New York S 5695: Provides the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly the ability to appoint members of the state university of New York's board of trustees

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S05695 Summary:

BILL NOS05695 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07732

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSRJACKSON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §353, Ed L

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Provides the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly the ability to appoint four members each of the state university of New York's board of trustees; reduces the members of such board the governor appoints to seven.

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BILL NOS05695 

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02/28/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5695

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, JACKSON -- 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 the tempo-
 rary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly the abil-
 ity to appoint members of the state university of New York's board of
 trustees

 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] seven of whom shall be appointed by the
 7 governor [with the advice and consent of the senate] and who shall not
 8 be an employee of, or under direct supervision of, the governor, four of
 9 whom shall be appointed by the temporary president of the senate, four
 10 of whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly, one of whom
 11 shall be the president of the student assembly of the state university,
 12 ex-officio and voting, one of whom shall be the president of the univer-
 13 sity faculty senate, ex-officio and non-voting, and one of whom shall be
 14 the president of the faculty council of community colleges, ex-officio
 15 and non-voting. Such ex-officio members shall be subject to every
 16 provision of any general, special, or local law, ordinance, charter,
 17 code, rule, or regulation applying to the voting members of such board
 18 with respect to the discharge of their duties, including, but not limit-
 19 ed to, those provisions setting forth codes of ethics, disclosure
 20 requirements, and prohibiting business and professional activities. One
 21 member of the board shall be designated by the governor as chairperson
 22 and one as vice-chairperson. Of the members first appointed, two shall
 23 be appointed for a term which shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09804-01-5

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 1 hundred fifty-two; one for a term which shall expire on June thirtieth,
 2 nineteen hundred fifty-three; two for a term which shall expire on June
 3 thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-four; one for a term which shall
 4 expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-five; two for a term
 5 which shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-six; one
 6 for a term which shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
 7 fifty-seven; two for a term which shall expire on June thirtieth, nine-
 8 teen hundred fifty-eight; one for a term which shall expire on June
 9 thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-nine; two for a term which shall
 10 expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred sixty; and one for a term
 11 which shall expire on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred sixty-one. Vacan-
 12 cies shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as
 13 original appointments are made pursuant to this subdivision and subdivi-
 14 sion one-a of this section. The term of office of each trustee
 15 appointed on or after April first, nineteen hundred eighty-six shall be
 16 seven years, except those of the student member and the faculty members.
 17 Trustees shall receive no compensation for their services but sh