Bill Text: NY S03730 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for four year fixed tuitions at the state university of New York and the city university of New York for all entering undergraduate freshmen, or five years in the case of an individual accepted into a five year degree program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S03730 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S03730-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3730
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 30, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  LAVALLE, DeFRANCISCO, GOLDEN, GRIFFO, O. JOHNSON,
         LARKIN, MORAHAN, PADAVAN, SALAND, SEWARD, VOLKER, WINNER -- 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  four  and  five  year
         fixed  tuitions  at  the  state  university  of  New York and the city
         university  of  New  York;  and  providing  for  the  repeal  of  such
         provisions upon expiration thereof
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 361 to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S 361. FRESHMEN TUITION CHARGES; FOUR OR FIVE YEAR  FIXED  AMOUNT.  1.
    4  BEGINNING  WITH THE ACADEMIC YEAR TWO THOUSAND TEN--TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN,
    5  THE AMOUNT OF TUITION AND ANY CAMPUS BASED OR STUDENT FEES PAID  BY  ANY
    6  FULL-TIME  RESIDENT STUDENT ENTERING AS AN UNDERGRADUATE FRESHMAN AT ANY
    7  OF THE FOUR UNIVERSITY CENTERS OR THE DESIGNATED COLLEGES  OF  ARTS  AND
    8  SCIENCES,  OR THE AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES AT ALFRED, CANTON,
    9  COBLESKILL,  DELHI,  FARMINGDALE,  MORRISVILLE  AND  MARITIME,  AND  THE
   10  COLLEGE  OF  TECHNOLOGY AT UTICA/ROME, OR ANY SENIOR COLLEGE OF THE CITY
   11  UNIVERSITY, SHALL NOT BE INCREASED FOR  THE  PERIOD  CONSISTING  OF  THE
   12  THREE SCHOOL YEARS SUBSEQUENT TO SUCH FRESHMAN YEAR OR FOUR YEARS IF THE
   13  RESIDENT  STUDENT  IS  ENROLLED  IN A FIVE YEAR DEGREE PROGRAM, PROVIDED
   14  THAT SUCH ATTENDANCE IS ON A FULL-TIME BASIS FOR EACH OF  SUCH  FOUR  OR
   15  FIVE  YEARS AT ANY SUCH UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE SET FORTH IN THIS SUBDIVI-
   16  SION.
   17    2. UPON COMPLETION OF THE FOUR OR  FIVE  SCHOOL  YEARS  SET  FORTH  IN
   18  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF THIS SECTION, ANY RESIDENT STUDENT WHO CONTINUES IN
   19  FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME ATTENDANCE FOR A FIFTH OR SIXTH  SCHOOL  YEAR  AT
   20  ANY OF THE UNIVERSITIES OR COLLEGES SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
   21  SECTION  OR ANY SENIOR COLLEGE OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY, SHALL PAY TUITION
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02850-01-9
       S. 3730                             2
    1  AS DETERMINED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER FOR SUCH  YEAR.
    2  TUITION  CHARGES  FOR  ANY  ADDITIONAL  YEARS  OF FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME
    3  ATTENDANCE BEYOND THE FOUR OR  FIVE  YEARS  AS  DETERMINED  PURSUANT  TO
    4  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE DETERMINED EACH YEAR PURSUANT
    5  TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER.
    6    3. ANY UNDERGRADUATE RESIDENT STUDENT THAT TRANSFERS FROM A  COMMUNITY
    7  COLLEGE  TO  A UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
    8  SECTION WITH AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE SHALL PAY TUITION  AT  SUCH  AMOUNT  AS
    9  THAT STIPULATED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER FOR THAT YEAR
   10  AND  FOR ONE SUBSEQUENT YEAR THEREAFTER, SUCH TRANSFER STUDENT SHALL PAY
   11  TUITION PURSUANT TO THE CHARGES ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE  UNIVERSITY  OF
   12  NEW YORK OR CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PROVIDED THAT
   13  SUCH STUDENT MAINTAINS HIS OR HER FULL-TIME STATUS.
   14    4.  BEGINNING  WITH  THE  ACADEMIC YEAR TWO THOUSAND TEN--TWO THOUSAND
   15  ELEVEN, AND FOR EACH YEAR  THEREAFTER,  TUITION  SHALL  INCREASE  BY  AN
   16  AMOUNT  CONSISTENT  WITH  THE  CONSUMER  PRICE  INDEX AS REPORTED BY THE
   17  BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF  LABOR  IN
   18  AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS IN ANY SINGLE ACADEMIC YEAR,
   19  FOR  A  FULL-TIME RESIDENT STUDENT ENTERING AS AN UNDERGRADUATE FRESHMAN
   20  AT ANY COLLEGE AS DETERMINED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   21    5. A. THE TUITION ADJUSTMENT ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION  FOUR
   22  OF  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE  CONTINGENT UPON THE STATE PROVIDING DIRECT
   23  OPERATING AID IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE  PREVIOUS  YEAR.
   24  SUCH  OPERATING AID SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE PREVIOUS YEARS STATE OPERATING
   25  AID PLUS ANY ADDED COST AS A RESULT OF COLLECTIVE  BARGAINING,  EMPLOYEE
   26  FRINGE BENEFITS, AND THE AVERAGE INCREASE OF ENERGY COST FOR THE SYSTEM.
   27  SUCH  AMOUNTS  SHALL  BE ESTABLISHED BY THE TRUSTEES AND THE DIVISION OF
   28  BUDGET INCLUDED IN THEIR BUDGET REQUESTS EACH YEAR.
   29    B. IF THE FINAL ENACTED BUDGET PROVIDES DIRECT OPERATING AID EQUAL  TO
   30  WHAT  IS  REQUIRED  BY PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THEN THE TUITION
   31  INCREASE SHALL BE AUTHORIZED, BUT NOT MANDATED, FOR  ANY  GIVEN  CAMPUS.
   32  THE TUITION INCREASE AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE DETER-
   33  MINED BY THE CAMPUS PRESIDENT WITH THE CONSENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES,
   34  CONSISTENT WITH THE LIMITATIONS ESTABLISHED BY THIS SECTION.
   35    C.  IF  THE FINAL ENACTED BUDGET PROVIDES LESS DIRECT OPERATING AID TO
   36  THE UNIVERSITY THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AS  CALCULATED  PURSUANT  TO  THE
   37  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  THEN  THERE  SHALL  NOT BE A TUITION
   38  INCREASE UNLESS SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED BY THE TRUSTEES, IN  WHICH  CASE
   39  THE TUITION INCREASE AUTHORIZED SHALL NOT EXCEED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR A NEW
   40  YORK  RESIDENT  UNDERGRADUATE  FRESHMAN.  IF  THE  FINAL  ENACTED BUDGET
   41  PROVIDES MORE DIRECT OPERATING AID TO THE UNIVERSITY THAN  THE  PREVIOUS
   42  YEAR,  AS  CALCULATED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION, SO
   43  THAT DIRECT OPERATING AID IS GREATER THAN THE REVENUE  THAT  WOULD  HAVE
   44  BEEN GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THE TUITION INCREASE, PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
   45  SION FOUR OF THIS SECTION, FOR THAT YEAR, THEN THERE SHALL BE NO TUITION
   46  INCREASE FOR THAT YEAR.
   47    6.  THE  TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND THE TRUSTEES
   48  OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF  NEW  YORK  ARE  AUTHORIZED  AND  DIRECTED  TO
   49  PROMULGATE  ANY  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  NECESSARY  TO  CARRY  OUT  THE
   50  PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   51    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
   52  the  date  on  which it shall have become a law, and shall expire and be
   53  deemed repealed June 30, 2015.