New York S 4068: Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education establish rules and regulations for a college or university seeking to cease operations

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S04068 Summary:

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Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to establish rules and regulations for a college or university seeking to cease operations in an orderly process.

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BILL NOS04068 

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01/31/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4068

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MAY -- 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 authorizing and
 directing the commissioner of education establish rules and regu-
 lations for a college or university seeking to cease operations

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

 1 Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 63 to read as follows:
 3 63. The commissioner is authorized and directed to promulgate rules
 4 and regulations that shall establish an orderly process for the closure
 5 of a college or university. Such rules and regulations shall include,
 6 but not be limited to:
 7 (a) any decision to cease operations at a college or university shall
 8 be made public and disclosed at least one year prior to the proposed
 9 closing date;
 10 (b) any college or university ceasing operations shall hold at least
 11 three public meetings to address concerns from students, faculty, staff,
 12 and the local community;
 13 (c) any college or university ceasing operations shall provide notice
 14 to such college or university's accrediting agency at least nine months
 15 prior to the proposed closing date;
 16 (d) any college or university ceasing operations shall provide details
 17 on teach out plans or transfer agreements to enrolled students at least
 18 six months prior to the proposed closing date;
 19 (e) any college or university ceasing operations shall provide details
 20 on any plans to sell, transfer, or utilize campus resources, including
 21 but not limited to buildings, grounds, and facilities to local govern-
 22 ments at least six months prior to the proposed closing date; and
 23 (f) any college or university ceasing operations that shares responsi-
 24 bility for or provides shared services to local governments or agencies

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06832-01-5

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 1 for programs or physical operations shall develop a transition plan with
 2 the relevant partner at least four months prior to the proposed closing
 3 date.
 4 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 5 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
 6 rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
 7 effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
 8 effective date.

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