New York S 4729: Establishes the college of renewable energy and sustainability in the city university of New York

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Establishes the college of renewable energy and sustainability in the city university of New York which shall offer majors relating to the field of renewable energy and sustainability.

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02/12/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4729

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 12, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to establish the college of renewable energy and sustainability
 in the city university of New York

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. (a) The trustees of the city university of New York are
 2 hereby authorized and directed to immediately take all actions, in
 3 conjunction with the chancellor of the city university of New York, to
 4 create and establish within the city university of New York system, and
 5 subject to the jurisdiction of such board of trustees, a college of
 6 renewable energy and sustainability to be located near the JFK Interna-
 7 tional Airport in Jamaica, borough of Queens.
 8 (b) Such board of trustees shall select the location of such college
 9 within Jamaica and provide for such college to be an accessible, afford-
 10 able, competitive, four-year, bachelor's level, degree-granting college
 11 of the city university.
 12 (c) The purpose of this college of renewable energy and sustainability
 13 shall be to offer majors to be determined by such board of trustees
 14 relating to the field of renewable energy and sustainability.
 15 (d) Such board of trustees shall establish standards and promulgate
 16 any necessary rules and regulations for the establishment of such
 17 college pursuant to article one hundred twenty-five of the education
 18 law.
 19 § 2. The chancellor of the city university of New York shall set the
 20 curriculum and the academic policies for such college as described in
 21 section one of this act.
 22 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09261-01-5

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