S3019-2013 Actions

• Jan 28, 2013: REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

S3019-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S3019

TITLE  OF  BILL:    An  act  to  amend the education law, in relation to
providing for a college of engineering and applied sciences  within  the
state  university  of  New York system; and to authorize the trustees of
the state university of New York to establish a four-year  SUNY  college
of engineering and applied sciences in the city of Yonkers

PURPOSE:   This bill will authorize and direct the trustees of the State
University of New York to create and establish, within the State Univer-
sity system and subject to the jurisdiction of such Board of Trustees, a
college of engineering and applied sciences as a four-year State Univer-
sity of New York in the City of Yonkers, County of Westchester.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 Subdivision 3 of Section 352 of the education law, as  amended
by  Chapter  552 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows: The
state university shall  consist  of...the  college  of  engineering  and
applied   sciences   at   Yonkers...and  such  additional  universities,
colleges, and other institutions, facilities  and  research  centers  as
have  been  or  hereafter  may  be  acquired,  established,  operated or
contracted to be operated for the state by the  state  university  trus-
tees.

JUSTIFICATION:   City of Yonkers is the fourth largest city in the State
of New York.  Three of the five largest cities, Buffalo,  Syracuse,  and
Rochester  have  various  established  institutions  of higher learning.
Yonkers, however, does not house any major public universities or  State
University  of  New  York  (SUNY) sites. It is the intent of this legis-
lation to afford the residents of the fourth largest city an opportunity
to attend an outstanding institution of higher learning.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:  2008 - S.7801 - Died  Higher  Education  Committee
2010 - S.3501 Died Higher Education Committee 2012 - S.1631 - Died High-
er Education Committee

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: Undetermined at this time.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect immediately.

S3019-2013 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         3019
 2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 January 28, 2013
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 

AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  providing  for  a
 college of engineering and applied sciences within the state universi
 ty  of  New  York  system;  and to authorize the trustees of the state
 university of New York to establish a four-year SUNY college of  engi
 neering and applied sciences in the city of Yonkers
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section  352  of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  552  of  the  laws  of 1985, is amended to read as
 follows:

 3. The state university shall consist of the four  university  centers
 at  Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo and Stony Brook, the designated colleges
 of arts and sciences at Brockport, Buffalo, Cortland, Fredonia, Geneseo,
 New Paltz, Old  Westbury,  Oneonta,  Oswego,  Plattsburgh,  Potsdam  and
 Purchase,  THE  COLLEGE  OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES AT YONKERS,
 empire state college, the agricultural and technical colleges at Alfred,
 Canton,  Cobleskill,  Delhi,  Farmingdale  and  Morrisville,   downstate
 medical  center,  upstate  medical center, the college of optometry, the
 college of environmental science and  forestry,  maritime  college,  the
 college  of technology at Utica/Rome, the statutory or contract colleges
 at Cornell university and Alfred university, and such additional univer
 sities, colleges and other institutions, facilities and research centers
 as have been or hereafter may  be  acquired,  established,  operated  or
 contracted  to  be  operated for the state by the state university trus
 tees.
 

S 2. (a) The trustees of the state university of New York  are  hereby
 authorized  and  directed  to immediately take all actions to create and
 establish within the state university system, and subject to the  juris
 diction  of such board of trustees, a college of engineering and applied
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02489-01-3
 
       S. 3019                             2
 sciences as a four-year state university of New  York  in  the  city  of
 Yonkers, county of Westchester.
 (b)  The  board  of  trustees of the state university shall select the
 location of such college within the city of Yonkers and provide for such
 college to be an accessible, affordable, competitive,  four-year,  bach
 elor's level, degree-granting college of the state university.
 (c)  The  purpose  of this college of engineering and applied sciences
 shall be to offer majors in  industrial/manufacturing,  engineering  and
 technology,  transportation  engineering  and technology, computer engi
 neering and technology, telecommunications engineering  and  technology,
 environmental  engineering  and  technology,  biomedical engineering and
 technology, civil engineering and technology and the history of  econom
 ics of science and technology.
 (d)  The  board  of trustees of the state university of New York shall
 conduct all the duties required under article 8  of  the  education  law
 upon  the  establishment  of the state university of New York college of
 engineering and applied sciences at Yonkers, establish  a  master  plan,
 establish  standards  and promulgate any necessary rules and regulations
 for the establishment of such college.
 

S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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