Assembly Bill A6209

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides for the trustees of the state university of New York to establish a college of engineering and applied sciences in the city of Yonkers

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A6209 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5551
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §352, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5361, S3501
2011-2012: A2436, A10284, S1631
2013-2014: A3609, A6808, S3019
2015-2016: A1943, S1644
2017-2018: A2280, S771
2021-2022: A3291, S1105
2023-2024: A87, S290

2019-A6209 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the trustees of the state university of New York to establish a four-year college of engineering and applied sciences in the city of Yonkers within the state university system.

2019-A6209 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6209
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- 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 engineering and applied sciences within the state universi-
   ty of New York system; and to authorize  the  trustees  of  the  state
   university  of New York to establish a four-year SUNY college of engi-
   neering and applied sciences 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 ENGINEERING AND APPLIED  SCIENCES  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 univer-
 sities, 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  trus-
 tees.
   §  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 engineering and  applied

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

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