N.Y. Educ. Law § 6206

§ 6206. Powers and duties. 1. The board of trustees shall have the\nduties and powers of trustees of colleges as set forth in this chapter,\nunless otherwise specifically provided in this chapter.\n 2. On or before February first, nineteen hundred eighty or six months\nafter their assuming their functions, whichever occurs later, the board\nof trustees shall transmit to the governor, to the mayor, to the\ntemporary president of the senate and to the speaker of the assembly a\nstatus report concerning the functioning, the goals and the needs of the\ncity university. Included in the status report shall be such\nrecommendations as the board of trustees sees fit to make in regard to\nthe following topics.\n a. Description of curricula and plans for maintenance of and\nadjustments to curricula;\n b. Description of the conditions, appropriateness and adequacy of\nfacilities and plans to remedy deficiencies;\n c. Description of policies with respect to student admissions; and\n d. Desired and potential student enrollments, including the\njustification of the projections.\n 3. a. The board of trustees shall, once every four years, formulate a\nlong-range city university plan or general revision thereof and make\nrecommendations to the board of regents, for the organization,\ndevelopment and coordination of the city university. The plan and\nrecommendations shall include but not be limited to the following:\n (1) Plans for new curricula,\n (2) Plans for new facilities,\n (3) Plans for change in policies with respect to student admissions,\n (4) Potential student enrollments,\n (5) Comments upon its relationship to other colleges and universities,\npublic and private, within the state, and\n (6) For informational purposes only, projection standards and overall\nexpenditure projections of capital and operating costs.\n The plan shall be in such form as to provide a basis for the\ndevelopment of the regents statewide plan for higher education as\ndefined in section two hundred thirty-seven of this chapter. Prior to\ntransmitting their long-range plan or general revisions thereof to the\nboard of regents, to the temporary president of the senate, and to the\nspeaker of the assembly, the board of trustees shall, after giving due\nnotice, conduct one or more hearings on such plan.\n b. During the calendar year nineteen hundred eighty and each fourth\nyear thereafter the board of trustees shall transmit their proposed plan\nor general revisions thereof to the board of regents, on or before the\nfirst day of June in each such year. Such plan shall be reviewed by the\nboard of regents and shall be subject to approval by such board. As\napproved by the board of regents and incorporated into the regents plan\nor general revision thereof for the development of higher education in\nthe state and, upon approval thereafter by the governor, such plan shall\nguide and determine the development, organization and coordination of\nthe city university.\n c. By the first day of June in nineteen hundred eighty-two and each\nfourth year thereafter, the board of trustees shall report in writing to\nthe board of regents, a copy of which report shall be furnished to the\ntemporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly, the\nmayor and the president of the city council for information and comment,\non the progress made in carrying out its responsibilities under such\nplan and its general recommendations with respect to the city university\nor its component colleges or other institutions in the city of New York\nincluding recommendations as to modifications of such plan which the\nboard of trustees deems essential to meet the then current demands upon\npublic higher education in the city of New York. The board of trustees\nmay also at any other time propose modifications which it deems\nessential or desirable with respect to such plan. The board of trustees\nmay, after giving due notice, conduct one or more hearings on such\nmodifications and shall transmit its recommendations therefor to the\nboard of regents, to the temporary president of the senate, the speaker\nof the assembly, the mayor and the president of the city council for\ninformation and comment. Such modifications shall be subject to approval\nby the regents and thereafter by the governor in the same manner as such\nplan or general revisions thereof.\n 4. When a proposed plan or general revision thereof contains a\nproposal providing for the termination or merger of a senior college or\ncommunity college so that such college ceases to exist as a separate\neducational institution that provision of a proposed plan or general\nrevision shall also be subject to the approval of the legislature.\n 5. The board of trustees shall select and acquire or cause to be\nacquired all new sites hereafter to be designated for the purposes of\nthe city university and procure and pass upon all plans for buildings on\nnewly acquired sites, shall supervise their erection, shall organize\ntheir faculties, shall approve and administer their courses leading to\nacademic, professional and technical certificates, diplomas and degrees,\nshall appoint their officers of administration and instruction, shall\nprepare all their budgets and shall generally control and administer all\npublic education in the colleges and institutions of which the city\nuniversity is composed in such city, except the teacher training courses\nwhich are now conducted by the board of education of such city. The\nboard of trustees shall appoint the chancellor of the city university\nwho shall be the chief educational and administrative officer of the\ncity university and who shall serve at the pleasure of the board of\ntrustees.\n 6. The board of trustees shall control and keep up the buildings and\ngrounds occupied and used by institutions and units controlled by it;\nallow and regulate the use, gratuitously or otherwise, of such property\nfor other than college or university purposes and prescribe the fees, if\nany, that persons, associations or corporations allowed to use it may\ncharge; purchase materials, services, equipment and supplies. But the\nboard of trustees shall not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of land\nand buildings purchased by city funds used for the community colleges of\nthe city university. It may, however, accept and administer for college\nor university purposes, gifts of land, bequests, trusts, devises, money\nand buildings from private sources and erect buildings on college or\nuniversity land out of money not furnished by the city or the state; and\ngifts of money, endowments, fees, interest and other income not derived\nfrom public taxation or the public credit shall be administered by it\nfor collegiate or university purposes in connection with the units under\nits control.\n 7. * (a) ** The board of trustees shall establish positions,\ndepartments, divisions and faculties; appoint and in accordance with the\nprovisions of law fix salaries of instructional and non-instructional\nemployees therein; establish and conduct courses and curricula;\nprescribe conditions of student admission, attendance and discharge; and\nshall have the power to determine in its discretion whether tuition\nshall be charged and to regulate tuition charges, and other\ninstructional and non-instructional fees and other fees and charges at\nthe educational units of the city university. The trustees shall review\nany proposed community college tuition increase and the justification\nfor such increase. The justification provided by the community college\nfor such increase shall include a detailed analysis of ongoing operating\ncosts, capital, debt service expenditures, and all revenues. The\ntrustees shall not impose a differential tuition charge based upon need\nor income. All students enrolled in programs leading to like degrees at\nthe senior colleges shall be charged a uniform rate of tuition, except\nfor differential tuition rates based on state residency, provided,\nhowever, that:\n ** NB Effective until April 1, 2016\n ** The board of trustees shall establish positions, departments,\ndivisions and faculties; appoint and in accordance with the provisions\nof law fix salaries of instructional and non-instructional employees\ntherein; establish and conduct courses and curricula; prescribe\nconditions of student admission, attendance and discharge; and shall\nhave the power to determine in its discretion whether tuition shall be\ncharged and to regulate tuition charges, and other instructional and\nnon-instructional fees and other fees and charges at the educational\nunits of the city university. The trustees shall review any proposed\ncommunity college tuition increase and the justification for such\nincrease. The justification provided by the community college for such\nincrease shall include a detailed analysis of ongoing operating costs,\ncapital, debt service expenditures, and all revenues. The trustees shall\nnot impose a differential tuition charge based upon need or income. All\nstudents enrolled in programs leading to like degrees at the senior\ncolleges shall be charged a uniform rate of tuition, except for\ndifferential tuition rates based on state residency. Notwithstanding any\nother provision of this paragraph, the trustees may authorize the\nsetting of a separate category of tuition rate, that shall be greater\nthan the tuition rate for resident students and less than the tuition\nrate for non-resident students, only for students enrolled in distance\nlearning courses who are not residents of the state; provided, however,\nthat:\n ** NB Effective April 1, 2016\n (i) Commencing with the two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve\nacademic year and ending in the two thousand fifteen--two thousand\nsixteen academic year, the city university of New York board of trustees\nshall be empowered to increase the resident undergraduate rate of\ntuition by not more than three hundred dollars over the resident\nundergraduate rate of tuition adopted by the board of trustees in the\nprior academic year, provided however that if the annual resident\nundergraduate rate of tuition would exceed five thousand dollars, then a\ntuition credit for each eligible student, as determined and calculated\nby the New York state higher education services corporation pursuant to\nsection six hundred eighty-nine-a of this chapter, shall be applied\ntoward the tuition charged for each semester, quarter or term of study.\nTuition for each semester, quarter or term of study shall not be due for\nany student eligible to receive such tuition credit until the tuition\ncredit is calculated and applied against the tuition charged for the\ncorresponding semester, quarter or term.\n (ii) On or before November thirtieth, two thousand eleven, the\ntrustees shall approve and submit to the chairs of the assembly ways and\nmeans committee and the senate finance committee and to the director of\nthe budget a master tuition plan setting forth the tuition rates that\nthe trustees propose for resident undergraduate students for the five\nyear period commencing with the two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve\nacademic year and ending in the two thousand fifteen--two thousand\nsixteen academic year, and shall submit any proposed amendments to such\nplan by November thirtieth of each subsequent year thereafter through\nNovember thirtieth, two thousand fifteen.\n (iii) The state shall appropriate annually and make available state\nsupport for operating expenses, including fringe benefits, for the city\nuniversity in an amount not less than the amount appropriated and made\navailable to the city university in state fiscal year two thousand\neleven--two thousand twelve. Beginning in state fiscal year two thousand\ntwelve--two thousand thirteen and thereafter, the state shall\nappropriate and make available state support for operating expenses,\nincluding fringe benefits, for the city university in an amount not less\nthan the amount appropriated and made available in the prior state\nfiscal year; provided, however, that if the governor declares a fiscal\nemergency, and communicates such emergency to the temporary president of\nthe senate and speaker of the assembly, state support for operating\nexpenses of the state university and city university may be reduced in a\nmanner proportionate to one another, and the aforementioned provisions\nshall not apply.\n * NB Effective until July 1, 2016\n * (a) The board of trustees shall establish positions, departments,\ndivisions and faculties; appoint and in accordance with the provisions\nof law fix salaries of instructional and non-instructional employees\ntherein; establish and conduct courses and curricula; prescribe\nconditions of student admission, attendance and discharge; and shall\nhave the power to determine in its discretion whether tuition shall be\ncharged and to regulate tuition charges, and other instructional and\nnon-instructional fees and other fees and charges at the educational\nunits of the city university. The trustees shall review any proposed\ncommunity college tuition increase and the justification for such\nincrease. The justification provided by the community college for such\nincrease shall include a detailed analysis of ongoing operating costs,\ncapital, debt service expenditures, and all revenues. The trustees shall\nnot impose a differential tuition charge based upon need or income. All\nstudents enrolled in programs leading to like degrees at the senior\ncolleges shall be charged a uniform rate of tuition, except for\ndifferential tuition rates based on state residency. Notwithstanding any\nother provision of this paragraph, the trustees may authorize the\nsetting of a separate category of tuition rate, that shall be greater\nthan the tuition rate for resident students and less than the tuition\nrate for non-resident students, only for students enrolled in distance\nlearning courses who are not residents of the state. The trustees shall\nfurther provide that the payment of tuition and fees by any student who\nis not a resident of New York state, other than a non-immigrant alien\nwithin the meaning of paragraph (15) of subsection (a) of section 1101\nof title 8 of the United States Code, shall be paid at a rate or charge\nno greater than that imposed for students who are residents of the state\nif such student:\n (i) attended an approved New York high school for two or more years,\ngraduated from an approved New York high school and applied for\nattendance at an institution or educational unit of the city university\nwithin five years of receiving a New York state high school diploma; or\n (ii) attended an approved New York state program for general\nequivalency diploma exam preparation, received a general equivalency\ndiploma issued within New York state and applied for attendance at an\ninstitution or educational unit of the city university within five years\nof receiving a general equivalency diploma issued within New York state;\nor\n (iii) was enrolled in an institution or educational unit of the city\nuniversity in the fall semester or quarter of the two thousand one--two\nthousand two academic year and was authorized by such institution or\neducational unit to pay tuition at the rate or charge imposed for\nstudents who are residents of the state.\n A student without lawful immigration status shall also be required to\nfile an affidavit with such institution or educational unit stating that\nthe student has filed an application to legalize his or her immigration\nstatus, or will file such an application as soon as he or she is\neligible to do so. The trustees shall not adopt changes in tuition\ncharges prior to the enactment of the annual budget. The board of\ntrustees may accept as partial reimbursement for the education of\nveterans of the armed forces of the United States who are otherwise\nqualified such sums as may be authorized by federal legislation to be\npaid for such education. The board of trustees may conduct on a fee\nbasis extension courses and courses for adult education appropriate to\nthe field of higher education. In all courses and courses of study it\nmay, in its discretion, require students to pay library, laboratory,\nlocker, breakage and other instructional and non-instructional fees and\nmeet the cost of books and consumable supplies. In addition to the\nforegoing fees and charges, the board of trustees may impose and collect\nfees and charges for student government and other student activities and\nreceive and expend them as agent or trustee.\n * NB Effective July 1, 2016\n * (a-1) The trustees shall further provide that the payment of tuition\nand fees by any student who is not a resident of New York state, other\nthan a non-immigrant alien within the meaning of paragraph (15) of\nsubsection (a) of section 1101 of title 8 of the United States Code,\nshall be paid at a rate or charge no greater than that imposed for\nstudents who are residents of the state if such student:\n (i) attended an approved New York high school for two or more years,\ngraduated from an approved New York high school and applied for\nattendance at an institution or educational unit of the city university\nwithin five years of receiving a New York state high school diploma; or\n (ii) attended an approved New York state program for general\nequivalency diploma exam preparation, received a general equivalency\ndiploma issued within New York state and applied for attendance at an\ninstitution or educational unit of the city university within five years\nof receiving a general equivalency diploma issued within New York state;\nor\n (iii) was enrolled in an institution or educational unit of the city\nuniversity in the fall semester or quarter of the two thousand one--two\nthousand two academic year and was authorized by such institution or\neducational unit to pay tuition at the rate or charge imposed for\nstudents who are residents of the state.\n A student without lawful immigration status shall also be required to\nfile an affidavit with such institution or educational unit stating that\nthe student has filed an application to legalize his or her immigration\nstatus, or will file such an application as soon as he or she is\neligible to do so. Except as otherwise authorized in paragraph (a) of\nthis subdivision, the trustees shall not adopt changes in tuition\ncharges prior to the enactment of the annual budget. The board of\ntrustees may accept as partial reimbursement for the education of\nveterans of the armed forces of the United States who are otherwise\nqualified such sums as may be authorized by federal legislation to be\npaid for such education. The board of trustees may conduct on a fee\nbasis extension courses and courses for adult education appropriate to\nthe field of higher education. In all courses and courses of study it\nmay, in its discretion, require students to pay library, laboratory,\nlocker, breakage and other instructional and non-instructional fees and\nmeet the cost of books and consumable supplies. In addition to the\nforegoing fees and charges, the board of trustees may impose and collect\nfees and charges for student government and other student activities and\nreceive and expend them as agent or trustee.\n * NB Repealed July 1, 2016\n (a-2) The trustees shall further provide that the payment of tuition\nand fees by any student who is not a resident of New York state shall be\npaid at a rate or charge no greater than that imposed for students who\nare residents of the state if such student is enrolled in any college or\neducational unit of the city university of New York and is attending\nsuch college or educational unit in accordance with the federal GI bills\nand in compliance with all applicable eligibility requirements thereof.\n (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general, special or\nlocal law, rule or regulation, the board of trustees may permit persons\nsixty years of age or over to audit courses given therein without\ntuition, examination, grading or credit therefor upon a space available\nbasis, as determined by the president of each such institution, provided\nthat such audit attendance does not deny course attendance at the city\nuniversity of New York by an individual who is otherwise qualified under\nthis section.\n * (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general, special or\nlocal law, rule or regulation, the board of trustees shall promulgate\nregulations to permit members of the New York city police department\nemployed in the rank of police officer, who are enrolled in programs\nleading to baccalaureate or higher degrees at a senior college of the\ncity university to attend one course without tuition, provided that such\ncourse is related to their employment as police officers and that such\ntuition-waived attendance does not deny course attendance at a senior\ncollege of the city university by an individual who is otherwise\nqualified under this section.\n * NB Repealed July 1, 2016\n 8. The board of trustees shall, on the recommendation of its faculty\nor faculties, grant the certificates, diplomas and degrees which were\nannounced in the bulletins of the existing public institutions of higher\nlearning published for the term beginning immediately prior to April\nsixteenth, nineteen hundred twenty-six, and also such other degrees and\nhonors as the regents thereafter specifically authorized or may\nhereafter authorize it to grant.\n 9. When a center is first opened, the board of trustees shall submit\nan initial estimate of the sum needed for its support, maintenance and\noperation, based on an estimated original enrollment of students, for\nthe fiscal year or portion thereof immediately following. Such estimate\nshall be acted upon as hereinbefore prescribed for current annual\nbudgets; and in the event that an initial appropriation be for a part of\nthe fiscal year only, then in making calculation for the succeeding\nannual appropriation, the initial appropriation shall be taken as the\nappropriate fractional base.\n 10. Money appropriated by the city to the board of trustees for\ncollege or university purposes, shall be placed in the custody of the\ncomptroller of the city to the credit of such board of trustees and all\ndisbursements from such funds shall be made by the comptroller acting\nfor and in behalf of such board of trustees upon requisitions duly\naudited and signed by the board of trustees or by a person or persons\nappointed by such board of trustees, by resolution filed with the\ncomptroller, to act for it. The comptroller shall audit such account of\nthe board of trustees in the same manner as he audits the account of the\nboard of education of the city of New York. Any balance of any annual\nappropriation made by the city to the board of trustees, which may be\nunallocated for college or university purposes by the board of trustees\nninety days after the expiration of the calendar year for which the\nappropriation was made, shall revert to the city treasury and be\ncredited to such uses as the city may direct.\n 11. The board of trustees may, in its discretion, compensate members\nof the instructional staff and non-instructional staff for loss of\npersonal property. With respect to members of the instructional staff\nand other employees who are not covered by the workers' compensation\nlaw, the board of trustees may provide in its discretion for payment of\nreasonable medical and hospital expenses arising from injuries incurred\nin actual performance of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred\nsixty-five.\n 12. The board of trustees, under such by-laws as it deems appropriate,\nshall provide for the eligibility for sabbatical leaves of absence to\nmembers of its permanent instructional staff provided, however, that\nwhen such leaves are for one half year, they shall be at full pay, and\nwhen such leaves are for one year, they shall be at half pay.\n 13. The board of trustees shall provide standards for the granting of\nadvanced standing to veterans applying for college admissions at schools\nin the city university who have successfully completed United States\nArmed Forces Institute or other comparable course work.\n 14. Notwithstanding the provisions of section forty-four, fifty or\nfifty-one of the state finance law or any other provision of law to the\ncontrary, the city university trustees are authorized and empowered to\nincrease or decrease appropriations by transfer or interchange as\nfollows:\n a. Amounts appropriated for the programs or purposes or for any item\nor items within such programs or purposes of any individual senior\ncollege of the city university and city university central\nadministration within the schedules of such senior colleges or central\nadministration from a particular fund or funds in a fiscal year may be\ninterchanged between such programs or purposes of such senior college or\ncentral administration of city university, or between items within the\nsame program or purpose, or with other items appropriated from such fund\nnot in the same program or purpose, but which are contained in the state\ncomptroller's classification of items as last promulgated pursuant to a\ncertificate of allocation. Such certificate shall be submitted by such\nsenior college or central administration to the board of trustees of the\ncity university. Such certificate shall be submitted by the board of\ntrustees to the state comptroller with copies to be sent to the chairs\nof the senate finance committee and the assembly ways and means\ncommittee and the director of the budget for informational purposes\nonly. The total amount appropriated for any program or purpose may be\ndecreased by not more than the aggregate of five percent of such\nappropriation for a program or purpose with the approval of the senior\ncollege or central administration or such amounts may be decreased by\nmore than the aggregate of five percent of such appropriation with the\napproval of the city university trustees.\n b. Amounts appropriated to senior colleges of the city university from\na particular fund or funds in a fiscal year for the programs or purposes\nof such senior colleges of the city university may be transferred\nbetween and among such senior colleges pursuant to a certificate of\nallocation, submitted directly by the city university to the state\ncomptroller, with copies of such certificates to be sent to the chairmen\nof the senate finance committee and the assembly ways and means\ncommittee and the director of the budget for informational purposes\nonly. The total amount appropriated for any senior college may not be\ndecreased by more than the aggregate of three percent of an\nappropriation for a senior college.\n c. Amounts appropriated for programs or purposes, or for any item\nwithin such programs or purposes, within the university-wide program\nschedule of city university from a particular fund or funds in a fiscal\nyear shall not be decreased by means of transfer or interchange by more\nthan the aggregate of four percent of an appropriation for a program or\npurpose within such schedule.\n d. Amounts appropriated for the central administration of the city\nuniversity within the central administration schedule from a particular\nfund or funds in a fiscal year for programs or purposes including, but\nnot limited to, administration of senior colleges and university-wide\nprograms of the city university shall not be increased by means of\ntransfer or interchange by more than five percent of the aggregate\nappropriation within such schedule.\n e. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subdivision,\nwhenever the director of the budget, pursuant to section forty-nine of\nthe state finance law, shall establish an aggregate amount less than\nthat contained in the local assistance appropriations act, the trustees\nmay transfer or interchange any or all of such lesser amount among any\nof the programs or purposes or items without regard to the restrictions\nprovided in this subdivision.\n f. The allocation of lump sum appropriations from a fund or funds made\nto the city university for later distribution to senior colleges and/or\nthe central administration of the city university or the allocation of\nlump sum appropriations made to all state departments and agencies for\nlater allocation for specific programs or purposes or senior colleges\nand/or central administration of the city university shall not be deemed\nto be part of any total increase or decrease authorized by this section.\n 15. a. The board of trustees shall adopt rules requiring that each\ninstitution of the city university, on or before January first, two\nthousand, adopt and implement a plan providing for the investigation of\nany violent felony offense occurring at or on the grounds of each such\ninstitution, and providing for the investigation of a report of any\nmissing student. Such plans shall provide for the coordination of the\ninvestigation of such crimes and reports with local law enforcement\nagencies. Such plans shall include, but not be limited to, written\nagreements with appropriate local law enforcement agencies providing for\nthe prompt investigation of such crimes and reports and requirement that\nthe institution shall notify the appropriate law enforcement agency as\nsoon as practicable but in no case more than twenty-four hours after a\nreport of a violent felony or that a student who resides in housing\nowned or operated by such institution is missing; provided that each\ninstitution shall: (1) inform each victim of a sexual offense of their\noptions to notify proper law enforcement authorities, including\non-campus and local police; (2) inform the victim of a sexual offense of\nthe right to report or not to report such offense to local law\nenforcement agencies; and (3) offer the option to be assisted by campus\nauthorities in notifying such authorities, if the victim of sexual\nassault so chooses, all in compliance with applicable federal law,\nincluding, but not limited to, the federal Campus Sexual Assault\nVictims' Bill of Rights under Title 20 U.S. Code Section 1092(f).\n b. As used in this subdivision, the following terms shall have the\nfollowing meanings:\n (i) "Local law enforcement agencies" means any agency or agencies\nemploying peace officers or police officers for the enforcement of the\nlaws of the state, and which has or have jurisdiction under provisions\nof the criminal procedure law over offenses occurring at or on the\ngrounds of any institution subject to the provisions of this\nsubdivision.\n (ii) "Missing student" means any student of an institution subject to\nthe provisions of this subdivision, who resides in a facility owned or\noperated by such institution and who is reported to such institution as\nmissing from his or her residence.\n (iii) "Violent felony offense" means a violent felony offense as\ndefined in subdivision one of section 70.02 of the penal law.\n 16. The board of trustees shall appoint for the city university campus\nofficers who shall have the powers of peace officers as set forth in the\ncriminal procedure law within the geographical area of the city of New\nYork. A campus officer designated as a peace officer must have\nsatisfactorily completed or complete, within one year of the date of\nsuch designation, a course of law enforcement training prescribed by the\nmunicipal police training council in consultation with the city\nuniversity board of trustees.\n * 17. The city university trustees shall conduct a study regarding the\neffectiveness and functionality of the New York state tuition assistance\nprogram, which shall consider a variety of factors including, but not\nlimited to, the costs associated with pursuing a degree in undergraduate\nstudy, current tuition assistance program thresholds and award levels,\ncurrent eligibility criteria to qualify for an award under the tuition\nassistance program and any other information the trustees determine to\nbe relevant. The study shall also include recommendations to improve the\ntuition assistance program to better meet the future financial aid needs\nof students who reside in New York state and to ensure continued access\nand affordability of the city university of New York. The study shall be\nsubmitted to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the\nspeaker of the assembly, the director of the division of budget, the\nsenate finance committee, the assembly ways and means committee and the\nhigher education committees of the legislature on or before October\nfirst, two thousand thirteen. In addition, the city university shall\nannually examine and report on each state-operated campus' efforts to\npromote fiscal stability for the duration of the five year tuition plan\nby implementing cost saving measures and increasing fundraising efforts.\n * NB Repealed July 1, 2016\n 18. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the\ncity university of New York board of trustees shall pass a resolution by\nJune first, two thousand fifteen, to develop a plan to make available to\nstudents enrolled in an academic program of the city university of New\nYork beginning in the two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen\nacademic year, approved experiential or applied learning activities.\nSuch experiential or applied learning activities may include completion\nof activities related to students' program of study, including, but not\nlimited to, service-learning activities completed as part of a course,\npaid or unpaid internships, faculty-supervised undergraduate projects\nand activities leading to publication of research in journals or similar\npublications, production or performance of creative works, and iterative\n"co-op" partnerships that explicitly link the curricula to a temporary,\npaid position in industry or the public sector. Such plan, to be\ncompleted by June first, two thousand sixteen, shall be developed in\nconsultation with university faculty senate, the university student\nsenate and other stakeholders. Such plan shall define approved\nexperiential or applied learning activities, methods of faculty\noversight and assessment, responsibilities of business, corporate,\nnon-profit or other entities hosting students, and include a requirement\nfor collecting and reporting data associated with such experiential or\napplied learning activities. Such plan shall have each college examine\nthe feasibility of including such experiential or applied learning\nactivities as a degree requirement. Such college shall examine its\nability to administer and provide such opportunities to students; the\nlocal community's capacity to support such experiential or applied\nlearning activities; the impact such requirement would have on the local\nworkforce, if any; potential for such a requirement to enhance learning\noutcomes for students; and whether adding such a requirement would cause\npotential delays in graduation for students.\n