\nfor collecting and reporting data associated with such experiential or\napplied learning activities. Such plan shall have each college examine\nthe feasibility of including such experiential or applied learning\nactivities as a degree requirement. Such college shall examine its\nability to administer and provide such opportunities to students; the\nlocal community's capacity to support such experiential or applied\nlearning activities; the impact such requirement would have on the local\nworkforce, if any; potential for such a requirement to enhance learning\noutcomes for students; and whether adding such a requirement would cause\npotential delays in graduation for students.\n