New York S 627: Relates to qualifications for certain appointed positions with the board of trustees for the state university and the city university of New York

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S00627 Summary:

BILL NOS00627 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSTAVISKY

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COSPNSRJACKSON, MAY

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§353 & 6204, Ed L

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Relates to qualifications for certain appointed positions with the board of trustees for the state university and the city university of New York.

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BILL NOS00627 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

05/13/20251ST REPORT CAL.1013

05/14/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/15/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/19/2025PASSED SENATE

05/19/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/19/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

02/10/20261ST REPORT CAL.310

02/11/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/24/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/10/2026PASSED SENATE

03/10/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/10/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 627

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- 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 trustees of the state
 university and city university

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 353 of the education law, as
 2 amended by chapter 268 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 1. The state university shall be governed, and all of its corporate
 5 powers exercised, by a board of trustees. Such board shall consist of
 6 eighteen members, fifteen of whom shall be appointed by the governor
 7 with the advice and consent of the senate, one of whom shall be the
 8 president of the student assembly of the state university, ex-officio
 9 and voting, one of whom shall be the president of the university faculty
 10 senate, ex-officio and non-voting, and one of whom shall be the presi-
 11 dent of the faculty council of community colleges, ex-officio and non-
 12 voting; provided that no such members appointed by the governor shall
 13 also be a paid employee serving at the pleasure of the governor. Such
 14 ex-officio members shall be subject to every provision of any general,
 15 special, or local law, ordinance, charter, code, rule, or regulation
 16 applying to the voting members of such board with respect to the
 17 discharge of their duties, including, but not limited to, those
 18 provisions setting forth codes of ethics, disclosure requirements, and
 19 prohibiting business and professional activities. One member of the
 20 board shall be designated by the governor as chairperson and one as
 21 vice-chairperson. Of the members first appointed, two shall be appointed
 22 for a term which shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
 23 fifty-two; one for a term which shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen
 24 hundred fifty-three; two for a term which shall expire on June thirti-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01573-01-5

 S. 627 2

 1 eth, nineteen hundred fifty-four; one for a term which shall expire on
 2 June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-five; two for a term which shall
 3 expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-six; one for a term
 4 which shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-seven; two
 5 for a term which shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
 6 fifty-eight; one for a term which shall expire on June thirtieth, nine-
 7 teen hundred fifty-nine; two for a term which shall expire on June thir-
 8 tieth, nineteen hundred sixty; and one for a term which shall expire on
 9 June thirtieth, nineteen hundred sixty-one. Vacancies shall be filled
 10 for the unexpired term in the same manner as original appointments. The
 11 term of office of each trustee appointed on or after April first, nine-
 12 teen hundred eighty-six shall be seven years, except those of the
 13 student member and the faculty members. Trustees s