NY Educ L § 6206 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 7 - State and City Colleges and Institutions-Cornell University Article 125 - City University of New York 6206 - Powers and Duties.

§ 6206. Powers  and  duties.  1.  The board of trustees shall have the duties and powers of trustees of colleges as set forth in this  chapter, unless otherwise specifically provided in this chapter.   2.  On or before February first, nineteen hundred eighty or six months after their assuming their functions, whichever occurs later, the  board of  trustees  shall  transmit  to  the  governor,  to  the mayor, to the temporary president of the senate and to the speaker of the  assembly  a status report concerning the functioning, the goals and the needs of the city   university.   Included   in  the  status  report  shall  be  such recommendations as the board of trustees sees fit to make in  regard  to the following topics.   a.   Description  of  curricula  and  plans  for  maintenance  of  and adjustments to curricula;   b. Description of the  conditions,  appropriateness  and  adequacy  of facilities and plans to remedy deficiencies;   c. Description of policies with respect to student admissions; and   d.   Desired   and   potential   student  enrollments,  including  the justification of the projections.   3. a. The board of trustees shall, once every four years, formulate  a long-range  city  university  plan  or general revision thereof and make recommendations  to  the  board  of  regents,  for   the   organization, development  and  coordination  of  the  city  university.  The plan and recommendations shall include but not be limited to the following:  (1) Plans for new curricula,  (2) Plans for new facilities,  (3) Plans for change in policies with respect to student admissions,  (4) Potential student enrollments,  (5) Comments upon its relationship to other colleges and universities, public and private, within the state, and  (6) For informational purposes only, projection standards and  overall expenditure projections of capital and operating costs.   The  plan  shall  be  in  such  form  as  to  provide  a basis for the development of the  regents  statewide  plan  for  higher  education  as defined  in  section  two hundred thirty-seven of this chapter. Prior to transmitting their long-range plan or general revisions thereof  to  the board  of  regents, to the temporary president of the senate, and to the speaker of the assembly, the board of trustees shall, after  giving  due notice, conduct one or more hearings on such plan.   b.  During  the  calendar year nineteen hundred eighty and each fourth year thereafter the board of trustees shall transmit their proposed plan or general revisions thereof to the board of regents, on or  before  the first  day of June in each such year. Such plan shall be reviewed by the board of regents and shall be subject to  approval  by  such  board.  As approved  by the board of regents and incorporated into the regents plan or general revision thereof for the development of higher  education  in the state and, upon approval thereafter by the governor, such plan shall guide  and  determine  the development, organization and coordination of the city university.   c. By the first day of June in nineteen hundred  eighty-two  and  each fourth year thereafter, the board of trustees shall report in writing to the  board  of regents, a copy of which report shall be furnished to the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly,  the mayor and the president of the city council for information and comment, on  the  progress  made  in carrying out its responsibilities under such plan and its general recommendations with respect to the city university or its component colleges or other institutions in the city of New  York including  recommendations  as  to  modifications of such plan which the board of trustees deems essential to meet the then current demands  upon  public  higher  education in the city of New York. The board of trustees may also  at  any  other  time  propose  modifications  which  it  deems essential  or desirable with respect to such plan. The board of trustees may,  after  giving  due  notice,  conduct  one or more hearings on such modifications and shall transmit its  recommendations  therefor  to  the board  of regents, to the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the mayor and the president of  the  city  council  for information and comment. Such modifications shall be subject to approval by the regents and thereafter by the governor in the same manner as such plan or general revisions thereof.   4.  When  a  proposed  plan  or  general  revision  thereof contains a proposal providing for the termination or merger of a senior college  or community  college  so  that  such college ceases to exist as a separate educational institution that provision of a  proposed  plan  or  general revision shall also be subject to the approval of the legislature.   5.  The  board  of  trustees  shall  select and acquire or cause to be acquired all new sites hereafter to be designated for  the  purposes  of the city university and procure and pass upon all plans for buildings on newly  acquired  sites,  shall  supervise their erection, shall organize their faculties, shall approve and administer their courses  leading  to academic, professional and technical certificates, diplomas and degrees, shall  appoint  their  officers of administration and instruction, shall prepare all their budgets and shall generally control and administer all public education in the colleges and  institutions  of  which  the  city university is composed in such city, except the teacher training courses which  are  now  conducted  by  the board of education of such city. The board of trustees shall appoint the chancellor of  the  city  university who  shall  be  the  chief educational and administrative officer of the city university and who shall serve at the  pleasure  of  the  board  of trustees.   6.  The  board of trustees shall control and keep up the buildings and grounds occupied and used by institutions and units  controlled  by  it; allow  and regulate the use, gratuitously or otherwise, of such property for other than college or university purposes and prescribe the fees, if any, that persons, associations or corporations allowed to  use  it  may charge;  purchase  materials,  services, equipment and supplies. But the board of trustees shall not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of  land and buildings purchased by city funds used for the community colleges of the  city university. It may, however, accept and administer for college or university purposes, gifts of land, bequests, trusts, devises,  money and  buildings  from  private  sources and erect buildings on college or university land out of money not furnished by the city or the state; and gifts of money, endowments, fees, interest and other income not  derived from  public  taxation  or the public credit shall be administered by it for collegiate or university purposes in connection with the units under its control.   7. * (a) The board of trustees shall establish positions, departments, divisions and faculties; appoint and in accordance with  the  provisions of  law  fix  salaries  of instructional and non-instructional employees therein;  establish  and  conduct  courses  and   curricula;   prescribe conditions  of  student  admission,  attendance and discharge; and shall have the power to determine in its discretion whether tuition  shall  be charged  and  to  regulate  tuition charges, and other instructional and non-instructional fees and other fees and  charges  at  the  educational units  of  the  city  university. The trustees shall review any proposed community college  tuition  increase  and  the  justification  for  such increase.  The  justification provided by the community college for such increase shall include a detailed analysis of ongoing  operating  costs,  capital, debt service expenditures, and all revenues. The trustees shall not  impose a differential tuition charge based upon need or income. All students enrolled in programs leading to  like  degrees  at  the  senior colleges  shall  be  charged  a  uniform  rate  of  tuition,  except for differential tuition rates based on state residency. Notwithstanding any other provision of  this  paragraph,  the  trustees  may  authorize  the setting  of  a  separate category of tuition rate, that shall be greater than the tuition rate for resident students and less  than  the  tuition rate  for  non-resident students, only for students enrolled in distance learning courses who are not residents of the state; provided,  however, that:  (i)  Commencing  with  the  two  thousand  eleven--two thousand twelve academic year and ending  in  the  two  thousand  fifteen--two  thousand sixteen academic year, the city university of New York board of trustees shall  be  empowered  to  increase  the  resident  undergraduate rate of tuition by not  more  than  three  hundred  dollars  over  the  resident undergraduate  rate  of  tuition adopted by the board of trustees in the prior academic year, provided  however  that  commencing  with  the  two thousand  eleven--two  thousand twelve academic year and ending with the two thousand sixteen--two thousand seventeen academic year if the annual resident undergraduate  rate  of  tuition  would  exceed  five  thousand dollars,  then a tuition credit for each eligible student, as determined and  calculated  by  the  New  York  state  higher  education   services corporation  pursuant  to  section  six  hundred  eighty-nine-a  of this chapter, shall be applied toward the tuition charged for each  semester, quarter  or term of study. Tuition for each semester, quarter or term of study shall not be due for any student eligible to receive such  tuition credit  until  the  tuition credit is calculated and applied against the tuition charged for the corresponding semester, quarter or term.  (ii) Commencing with the two thousand seventeen--two thousand eighteen academic year and  ending  in  the  two  thousand  twenty--two  thousand twenty-one  academic  year  the  city  university  of  New York board of trustees shall be empowered to increase the resident undergraduate  rate of  tuition  by  not  more  than  two  hundred dollars over the resident undergraduate rate of tuition adopted by the board of  trustees  in  the prior  academic  year,  provided  however  that  if  the annual resident undergraduate rate of tuition would exceed five thousand dollars, then a tuition credit for each eligible student, as determined  and  calculated by  the New York state higher education services corporation pursuant to section six hundred eighty-nine-a of this title, shall be applied toward the tuition charged for each semester, quarter or term of study. Tuition for each semester, quarter or term of study shall not  be  due  for  any student eligible to receive such tuition credit until the tuition credit is   calculated   and  applied  against  the  tuition  charged  for  the corresponding semester, quarter or  term.  Provided,  further  that  the revenue  resulting  from  an  increase  in  the rate of tuition shall be allocated to each campus pursuant to a plan approved  by  the  board  of trustees  to  support investments in new classroom faculty, instruction, initiatives to improve student success  and  on-time  completion  and  a tuition credit for each eligible student.  (iii)  On  or  before  November thirtieth, two thousand seventeen, the trustees shall approve and submit to the chairs of the assembly ways and means committee and the senate finance committee and to the director  of the  budget  a  master tuition plan setting forth the tuition rates that the trustees propose for resident undergraduate students  for  the  four year  period  commencing  with  the two thousand seventeen--two thousand eighteen academic year  and  ending  in  the  two  thousand  twenty--two thousand  twenty-one  academic  year,  and  shall  submit  any  proposed  amendments to such plan by November thirtieth of  each  subsequent  year thereafter through November thirtieth, two thousand twenty.  (iv)  Beginning in state fiscal year two thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen and ending in  state  fiscal  year  two  thousand  fifteen--two thousand  sixteen,  the state shall appropriate and make available state support for operating expenses, including fringe benefits, for the  city university  in  an amount not less than the amount appropriated and made available in the prior state fiscal year; provided, however, that if the governor declares a fiscal emergency, and communicates such emergency to the temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assembly, state support  for  operating  expenses  of  the  state  university  and  city university  may be reduced in a manner proportionate to one another, and the aforementioned provisions shall not apply.  (v)  Beginning  in  state  fiscal  year  two  thousand  seventeen--two thousand   eighteen  and  ending  in  state  fiscal  year  two  thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one, the state shall  appropriate  and  make available general fund operating support, including fringe benefits, for the  city  university in an amount not less than the amount appropriated and made available in the prior state fiscal  year;  provided,  however, that  if the governor declares a fiscal emergency, and communicates such emergency to the temporary president of the senate and  speaker  of  the assembly,  state  support for operating expenses at the state university and city university may be reduced in  a  manner  proportionate  to  one another,  and  the  aforementioned  provisions shall not apply; provided further, the state shall appropriate and  make  available  general  fund support  to fully fund the tuition credit pursuant to subdivision two of section six hundred sixty-nine-h of this chapter.   * NB Effective until July 1, 2024   * (a) The board of trustees shall  establish  positions,  departments, divisions  and  faculties; appoint and in accordance with the provisions of law fix salaries of  instructional  and  non-instructional  employees therein;   establish   and  conduct  courses  and  curricula;  prescribe conditions of student admission, attendance  and  discharge;  and  shall have  the  power to determine in its discretion whether tuition shall be charged and to regulate tuition charges,  and  other  instructional  and non-instructional  fees  and  other  fees and charges at the educational units of the city university. The trustees  shall  review  any  proposed community  college  tuition  increase  and  the  justification  for such increase. The justification provided by the community college  for  such increase  shall  include a detailed analysis of ongoing operating costs, capital, debt service expenditures, and all revenues. The trustees shall not impose a differential tuition charge based upon need or income.  All students  enrolled  in  programs  leading  to like degrees at the senior colleges shall  be  charged  a  uniform  rate  of  tuition,  except  for differential tuition rates based on state residency. Notwithstanding any other  provision  of  this  paragraph,  the  trustees  may authorize the setting of a separate category of tuition rate, that  shall  be  greater than  the  tuition  rate for resident students and less than the tuition rate for non-resident students, only for students enrolled  in  distance learning  courses who are not residents of the state. The trustees shall further provide that the payment of tuition and fees by any student  who is  not  a  resident of New York state, other than a non-immigrant alien within the meaning of paragraph (15) of subsection (a) of  section  1101 of  title 8 of the United States Code, shall be paid at a rate or charge no greater than that imposed for students who are residents of the state if such student:  (i) attended an approved New York high school for two or  more  years, graduated  from  an  approved  New  York  high  school  and  applied for  attendance at an institution or educational unit of the city  university within five years of receiving a New York state high school diploma; or  (ii)   attended  an  approved  New  York  state  program  for  general equivalency diploma exam preparation,  received  a  general  equivalency diploma  issued  within  New York state and applied for attendance at an institution or educational unit of the city university within five years of receiving a general equivalency diploma issued within New York state; or  (iii) was enrolled in an institution or educational unit of  the  city university  in the fall semester or quarter of the two thousand one--two thousand two academic year and was authorized  by  such  institution  or educational  unit  to  pay  tuition  at  the  rate or charge imposed for students who are residents of the state.   A student without lawful immigration status shall also be required  to file an affidavit with such institution or educational unit stating that the  student has filed an application to legalize his or her immigration status, or will file such an  application  as  soon  as  he  or  she  is eligible  to  do  so.  The  trustees  shall not adopt changes in tuition charges prior to the enactment  of  the  annual  budget.  The  board  of trustees  may  accept  as  partial  reimbursement  for  the education of veterans of the armed forces of the  United  States  who  are  otherwise qualified  such  sums  as may be authorized by federal legislation to be paid for such education. The board of trustees  may  conduct  on  a  fee basis  extension  courses and courses for adult education appropriate to the field of higher education. In all courses and courses  of  study  it may,  in  its  discretion,  require students to pay library, laboratory, locker, breakage and other instructional and non-instructional fees  and meet  the  cost  of  books  and  consumable supplies. In addition to the foregoing fees and charges, the board of trustees may impose and collect fees and charges for student government and other student activities and receive and expend them as agent or trustee.   * NB Effective July 1, 2024   * (a-1) The trustees shall further provide that the payment of tuition and fees by any student who is not a resident of New York  state,  other than  a  non-immigrant  alien  within  the  meaning of paragraph (15) of subsection (a) of section 1101 of title 8 of  the  United  States  Code, shall  be  paid  at  a  rate  or charge no greater than that imposed for students who are residents of the state if such student:  (i) attended an approved New York high school for two or  more  years, graduated  from  an  approved  New  York  high  school  and  applied for attendance at an institution or educational unit of the city  university within five years of receiving a New York state high school diploma; or  (ii)   attended  an  approved  New  York  state  program  for  general equivalency diploma exam preparation,  received  a  general  equivalency diploma  issued  within  New York state and applied for attendance at an institution or educational unit of the city university within five years of receiving a general equivalency diploma issued within New York state; or  (iii) was enrolled in an institution or educational unit of  the  city university  in the fall semester or quarter of the two thousand one--two thousand two academic year and was authorized  by  such  institution  or educational  unit  to  pay  tuition  at  the  rate or charge imposed for students who are residents of the state.   A student without lawful immigration status shall also be required  to file an affidavit with such institution or educational unit stating that the  student has filed an application to legalize his or her immigration status, or will file such an  application  as  soon  as  he  or  she  is eligible  to  do  so. Except as otherwise authorized in paragraph (a) of  this subdivision, the  trustees  shall  not  adopt  changes  in  tuition charges  prior  to  the  enactment  of  the  annual budget. The board of trustees may accept  as  partial  reimbursement  for  the  education  of veterans  of  the  armed  forces  of the United States who are otherwise qualified such sums as may be authorized by federal  legislation  to  be paid  for  such  education.  The  board of trustees may conduct on a fee basis extension courses and courses for adult education  appropriate  to the  field  of  higher education. In all courses and courses of study it may, in its discretion, require students  to  pay  library,  laboratory, locker,  breakage and other instructional and non-instructional fees and meet the cost of books and  consumable  supplies.  In  addition  to  the foregoing fees and charges, the board of trustees may impose and collect fees and charges for student government and other student activities and receive and expend them as agent or trustee.   * NB Repealed July 1, 2024  (a-2)  The  trustees shall further provide that the payment of tuition and fees by any student who is not a resident of New York state shall be paid at a rate or charge no greater than that imposed for  students  who are residents of the state if such student is enrolled in any college or educational  unit  of  the  city university of New York and is attending such college or educational unit in accordance with the federal GI bills and in compliance with all applicable eligibility requirements thereof.   * (a-3) The trustees shall further provide that the payment of tuition and fees by any student who is not a resident of New York state shall be paid at a rate or charge no greater than that imposed for  students  who are residents of the state if such student is enrolled in any college or educational unit of the city university of New York and is the spouse or the  dependent  of  a member of the armed forces of the United States on full-time active duty  and  not  stationed  in  this  state  immediately following being stationed therein.   * NB Effective July 1, 2022  (b)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of any other general, special or local law, rule or regulation, the board of trustees may permit  persons sixty  years  of  age  or  over  to  audit courses given therein without tuition, examination, grading or credit therefor upon a space  available basis, as determined by the president of each such institution, provided that  such  audit attendance does not deny course attendance at the city university of New York by an individual who is otherwise qualified under this section.   * (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general, special  or local  law,  rule  or regulation, the board of trustees shall promulgate regulations to permit members of the New  York  city  police  department employed  in  the  rank  of police officer, who are enrolled in programs leading to baccalaureate or higher degrees at a senior  college  of  the city university to attend one course without tuition, provided that such course  is  related to their employment as police officers and that such tuition-waived attendance does not deny course attendance  at  a  senior college  of  the  city  university  by  an  individual  who is otherwise qualified under this section.   * NB Repealed July 1, 2022   * (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general, special  or local  law,  rule  or regulation, the board of trustees shall promulgate regulations to permit firefighters and fire officers employed by the New York city fire department, who  are  enrolled  in  programs  leading  to baccalaureate  or  higher  degrees  at  a  senior  college  of  the city university to attend one course  without  tuition,  provided  that  such course  is related to their employment as firefighters and fire officers and that such tuition-waived attendance does not deny course  attendance  at  a  senior  college  of  the  city university by an individual who is otherwise qualified under this section.   * NB Repealed July 1, 2022   * (e) The trustees shall further provide that any student who is not a legal  resident  of  New  York  state  but is a United States citizen, a permanent  lawful  resident,  an  individual  who  is  granted  U  or  T non-immigrant status pursuant to the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection  Act  of  2000,  a  person granted temporary protected status pursuant to the Federal Immigration Act of  1990,  an  individual  of  a class  of  refugees paroled by the attorney general of the United States under his or her parole authority pertaining to the admission of  aliens to  the United States, or an applicant without lawful immigration status may have the payment of tuition and other fees and  charges  reduced  by state-aided programs, scholarships or other financial assistance awarded under  the  provisions  of  articles  thirteen, thirteen-A, fourteen and fourteen-A  of  this  chapter,  provided  that  the  student  meets  the requirements   set   forth  in  subparagraph  (ii)  of  paragraph  a  or subparagraph (ii) of paragraph b of  subdivision  five  of  section  six hundred sixty-one of this chapter, as applicable.   * NB There are 2 par (e)'s   * (e)  Notwithstanding the provisions of any other general, special or local law, rule or regulation, the board of trustees shall be authorized to set a reduced rate of tuition and/or fees, or to waive tuition and/or fees entirely, for students participating  in  any  dual  or  concurrent enrollment  program  with  no  reduction in other state, local, or other support for such  students  earning  college  credit  that  such  higher education partner would otherwise be eligible to receive; provided that, for  purposes of this provision, a dual or concurrent enrollment program shall mean one or more college courses taken by a  high  school  student through  a  community college or a senior college of the city university while such student is still enrolled in high school and  for  which  the student may receive both high school and college credit.   * NB There are 2 par (e)'s  (f)  (i)  In  state  fiscal year two thousand twenty-two--two thousand twenty-three, the state shall appropriate  and  make  available  general fund  operating  support  in  the  amount of thirty-three percent of the tuition credit calculated pursuant to section six hundred  eighty-nine-a of   this   chapter   for  the  two  thousand  twenty-two--two  thousand twenty-three academic year.  (ii) In state fiscal  year  two  thousand  twenty-three--two  thousand twenty-four, the state shall appropriate and make available general fund operating  support  in  the amount of sixty-seven percent of the tuition credit calculated pursuant to section six hundred eighty-nine-a of  this chapter  for  the  two  thousand  twenty-three--two thousand twenty-four academic year.  (iii) Beginning in state fiscal  year  two  thousand  twenty-four--two thousand  twenty-five  and  thereafter,  the state shall appropriate and make available general fund operating  support  in  the  amount  of  the tuition  credit calculated pursuant to section six hundred eighty-nine-a of this chapter annually.   8. The board of trustees shall, on the recommendation of  its  faculty or  faculties,  grant  the certificates, diplomas and degrees which were announced in the bulletins of the existing public institutions of higher learning published for the term beginning  immediately  prior  to  April sixteenth,  nineteen hundred twenty-six, and also such other degrees and honors  as  the  regents  thereafter  specifically  authorized  or   may hereafter authorize it to grant.    9.  When  a center is first opened, the board of trustees shall submit an initial estimate of the sum needed for its support,  maintenance  and operation,  based  on  an estimated original enrollment of students, for the fiscal year or portion thereof immediately following. Such  estimate shall  be  acted  upon  as  hereinbefore  prescribed  for current annual budgets; and in the event that an initial appropriation be for a part of the fiscal year only, then in  making  calculation  for  the  succeeding annual  appropriation,  the  initial appropriation shall be taken as the appropriate fractional base.   10. Money appropriated by the  city  to  the  board  of  trustees  for college  or  university  purposes, shall be placed in the custody of the comptroller of the city to the credit of such board of trustees and  all disbursements  from  such  funds shall be made by the comptroller acting for and in behalf of such  board  of  trustees  upon  requisitions  duly audited  and  signed  by the board of trustees or by a person or persons appointed by such board  of  trustees,  by  resolution  filed  with  the comptroller,  to act for it. The comptroller shall audit such account of the board of trustees in the same manner as he audits the account of the board of education of the city of New York. Any balance  of  any  annual appropriation  made  by  the city to the board of trustees, which may be unallocated for college or university purposes by the board of  trustees ninety  days  after  the  expiration  of the calendar year for which the appropriation was made,  shall  revert  to  the  city  treasury  and  be credited to such uses as the city may direct.   11.  The  board of trustees may, in its discretion, compensate members of the instructional staff  and  non-instructional  staff  for  loss  of personal  property.  With  respect to members of the instructional staff and other employees who are not covered  by  the  workers'  compensation law,  the board of trustees may provide in its discretion for payment of reasonable medical and hospital expenses arising from injuries  incurred in  actual  performance of duty on or after July first, nineteen hundred sixty-five.   12. The board of trustees, under such by-laws as it deems appropriate, shall provide for the eligibility for sabbatical leaves  of  absence  to members  of  its  permanent  instructional staff provided, however, that when such leaves are for one half year, they shall be at full  pay,  and when such leaves are for one year, they shall be at half pay.   13.  The board of trustees shall provide standards for the granting of advanced standing to veterans applying for college admissions at schools in the city university who have  successfully  completed  United  States Armed Forces Institute or other comparable course work.   14.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of section forty-four, fifty or fifty-one of the state finance law or any other provision of law to  the contrary,  the  city university trustees are authorized and empowered to increase or  decrease  appropriations  by  transfer  or  interchange  as follows:   a.  Amounts  appropriated for the programs or purposes or for any item or items within such programs  or  purposes  of  any  individual  senior college   of   the   city   university   and   city  university  central administration within the schedules of such senior colleges  or  central administration  from  a particular fund or funds in a fiscal year may be interchanged between such programs or purposes of such senior college or central administration of city university, or between items  within  the same program or purpose, or with other items appropriated from such fund not in the same program or purpose, but which are contained in the state comptroller's  classification of items as last promulgated pursuant to a certificate of allocation. Such certificate shall be submitted  by  such senior college or central administration to the board of trustees of the  city  university.  Such  certificate  shall be submitted by the board of trustees to the state comptroller with copies to be sent to  the  chairs of  the  senate  finance  committee  and  the  assembly  ways  and means committee  and  the  director  of  the budget for informational purposes only. The total amount appropriated for any program or  purpose  may  be decreased  by  not  more  than  the  aggregate  of  five percent of such appropriation for a program or purpose with the approval of  the  senior college  or  central  administration or such amounts may be decreased by more than the aggregate of five percent of such appropriation  with  the approval of the city university trustees.   b. Amounts appropriated to senior colleges of the city university from a particular fund or funds in a fiscal year for the programs or purposes of  such  senior  colleges  of  the  city  university may be transferred between and among such senior colleges  pursuant  to  a  certificate  of allocation,  submitted  directly  by  the  city  university to the state comptroller, with copies of such certificates to be sent to the chairmen of the  senate  finance  committee  and  the  assembly  ways  and  means committee  and  the  director  of  the budget for informational purposes only. The total amount appropriated for any senior college  may  not  be decreased   by   more   than  the  aggregate  of  three  percent  of  an appropriation for a senior college.   c. Amounts appropriated for programs or  purposes,  or  for  any  item within  such  programs  or  purposes, within the university-wide program schedule of city university from a particular fund or funds in a  fiscal year  shall not be decreased by means of transfer or interchange by more than the aggregate of four percent of an appropriation for a program  or purpose within such schedule.   d.  Amounts  appropriated  for  the central administration of the city university within the central administration schedule from a  particular fund  or  funds in a fiscal year for programs or purposes including, but not limited to, administration of senior  colleges  and  university-wide programs  of  the  city  university  shall  not be increased by means of transfer or interchange by more  than  five  percent  of  the  aggregate appropriation within such schedule.   e.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this subdivision, whenever the director of the budget, pursuant to section  forty-nine  of the  state  finance  law,  shall establish an aggregate amount less than that contained in the local assistance appropriations act, the  trustees may  transfer  or interchange any or all of such lesser amount among any of the programs or purposes or items without regard to the  restrictions provided in this subdivision.   f. The allocation of lump sum appropriations from a fund or funds made to  the city university for later distribution to senior colleges and/or the central administration of the city university or the  allocation  of lump  sum  appropriations made to all state departments and agencies for later allocation for specific programs or purposes  or  senior  colleges and/or central administration of the city university shall not be deemed to be part of any total increase or decrease authorized by this section.   15.  a.  The  board  of trustees shall adopt rules requiring that each institution of the city university, on  or  before  January  first,  two thousand,  adopt and implement a plan providing for the investigation of any violent felony offense occurring at or on the grounds of  each  such institution,  and  providing  for  the  investigation of a report of any missing student. Such plans shall provide for the  coordination  of  the investigation  of  such  crimes  and  reports with local law enforcement agencies. Such plans shall include,  but  not  be  limited  to,  written agreements with appropriate local law enforcement agencies providing for the prompt investigation of such crimes and reports and requirement that  the  institution  shall notify the appropriate law enforcement agency as soon as practicable but in no case more than twenty-four hours  after  a report  of  a  violent  felony  or that a student who resides in housing owned  or  operated  by  such institution is missing; provided that each institution shall: (1) inform each victim of a sexual offense  of  their options   to   notify  proper  law  enforcement  authorities,  including on-campus and local police; (2) inform the victim of a sexual offense of the right to  report  or  not  to  report  such  offense  to  local  law enforcement  agencies; and (3) offer the option to be assisted by campus authorities in notifying such  authorities,  if  the  victim  of  sexual assault  so  chooses,  all  in  compliance  with applicable federal law, including, but  not  limited  to,  the  federal  Campus  Sexual  Assault Victims' Bill of Rights under Title 20 U.S. Code Section 1092(f).   b.  As  used  in  this subdivision, the following terms shall have the following meanings:  (i) "Local law enforcement agencies"  means  any  agency  or  agencies employing  peace  officers or police officers for the enforcement of the laws of the state, and which has or have jurisdiction  under  provisions of  the  criminal  procedure  law  over  offenses occurring at or on the grounds  of  any  institution  subject  to  the   provisions   of   this subdivision.  (ii)  "Missing student" means any student of an institution subject to the provisions of this subdivision, who resides in a facility  owned  or operated  by such institution and who is reported to such institution as missing from his or her residence.  (iii) "Violent felony offense"  means  a  violent  felony  offense  as defined in subdivision one of section 70.02 of the penal law.   16. The board of trustees shall appoint for the city university campus officers who shall have the powers of peace officers as set forth in the criminal  procedure  law within the geographical area of the city of New York.  A  campus  officer  designated  as  a  peace  officer  must  have satisfactorily  completed  or  complete,  within one year of the date of such designation, a course of law enforcement training prescribed by the municipal  police  training  council  in  consultation  with  the   city university board of trustees.   18.  Notwithstanding  any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the city university of New York board of trustees shall pass a resolution by June first, two thousand fifteen, to develop a plan to make available to students enrolled in an academic program of the city university  of  New York  beginning  in  the  two  thousand  sixteen--two thousand seventeen academic year, approved experiential  or  applied  learning  activities. Such  experiential or applied learning activities may include completion of activities related to students' program of study, including, but  not limited  to,  service-learning activities completed as part of a course, paid or unpaid internships,  faculty-supervised  undergraduate  projects and activities leading to publication of research in journals or similar publications, production or performance of creative works, and iterative "co-op"  partnerships that explicitly link the curricula to a temporary, paid position in industry  or  the  public  sector.  Such  plan,  to  be completed  by  June  first,  two thousand sixteen, shall be developed in consultation with university  faculty  senate,  the  university  student senate   and   other  stakeholders.  Such  plan  shall  define  approved experiential  or  applied  learning  activities,  methods   of   faculty oversight  and  assessment,  responsibilities  of  business,  corporate, non-profit or other entities hosting students, and include a requirement for collecting and reporting data associated with such  experiential  or applied  learning  activities. Such plan shall have each college examine the feasibility of  including  such  experiential  or  applied  learning  activities  as  a  degree  requirement.  Such  college shall examine its ability to administer and provide such opportunities  to  students;  the local  community's  capacity  to  support  such  experiential or applied learning activities; the impact such requirement would have on the local workforce,  if any; potential for such a requirement to enhance learning outcomes for students; and whether adding such a requirement would cause potential delays in graduation for students.   19. The city university trustees shall  annually  report  on  how  the revenue generated has been invested in faculty, instruction, initiatives to  improve student success and on-time completion and student financial assistance for the duration of the four year tuition plan. The  trustees shall submit the report by September first of each subsequent year.   20.  The  board  of  trustees  shall  adopt  rules requiring that each institution of the city university of New York  adopt  written  policies requiring  that  all  public  single-occupancy  bathroom  facilities  be designated as gender neutral for use by no more than one occupant  at  a time  or  for  family  or  assisted  use.  Such  gender neutral bathroom facilities shall be clearly designated by the posting of such on or near the  entry  door  of  each  facility.  For  purposes  of  this  section, "single-occupancy bathroom" shall have the same meaning as paragraph (d) of  subdivision  one  of  section  one  hundred forty-five of the public buildings law.   * 21. The board of trustees shall adopt a policy requiring  that  each institution  of  the  city  university  of  New  York  collaborate  with students, faculty and staff to encourage campuses to eliminate  the  use of  certain  plastic  items  generally recognized by the public as being designed for single use. Such plastic items may include, but  shall  not be  limited  to,  tableware,  straws,  stirrers,  cups  and food service containers. In establishing such a policy, the trustees  shall  consider the following:   a. the availability of affordable alternatives;   b.  the  accessibility  of  alternatives to all students, faculty, and staff;   c. an evaluation of the effectiveness of reusable alternatives; and   d. benchmarks for assessing progress.   * NB Effective January 31, 2022