Assembly Bill A3609

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  3609

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 28, 2013
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Introduced  by  M. of A. MAYER, PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  providing  for  a
  college  of  science and technology within the state university of New
  York system; and to authorize the trustees of the state university  of
  New York to establish a four-year SUNY college of science and technol-
  ogy in the city of Yonkers

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section  352  of  the  education  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  552  of  the  laws  of 1985, is amended to read as
follows:
  3. The state university shall consist of the four  university  centers
at  Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo and Stony Brook, the designated colleges
of arts and sciences at Brockport, Buffalo, Cortland, Fredonia, Geneseo,
New Paltz, Old  Westbury,  Oneonta,  Oswego,  Plattsburgh,  Potsdam  and
Purchase, THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AT YONKERS, empire state
college,  the  agricultural  and  technical  colleges at Alfred, Canton,
Cobleskill,  Delhi,  Farmingdale  and  Morrisville,  downstate   medical
center, upstate medical center, the college of optometry, the college of
environmental  science  and  forestry,  maritime college, the college of
technology at Utica/Rome, the statutory or contract colleges at  Cornell
university  and  Alfred  university,  and  such additional universities,
colleges and other institutions, facilities and research centers as have
been or hereafter may be acquired, established, operated  or  contracted
to be operated for the state by the state university trustees.
  S  2.  (a) The trustees of the state university of New York are hereby
authorized and directed to immediately take all actions  to  create  and
establish  within the state university system, and subject to the juris-
diction of such board of trustees, a college of science  and  technology

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02489-02-3

              

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as  a  four-year  state  university  of New York in the city of Yonkers,
county of Westchester.
  (b)  The  board  of  trustees of the state university shall select the
location of such college within the city of Yonkers and provide for such
college to be an accessible, affordable, competitive,  four-year,  bach-
elor's level, degree-granting college of the state university.
  (c)  The purpose of this college of science and technology shall be to
offer majors in industrial/manufacturing,  engineering  and  technology,
transportation  engineering  and  technology,  computer  engineering and
technology, telecommunications engineering and technology, environmental
engineering and technology, biomedical engineering and technology, civil
engineering and technology and the history of economics of  science  and
technology.
  (d)  The  board  of trustees of the state university of New York shall
conduct all the duties required under article 8  of  the  education  law
upon  the  establishment  of the state university of New York college of
science and technology at Yonkers, establish a  master  plan,  establish
standards  and  promulgate  any  necessary rules and regulations for the
establishment of such college.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.