§ 351. State university mission. The mission of the state university system shall be to provide to the people of New York educational services of the highest quality, with the broadest possible access, fully representative of all segments of the population in a complete range of academic, professional and vocational postsecondary programs including such additional […]
§ 352. State university of New York established. 1. There is hereby created in the state education department and within the university of the state of New York as established under the board of regents a corporation to be known as the state university of New York which shall be responsible for the planning, supervision […]
§ 352-a. Maritime college; admissions program. 1. There shall be created an admissions program for the state university of New York maritime college as established pursuant to section three hundred fifty-two of this article in which certain elected officials shall nominate students for placement in such college’s regimental/cadet degree system. 2. (a) Maritime college shall […]
§ 353. State university trustees. 1. The state university shall be governed, and all of its corporate powers exercised, by a board of trustees. Such board shall consist of eighteen members, fifteen of whom shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, one of whom shall be the president […]
§ 354. Powers and duties of state university trustees-planning functions. 1. The state university trustees shall, once every four years, formulate a long-range state university plan or general revision thereof and make recommendations to the board of regents and the governor for the organization, development, coordination and expansion of the state university and for the […]
§ 355. Powers and duties of trustees–administrative and fiscal functions. 1. Subject to the provisions of the plan or general revision thereof proposed by the state university trustees as approved by the regents pursuant to section two hundred thirty-seven of this chapter, the state university trustees shall be responsible for: a. The over-all central administration, […]
§ 355-a. Powers and duties of trustees–personnel functions. 1. (a) The state university trustees are authorized and empowered to classify and reclassify all positions in the state university determined pursuant to section thirty-five of the civil service law to be in the professional service as defined in subdivision three of this section, except those of […]
§ 355-b. Investments in designated obligations; indemnifications. 1. It is hereby found and declared that obligations of the state of New York, the New York state housing finance agency and the dormitory authority of the state of New York are reasonable, prudent, proper and legal investments in which all gifts, grants, bequests and devises administered […]
§ 355-c. College opportunity to prepare for employment. 1. The state university is authorized to enter into an agreement with the department of social services for the establishment of the college opportunity to prepare for employment (COPE) program for the development of a program of allowable activities and services for eligible participants in the federal […]
§ 355-d. Educational opportunity centers. 1. There shall be created within the state university of New York a comprehensive system of higher education programs and services that promote the growth and stability of the state’s educationally and economically challenged communities as referred to in this section as educational opportunity centers. 2. Such educational opportunity centers […]
§ 355-e. New York state firearm violence research institute. 1. Institute formation and goals. Subject to amounts available by appropriation, the New York state firearm violence research institute, hereinafter the “institute”, is hereby created within the state university of New York. The purposes of the institute shall include: (a) advising the governor, governmental agencies, and […]
§ 356. Councils of state-operated institutions; powers and duties. 1. Subject to the general management, supervision and control of and in accordance with rules established by the state university trustees, the operations and affairs of each state-operated institution of the state university shall be supervised locally by a council consisting of ten members, nine of […]
§ 357. Statutory or contract colleges. Statutory or contract colleges shall continue to be operated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter but such colleges shall be subject to the general supervision of the state university trustees.
§ 358. State aid for certain higher educational institutions. 1. State financial assistance may be provided for designated shares of capital expenditures or operating expenditures or both to the following types of institutions operating in conjunction with the state university program: a. Medical schools, dental schools, research centers and similar institutions or facilities operating specified […]
§ 359. Reports of the state university trustees. 1. The trustees of the state university shall make, on or before January first of each year, an annual report of its activities and such recommendations as it may deem appropriate to the board of regents, the governor, the state comptroller and the legislature. This annual report […]
§ 360. Powers to Regulate Traffic on University Grounds. 1. For the purpose of providing for the safety and convenience of its students, faculty, employees, and visitors within and upon the property, roads, streets, and highways under the supervision and control of the state university, the board of trustees is hereby authorized to: a. Adopt […]
§ 361. START-UP NY program leases. 1. Any lease or contract between a state university campus, city university campus or community college as defined in section four hundred thirty-one of the economic development law and a business for the use of vacant land or vacant space owned or leased by such state university campus, community […]
§ 363. Curing Alzheimer’s health consortium. 1. There is hereby established within the state university of New York the curing Alzheimer’s health consortium. The consortium shall have as its purpose to identify genes that predict an increased risk for developing the disease, collaborating with research institutions within the state university of New York system, and […]
§ 364. Separability. If any clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph, section or part of this article be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph, section or part thereof directly […]
§ 365. Construction. The powers enumerated in this article shall be interpreted broadly to effectuate the purposes thereof and shall not be construed as a limitation of powers.
