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NY Educ L § 355-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 8 - State University and State Financial Assistance for Higher Education 355-D - Educational Opportunity Centers.

§  355-d.  Educational  opportunity centers. 1. There shall be created within the state university of New York a comprehensive system of higher education programs and services that promote the growth and stability of the state's educationally and  economically  challenged  communities  as referred to in this section as educational opportunity centers.   2.   Such   educational  opportunity  centers  shall  be  managed  and supervised by the  state  university  and  shall  provide  programs  and services  that  include,  but are not limited to the following, provided that the state university shall have the  discretion  to  determine  the programs and services offered at each educational opportunity center:  (a)  academic programs leading to and increasing persistence in higher education;  (b) vocational programs leading to career pathways, gainful employment and self-sufficiency;  (c) counseling and guidance services to enhance student retention;  (d) targeted services for business and industry to upgrade  the  skill levels  of  emerging  and  incumbent  workers  such  that  they  support increased  productivity  and  the  creation   and   retention   of   job opportunities;  (e)  collaboration  with  secondary  schools to assist in the academic preparation of at-risk youth;  (f) collaborative programs with colleges and universities to  increase opportunities for center graduates for advanced placement and receipt of academic credits for academic work completed at such center;  (g)  collaboration  with  other  state  and  local agencies, workforce development  boards  and  charitable  organizations  to  meet   emerging state-wide priorities for serving the disadvantaged; and  (h)  entrepreneurial training opportunities that may lead to community economic development.   3. The state university shall formulate a plan and guidelines for  the organization,  development,  coordination  and  operation of educational opportunity centers  and  may  promulgate  such  rules  and  regulations necessary  to  carry out the provisions of this section. Such plan shall include:  (a) definition of academic and economic eligibility;  (b) procedures for the selection of such students for admission  to  a center;  (c)  program  objectives  including coordination with the university's long range mission and goals; and  (d) program evaluation and reporting.
NY Educ L § 357 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 8 - State University and State Financial Assistance for Higher Education 357 - Statutory or Contract Colleges.

§ 357. Statutory or contract colleges.  Statutory or contract colleges   shall continue to be operated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter   but  such  colleges  shall  be subject to the general supervision of the   state university trustees.
NY Educ L § 358 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 8 - State University and State Financial Assistance for Higher Education 358 - State Aid for Certain Higher Educational Institutions.

§ 358. State  aid  for  certain  higher educational institutions.   1.   State financial assistance may be  provided  for  designated  shares  of   capital  expenditures or operating expenditures or both to the following   types of institutions operating in conjunction with the state university   program:a. Medical schools,  dental  schools,  research  centers  and  similar   institutions  or  facilities  operating  specified  training or research   programs or projects pursuant to contracts with  the  state  university.   The  state  university is hereby authorized to enter into such contracts   with the city university of New  York.    The  acceptance  of  any  such   financial  assistance or the making of any such contract by or on behalf   of  a  medical  school,  dental  school,  research  center  or   similar   institution  or  facility  shall  not  subject  it  or  its  programs to   supervision, control or regulation  by  the  state  university  trustees   except  to  the  extent that such supervision, control or regulation are   expressly stated in the contract.b. Community colleges.c. Post-secondary technical vocational training institutions which are   partly supported by a municipality or  board  of  education  and  partly   supported  by an educational foundation for an industry chartered by the   board of regents.
NY Educ L § 363 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 8 - State University and State Financial Assistance for Higher Education 363 - Curing Alzheimer's Health Consortium.

§  363.  Curing  Alzheimer's  health  consortium.  1.  There is hereby   established  within  the  state  university  of  New  York  the   curing   Alzheimer's  health consortium. The consortium shall have as its purpose   to identify genes that predict an  increased  risk  for  developing  the   disease,  collaborating  with  research  institutions  within  the state   university of New York system, and the department of health, in research   projects  and  studies  to  identify  opportunities   to   develop   new   therapeutic treatment and cures for Alzheimer's.2.  The  state  university  of  New  York  shall  issue  a request for   proposals to partner with hospitals both within the state university  of   New  York  and  other  not-for-profit article twenty-eight of the public   health  law  hospitals  and   non-profit   higher   education   research   institutions to map the genomes of individuals suffering from or at risk   of Alzheimer's.
NY Educ L § 364 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 8 - State University and State Financial Assistance for Higher Education 364 - Separability.

§ 364. Separability.  If any clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph,   section  or  part  of this article be adjudged by any court of competent   jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not  affect,  impair  or   invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation   to the clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph, section or part thereof   directly  involved  in the controversy in which said judgment shall have   been rendered.
NY Educ L § 365 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 8 - State University and State Financial Assistance for Higher Education 365 - Construction.

§ 365. Construction.    The powers enumerated in this article shall be   interpreted broadly to effectuate the purposes thereof and shall not  be   construed as a limitation of powers.
NY Educ L § 372 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 8-A - State University Construction Fund 372 - Purposes of Fund.

§  372. Purposes of fund. The purposes of the fund shall be to provide   academic buildings, dormitories and other facilities including  academic   incubator  facilities  and  a pharmaceutical research, development which   may  also  include  a  manufacturing  facility  for  the  state-operated   institutions  and contract and statutory colleges under the jurisdiction   of the state university, to reduce the time lag between determination of   need for such facilities and actual occupancy thereof, to  expedite  the   construction, acquisition, reconstruction, rehabilitation or improvement   of  such  facilities  and  to  assure  that  the  same are ready for the   purposes intended when needed and  when  scheduled  under  the  approved   master  plan of the state university; with respect to university-related   economic development projects authorized  by  law  pursuant  to  section   three  hundred  seventy-two-a  of  this article, to act as agent for the   state university or for a  foundation  or  other  not-for-profit  entity   created  by  or  for  the  state  university.  In  addition to any other   approval or permit  otherwise  required  by  law,  the  fund  shall  not   construct  any  new  project  or  facility  on  a  campus  of  the state   university unless the said project or facility has been approved by  the   state  university  trustees  and  has  been  specifically  and expressly   authorized by such section.
NY Educ L § 373-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 8-A - State University Construction Fund 373-A - Jurisdiction in Actions By, Against or Involving the Fund.

§ 373-a. Jurisdiction  in  actions  by, against or involving the fund.   The state supreme court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of any action,   where the amount sought to  be  recovered,  exclusive  of  interest  and   costs,  exceeds ten thousand dollars, brought by or against or involving   the fund.   The  venue  of  any  such  action  shall  be  determined  in   accordance with the provisions of the civil practice law and rules.
NY Educ L § 374 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 8-A - State University Construction Fund 374 - Relationship With State University.

§ 374. Relationship   with  state  university.    In  order  the  most   effectively to carry out its corporate purposes, the fund  shall  assist   and  cooperate  with  and  shall  make  its personnel and services fully   available to the state university in matters relating to  the  discharge   of the capital planning responsibilities and land acquisition program of   the  state university.   During the course of construction, acquisition,   reconstruction, rehabilitation and improvement  of  facilities  for  the   state  university,  the  fund shall consult with the state university as   the  work  progresses  in  matters  relating   to   changes   in   space   requirements,  site plans, architectural concept, and detailed plans and   specifications and in matters relating to the materials,  equipment  and   supplies  needed  to  furnish and equip completed facilities.  The state   university for its part shall assist and  cooperate  with  the  fund  in   matters  relating  to  such  construction,  acquisition, reconstruction,   rehabilitation and improvement, including the financing thereof.
NY Educ L § 376-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 8-A - State University Construction Fund 376-A - Notices of Claim and Commencement of Actions Against the Fund.

§ 376-a. Notices  of  claim  and  commencement  of actions against the   fund.  1. In every action against the fund for damages for  injuries  to   real  or  personal  property,  or  for  the  destruction thereof, or for   personal injuries or death, the complaint shall  contain  an  allegation   that at least thirty days have elapsed since the demand, claim or claims   upon which such action is founded were presented to a trustee or officer   of  the  fund  and  that  the  fund  has neglected or refused to make an   adjustment or payment thereof for thirty days after such presentment.2. Except in an action for wrongful death, an action against the  fund   for  damages  for  injuries  to  real  or  personal property, or for the   destruction thereof, or for personal  injuries,  alleged  to  have  been   sustained,  shall  not  be  commenced more than one year and ninety days   after the cause of action therefor shall  have  accrued,  nor  unless  a   notice of claim shall have been served on the fund within the time limit   established  by,  and  in  compliance  with  all requirements of section   fifty-e of the general municipal law. An action  against  the  fund  for   wrongful death shall be commenced in accordance with the notice of claim   and  time  limitation  provisions of title eleven of article nine of the   public authorities law.
NY Educ L § 379 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 8-A - State University Construction Fund 379 - Transfer of Jurisdiction to State University.

§ 379. Transfer  of  jurisdiction  to  state  university.  As  soon as   practicable after the completion of work, the fund shall make  available   to  the state university trustees for the purposes intended the academic   buildings,  dormitories  and  other  facilities  constructed,  acquired,   reconstructed,   rehabilitated   or   improved   under   this   article.   Responsibility for the maintenance  and  routine  repair  of  facilities   other  than  dormitories  and for the maintenance and upkeep of adjacent   real property shall remain in the fund after the completion of work  and   shall  be  transferred  from  the  fund to the state university trustees   pursuant to agreement between them, and upon such  transfer  all  right,   title  and  interest  of  the  fund  in such facilities shall terminate;   provided  that  in  the  case  of  facilities   constructed,   acquired,   reconstructed,  rehabilitated  or  improved solely out of appropriations   and grants  or  gifts  of  money,  such  responsibilities  shall  be  so   transferred  not  later  than  four months after the completion of work.   Prior to the transfer of such  responsibilities,  the  state  university   trustees  may  act as agent for the fund for the maintenance and routine   repair of such facilities and for the maintenance and upkeep of adjacent   real property. This section shall not apply when  the  state  university   construction fund acts as agent for a foundation or other not-for-profit   entity  created  by  or  for  the  state  university of New York or when   providing facilities or projects authorized  by  section  three  hundred   seventy-two-a of this article.
NY Educ L § 380 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 8-A - State University Construction Fund 380 - Tax Exemption of Moneys and Property of Fund.

§ 380. Tax  exemption  of moneys and property of fund.  The moneys and   property of the fund and its operations shall be exempt from taxation.
NY Educ L § 381 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 8-A - State University Construction Fund 381 - Cooperation and Assistance From Other State Agencies.

§ 381. Cooperation  and  assistance  from  other state agencies.   The   state education department, the state department of transportation,  the   dormitory  authority,  the state housing finance agency, the division of   the budget, the office of general services and all other state  agencies   shall  cooperate  with  and  assist  the  fund in the fulfillment of its   corporate purposes and in the exercise of  its  corporate  powers  under   this  article  and  may  render  such  services to the fund within their   respective functions as the fund may reasonably request.
NY Educ L § 382 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 8-A - State University Construction Fund 382 - Annual Report of Trustees.

§ 382. Annual  report  of  trustees.   1. The fund shall submit to the   governor, the regents, the state university trustees,  the  legislature,   the  chairs  of  the  senate finance committee and the assembly ways and   means committee, annually on or before January first, a full  report  of   its activities and operations through the thirtieth day of the preceding   September,   including  details  as  to  state  university  construction   projects in planning, in construction  and  completed,  the  performance   record  of  the  fund  in completing construction in accordance with the   desired completion dates and within the estimated costs  recommended  by   the  governor and approved by the legislature, the architects, engineers   and other private consultants engaged by the fund on  a  contract  basis   and  a  statement  of  the  total  amount  paid  and  yet to be paid, or   estimated yet to be paid, under such contract, the  letting  agency  and   successful  bidder  for  each  construction  project,  the  moneys  made   available for the  purposes  of  the  fund,  details  as  to  any  lease   agreements  executed  by  the fund and the annual rentals required to be   paid on account thereof, and  such  other  information  related  to  the   activities and operations of the fund as it may consider pertinent. Such   report shall also contain details as to all contracts which, pursuant to   section  three  hundred  seventy-six  of this chapter, have been entered   into  without  public  letting  where  an  emergency  condition  exists,   including  the nature of such emergency condition and the state-operated   institution at which the condition occurred.2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this  section,   on  or  before  November  fifteenth  of  each year, the state university   construction fund shall submit, and  thereafter  may  resubmit,  to  the   director  of  the  budget,  the  state  comptroller, the chairman of the   senate finance committee and the chairman of the assembly ways and means   committee a report setting forth the amounts,  if  any,  of  all  annual   rentals  and  other  payments  estimated to become due in the succeeding   state fiscal year to the dormitory authority from the fund  pursuant  to   any   leases,  subleases  or  other  agreements  between  the  dormitory   authority and the fund entered into on or  after  July  first,  nineteen   hundred eighty-eight, to provide state university educational facilities   for the state university of New York. Such report shall separately state   the  amount  of  income  earned on the investment of moneys in the state   university construction  fund  educational  facilities  payment  account   since the date of the last such report.
NY Educ L § 383 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 8-A - State University Construction Fund 383 - Article Not Affected if in Part Unconstitutional or Ineffective.

§ 383. Article   not   affected   if   in   part  unconstitutional  or   ineffective.  If any section, subdivision, paragraph,  sentence,  clause   or provision of this article shall be unconstitutional or be ineffective   in  whole  or  in part, to the extent that it is not unconstitutional or   ineffective, it shall be  valid  or  effective  and  no  other  section,   subdivision,  paragraph,  sentence, clause or provision shall on account   thereof be deemed invalid or ineffective.
NY Educ L § 384 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 8-A - State University Construction Fund 384 - Inconsistent Provisions of Other Acts Superseded.

§ 384. Inconsistent  provisions  of other acts superseded.  Insofar as   the provisions of this article are inconsistent with the  provisions  of   any  other act, general or special, the provisions of this article shall   be controlling.
NY Educ L § 391 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 8-B - State University Optional Retirement Program 391 - Optional Retirement Program Established.

§ 391. Optional  retirement  program established.   1. There is hereby   established an optional retirement program which shall provide  for  the   purchase  of contracts providing retirement and death benefits for or on   behalf of electing  employees.  Under  such  program  the  state  or  an   electing  employer  and  such  employees shall contribute, to the extent   authorized or required, towards the purchase of  such  contracts,  which   shall  be  issued  to,  and  become the property of, such employees. The   board of trustees of a community college may elect to offer the optional   retirement program to eligible employees of such college by  resolution,   which  shall  become effective upon approval of the local sponsor acting   through its  local  legislative  body  or  board  or  other  appropriate   governing agency.2.  The board shall designate the insurer or insurers to which payment   of such contributions may be made and shall approve the form and content   of such contracts. In making such designation and giving  such  approval   the  board  shall give due consideration to (i) the nature and extent of   the rights and benefits to be provided by such  contracts  for  electing   employees  and their beneficiaries, (ii) the relation of such rights and   benefits to the amount of contributions to be made under  this  article,   (iii)  the  suitability  of  such  rights  and benefits to the needs and   interests of electing employees and to the interests of state university   and of electing employers in the employment and  retention  of  eligible   employees,  and (iv) the authority and ability of the designated insurer   or insurers to provide rights and benefits under such contracts.3. The board is hereby authorized to provide for the administration of   such optional  retirement  program  and  to  perform  or  authorize  the   performance  of  such functions as may be necessary for such purposes in   accordance with this article.
NY Educ L § 394 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 8-B - State University Optional Retirement Program 394 - Survivor's Benefits.

§ 394. Survivor's  benefits.  In the case of the death of any electing   employee,  after  the  effective  date  of  this  election  and   before   retirement,  the value of the death benefits provided by the contract or   contracts purchased under  the  optional  retirement  program  which  is   attributable  to  the  state's  contribution as determined by the board,   shall be deemed to be an ordinary death benefit provided under a  public   pension plan within the meaning of section one hundred fifty-four of the   civil  service  law.   Notwithstanding the provisions of such section of   the civil service law, a survivors benefit payable thereunder on account   of the death of any electing employee  while  in  the  employ  of  state   university,  after  the  effective  date  of  such  election  and before   retirement,  including  an  employee  subject  to  the   provisions   of   subdivision three of section three hundred ninety-three of this article,   shall  be  paid  to  such  person or persons as such employee shall have   nominated to receive the death benefits  provided  by  the  contract  or   contracts purchased under the optional retirement program.  In the event   such   designated  beneficiary  or  beneficiaries  do  not  survive  the   employee, or if a beneficiary  was  not  so  designated,  the  survivors   benefit  shall  be paid to the deceased employee's estate or as provided   in section one hundred three-a of the decedent estate law.
NY Educ L § 395 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 8-B - State University Optional Retirement Program 395 - Social Security.

§ 395. Social  security.   Every electing employee shall have old-age,   survivors, and disability insurance coverage  provided  by  the  federal   social  security  act in accordance with the provisions of article three   of the retirement and social security law.
NY Educ L § 396 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 8-B - State University Optional Retirement Program 396 - Employer Not Liable for Payment of Benefits.

§ 396. Employer  not  liable  for  payment  of benefits.   Neither the   state, nor state university, nor any  electing  employer  or  its  local   sponsor  shall  be a party to any contract purchased in whole or in part   with  contributions  made  under   the   optional   retirement   program   established  and  administered pursuant to this article.  No retirement,   death, or other benefits shall be payable by  the  state,  or  by  state   university,  or by any electing employer or its local sponsor under such   optional retirement program.  Such benefits shall be  paid  to  electing   employees  or  their beneficiaries by the designated insurer or insurers   in accordance with the terms of their contracts.