New York S 9861: Provides for the inclusion of a faculty or staff member on the board of trustees of community colleges

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S09861 Summary:

BILL NOS09861 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11170

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SPONSORSTAVISKY

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COSPNSRHARCKHAM

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§6306 & 6310, Ed L

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Provides for the inclusion of a faculty or staff member on the board of trustees of community colleges elected by and from among the faculty and staff of the college.

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BILL NOS09861 

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04/09/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9861

 IN SENATE

 April 9, 2026
 ___________

 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 including a faculty or
 staff member on the board of trustees of community colleges

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

 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 6306 of
 2 the education law, as amended by chapter 268 of the laws of 2003, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 Each community college, except in the city of New York, shall be
 5 administered by a board of trustees of [ten] eleven members, nine of
 6 whom shall be appointed for terms of seven years in annual rotation, and
 7 [one member] two members elected as herein provided, except that initial
 8 appointments shall be made for terms of one to nine years respectively.
 9 Five members shall be appointed by the local legislative body or board,
 10 or other appropriate governing agency, one of whom may be a member of
 11 such local legislative body or board, or other appropriate governing
 12 agency, four, from among persons residing in the sponsoring community,
 13 by the governor and one member elected by and from among the students of
 14 the college who shall serve as a member of the board for a one-year
 15 term, provided, however, that the term of the student member first
 16 elected shall be nine months commencing October first, nineteen hundred
 17 seventy-five, and one of whom shall be elected by and from among the
 18 faculty and staff of the college, ex-officio and non-voting, who shall
 19 serve a two-year term, provided, however, that the term of the faculty
 20 or staff member first elected shall commence July first, two thousand
 21 twenty-seven. The faculty or staff member and student member shall be
 22 afforded the same parliamentary privileges as are conferred upon voting
 23 members, including but not limited to the right to make and second
 24 motions and to place items on the agenda. Such faculty or staff and
 25 student [member] members shall be subject to every provision of any
 26 general, special or local law, ordinance, charter, code, rule or regu-
 27 lation applying to the members of such board with respect to the
 28 discharge of their duties including, but not limited to, those

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00418-06-6

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 1 provisions setting forth codes of ethics, disclosure requirements and
 2 prohibiting business and professional activities. The election of the
 3 student member shall be conducted in accordance with rules and regu-
 4 lations promulgated by the respective representative campus student
 5 association in accordance with guidelines established by the state
 6 university trustees. The election of the faculty or staff member shall
 7 be conducted in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the
 8 largest faculty organization on each campus. In the event that the
 9 student member ceases to be a student at the institution, [he] they
 10 shall be required to resign. In the event that the faculty or staff
 11 member ceases to be an employee at the institution, they shall be
 12 required to resign. The governor's initial appointments shall be for
 13 terms of two, four, six and eight years respectively and those by local
 14 authorities for terms of one, three, five, seven and nine years respec-
 15 tively. Vacancies shall be filled for unexpired terms in the same manner