Assembly Bill A2603

                             
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                                   2603
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 21, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. KELLES, SIMON, EPSTEIN -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  requiring  SUNY  and
   CUNY  campuses  to  hire  energy management, materials management, and
   sustainability education and engagement employees

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 22 to read as follows:
   22.  THE STATE UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES SHALL ADOPT A POLICY REQUIRING THAT
 EACH COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, EXCLUD-
 ING COMMUNITY COLLEGES, SHALL EMPLOY STAFF AS FOLLOWS IN  THE  FOLLOWING
 FUNCTIONAL AREAS:
   A.  FOR  CAMPUSES WITH LESS THAN FOUR THOUSAND STUDENTS AND THE EMPIRE
 STATE COLLEGE, ONE FULL-TIME ENERGY MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE,  ONE  FULL-TIME
 MATERIALS  (WASTE) MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE, AND ONE FULL-TIME SUSTAINABILITY
 EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT EMPLOYEE;
   B. FOR CAMPUSES WITH BETWEEN FOUR THOUSAND STUDENTS AND  ELEVEN  THOU-
 SAND  NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE STUDENTS, ONE FULL-TIME AND ONE HALF-TIME
 ENERGY MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE, ONE FULL-TIME AND  ONE  HALF-TIME  MATERIALS
 (WASTE)  MANAGEMENT  EMPLOYEE,  AND  ONE  FULL-TIME  AND  ONE  HALF-TIME
 SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT EMPLOYEE;
   C. FOR CAMPUSES WITH BETWEEN TWELVE THOUSAND STUDENTS AND  TWENTY-FOUR
 THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE STUDENTS, TWO FULL-TIME ENERGY MANAGE-
 MENT  EMPLOYEES,  TWO  FULL-TIME MATERIALS (WASTE) MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES,
 AND TWO FULL-TIME SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT EMPLOYEES; AND
   D. FOR CAMPUSES WITH TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND OR MORE STUDENTS, TWO  FULL-
 TIME  AND  ONE  HALF-TIME ENERGY MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES, TWO FULL-TIME AND
 ONE HALF-TIME MATERIALS (WASTE) MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES, AND TWO  FULL-TIME
 AND ONE HALF-TIME SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT EMPLOYEES.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   §  2.  Section  6206  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 24 to read as follows:
   24.  THE  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES SHALL ADOPT A POLICY REQUIRING THAT EACH
 INSTITUTION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK  SHALL  EMPLOY  STAFF  AS
 FOLLOWS IN THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONAL AREAS:
   A.  FOR  CAMPUSES WITH LESS THAN FOUR THOUSAND STUDENTS, ONE FULL-TIME
 ENERGY MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE, ONE FULL-TIME MATERIALS  (WASTE)  MANAGEMENT
 EMPLOYEE,  AND  ONE  FULL-TIME  SUSTAINABILITY  EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT
 EMPLOYEE;
   B. FOR CAMPUSES WITH BETWEEN FOUR THOUSAND STUDENTS AND  ELEVEN  THOU-
 SAND  NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE STUDENTS, ONE FULL-TIME ENERGY MANAGEMENT
 EMPLOYEE AND ONE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE ASSIGNED AT LEAST FIFTY  PERCENT  TO
 ENERGY  MANAGEMENT,  ONE FULL-TIME MATERIALS (WASTE) MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE
 AND ONE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE ASSIGNED AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT TO  MATERIALS
 (WASTE)  MANAGEMENT,  AND  ONE  FULL-TIME  SUSTAINABILITY  EDUCATION AND
 ENGAGEMENT EMPLOYEE AND ONE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE ASSIGNED AT  LEAST  FIFTY
 PERCENT TO SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT;
   C.  FOR CAMPUSES WITH BETWEEN TWELVE THOUSAND STUDENTS AND TWENTY-FOUR
 THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE STUDENTS, TWO FULL-TIME ENERGY MANAGE-
 MENT EMPLOYEES, TWO FULL-TIME MATERIALS  (WASTE)  MANAGEMENT  EMPLOYEES,
 AND TWO FULL-TIME SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT EMPLOYEES; AND
   D.  FOR CAMPUSES WITH TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND OR MORE STUDENTS, TWO FULL-
 TIME ENERGY MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES AND ONE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE ASSIGNED  AT
 LEAST  FIFTY  PERCENT  TO  ENERGY  MANAGEMENT,  TWO  FULL-TIME MATERIALS
 (WASTE) MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES AND  ONE  FULL-TIME  EMPLOYEE  ASSIGNED  AT
 LEAST  FIFTY  PERCENT TO MATERIALS (WASTE) MANAGEMENT, AND TWO FULL-TIME
 SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION AND  ENGAGEMENT  EMPLOYEES  AND  ONE  FULL-TIME
 EMPLOYEE ASSIGNED AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT TO SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION AND
 ENGAGEMENT.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.