STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5617--B Cal. No. 1005 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 20, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. LAVALLE, HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the community college funding study The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 6304 of the education law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 14 to read as follows: 3 14. Community college funding study. a. (i) The state university trus- 4 tees shall require each community college president in the state univer- 5 sity system to establish an internal committee that shall be directed to 6 study the effectiveness of the current full time equivalent (FTE) fund- 7 ing formula and alternatives based on funding by academic program that 8 takes into account the specific mission, needs, geographic location and 9 uniqueness of such community college. 10 (ii) The internal committee established by each such community college 11 president shall consult with the state university board of trustees and 12 provide information that may be requested to such trustees to aid in the 13 creation of recommendations required pursuant to this subdivision, and 14 shall consult with representatives from the employee collective bargain- 15 ing organization that represents faculty, higher education professionals 16 and the regional state university of New York community college council 17 in such region, if applicable. 18 (iii) Each internal committee shall consider: 19 (A) the effect of the current FTE funding model on overall funding for 20 the community college and alternatives to such model; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11077-07-7

S. 5617--B 2 1 (B) the creation of new academic programs that may be beneficial in 2 supporting regional business and industry workforce needs; 3 (C) duplication of academic degree programs in such community 4 college's region; and 5 (D) any other issues the internal committee deems necessary. 6 (iv) Each internal committee shall report recommendations to the state 7 university system's board of trustees on December first, two thousand 8 seventeen, and the state university board of trustees shall report 9 recommendations to the chairs of the senate and assembly higher educa- 10 tion committees by January first, two thousand eighteen provided howev- 11 er, that nothing in this section shall be construed to require a change 12 in state support. 13 b. (i) The city university trustees shall establish an internal 14 committee that shall be directed to study the effectiveness of the 15 current full time equivalent (FTE) funding formula in use at its commu- 16 nity colleges and alternatives based on funding by academic program. The 17 internal committee shall include representatives of the community 18 colleges. 19 (ii) This internal committee shall consult with the city university 20 board of trustees and provide information that may be requested by such 21 trustees to aid in the creation of recommendations required pursuant to 22 this subdivision, and shall consult with representatives from the 23 employee collective bargaining organization that represents faculty and 24 higher education professionals. 25 (iii) The internal committee shall consider: 26 (A) the effect of the current FTE funding model on overall funding for 27 the community colleges and alternatives to such model; 28 (B) the creation of new academic programs that may be beneficial in 29 supporting local businesses and industry workforce needs; 30 (C) duplication of academic degree programs in the city; and 31 (D) any other issues the internal committee deems necessary. 32 (iv) The internal committee shall report recommendations to the city 33 university's board of trustees on December first, two thousand seven- 34 teen, and the city university board of trustees shall report recommenda- 35 tions to the chairs of the senate and assembly higher education commit- 36 tees by January first, two thousand eighteen, provided however, that 37 nothing in this section shall be construed to require a change in state 38 support. 39 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.