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                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 7, 2009
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Introduced  by  M. of A. GLICK, BARRON, CASTRO, MARKEY, KOON, SCHROEDER,
  AUBRY, HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BACALLES,  CANESTRARI,
  COOK, DelMONTE, ESPAILLAT, FIELDS, GABRYSZAK, GALEF, GOTTFRIED, HEAST-
  IE, JAFFEE, MAGEE, McENENY, McKEVITT, MILLMAN, PHEFFER, QUINN, REILLY,
  ROBINSON,  RUSSELL,  SAYWARD,  SCHIMMINGER, SWEENEY, TITONE, TOWNSEND,
  WEISENBERG -- (at request of  the  Higher  Education  Services  Corpo-
  ration) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education

AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the board of trustees
  of the higher education services corporation

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 652 of the education law,
subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 653 of the laws of 2004, subdivision
4 as amended by chapter 297 of the laws of 1997, are amended to read  as
follows:
  3.  The  corporation shall be governed and all of its corporate powers
exercised by a board of trustees which shall consist of fifteen members,
[ten] NINE of whom shall be appointed by the governor  with  the  advice
and  consent  of  the senate[, three of whom]. THE MEMBERS NOT REQUIRING
THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE shall be the commissioner of educa-
tion, the chancellor of the state university, the chancellor of the city
university of the city of New York, and [four of whom  shall  be]  THREE
students.  One such student shall be the president of the student assem-
bly of the state university of New York, one such student shall  be  the
chair  of the united student senate of city university of New York, [one
such student shall be a student currently registered and  in  full  time
attendance at a degree granting independent institution of higher educa-
tion in New York,] and one such student shall be a student registered in
a  full time course of study at a state university community college. In
the event a student who shall be a member by reason of his or her office
in a student organization shall fail to qualify, the student  who  holds

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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the  next  highest office in the organization shall be the member of the
board.
  4.  All  members  shall be at least eighteen years of age, citizens of
the United States and residents of the state. [Exclusive of the  student
representative  of  the  state  university  community  colleges  and the
student representative of degree granting  independent  institutions  of
higher education, the] THE appointed members shall consist of two repre-
sentatives  of  banking  institutions within the state, two such members
shall be the presidents of independent institutions of higher  education
within  the  state, one such member shall be a president or chief execu-
tive officer of a school licensed or registered pursuant to section five
thousand one of this chapter, one such member shall be a  financial  aid
officer  at  a higher education institution in New York, one such member
shall be a president or chief executive officer  of  a  degree  granting
proprietary college located within the state, ONE SUCH MEMBER SHALL BE A
STUDENT  CURRENTLY  REGISTERED  AND  IN FULL TIME ATTENDANCE AT A DEGREE
GRANTING INDEPENDENT INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN  NEW  YORK,  and
one shall be representative of the public.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.