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NY Educ L § 212 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 1 - General Organization 212 - Fees.

§ 212. Fees.  The  department  shall charge the following fees: 1. For   the issuance of a qualifying certificate for admission to a professional   school as required by or pursuant to law, five dollars.2. For admission to a special examination  in  English  authorized  or   required  by  or  pursuant  to  law as a pre-requisite to admission to a   professional school or to an examination for a license to engage  in  or   practice a profession, ten dollars.3.  For  other  certifications  or  permits  for  which  fees  are not   otherwise provided, fees as fixed by regulations of the department.4. For the issuance of a replacement license, ten dollars.5. For the replacement of a biennial  registration  certificate  which   has  been  lost  or  destroyed, or for the issuance of each registration   certificate for more than one office, five dollars.6. For a detailed certification of licensure record at the request  of   an individual, ten dollars.7.  For services and expenses incurred by the department in conducting   evaluations, processing complaints or  performing  other  administrative   functions  related  to  the  review of post-secondary distance education   conducted  by  out-of-state  institutions  seeking  approval  to   offer   distance  education to students in New York state who do not participate   in an interstate reciprocity agreement pursuant to section  two  hundred   ten-c of this chapter.
NY Educ L § 212-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 1 - General Organization 212-A - Return of Deposits for Professional and Graduate Schools.

§ 212-a. Return  of  deposits  for  professional and graduate schools.   Any person who makes a deposit on tuition to a professional or  graduate   school  for  the  fall semester next following the making of the deposit   and who demands return of the deposit in  writing  by  the  April  first   previous  to  such fall semester shall be entitled to the return of such   deposit within thirty days of receipt of such demand by the school,  and   such  professional  or  graduate  school shall return the deposit within   thirty days.
NY Educ L § 212-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 1 - General Organization 212-B - Return of Tuition for Colleges, Universities, Professional, Proprietary and Graduate Schools.

§ 212-b. Return  of  tuition for colleges, universities, professional,   proprietary and graduate schools. Any  person  who  pays  tuition  to  a   college,  university,  professional,  proprietary or graduate school and   who demands its refund in writing before the thirtieth  day  before  the   commencement  of  the  term  for  which  the  tuition  was paid shall be   entitled to one hundred percent reimbursement  of  such  tuition  within   sixty  days  of  receipt  of  such  demand  by  the college, university,   professional, proprietary or graduate school; provided, however, that no   deposit on tuition payable upon acceptance  shall  be  governed  by  the   provisions  of  this  section.  The provisions of this section shall not   apply if a college, university, professional,  proprietary  or  graduate   school  enters into a nonrevokable contract for special or extraordinary   instructional services after receipt of tuition and in reliance  of  the   prospective attendance of the person paying such tuition so long as such   person was given notice before paying tuition that such a contract would   be entered into.A  violator  of  the  provisions of this section shall be liable for a   civil penalty not to exceed ten percent of the amount of  tuition  which   was not refunded as herein provided.
NY Educ L § 212-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 1 - General Organization 212-C - Teacher Accreditation Review Fees.

§ 212-c. Teacher accreditation review fees. The costs of accreditation   reviews  of teacher education programs shall be borne by the institution   seeking accreditation by the board of regents.  The  commissioner  shall   establish  and  charge  fees  to  cover  the  costs of the accreditation   visits, any other related visits the commissioner may  determine  to  be   necessary,  and  related  expenses. Fees collected shall be deposited to   the credit of the teacher education accreditation account and  disbursed   pursuant  to  section  ninety-nine-h  of  the  state  finance  law.  The   commissioner shall be authorized to  adopt  any  regulations  needed  to   implement the provisions of this section.
NY Educ L § 214 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 1 - General Organization 214 - Institutions in the University.

§ 214. Institutions  in  the  university.    The  institutions  of the   university  shall  include  all   secondary   and   higher   educational   institutions  which  are  now  or  may hereafter be incorporated in this   state,  and  such  other  libraries,  museums,  institutions,   schools,   organizations  and  agencies  for  education  as  may  be admitted to or   incorporated by the university.   The  regents  may  exclude  from  such   membership  any  institution failing to comply with law or with any rule   of the university.
NY Educ L § 215 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 1 - General Organization 215 - Visitation and Reports.

§ 215.   Visitation  and reports.  The regents, or the commissioner of   education,  or  their  representatives,  may  visit,  examine  into  and   inspect, any institution in the university and any school or institution   under  the  educational  supervision  of  the state, and may require, as   often  as  desired,  duly  verified  reports   therefrom   giving   such   information  and  in  such  form  as  the regents or the commissioner of   education shall prescribe.  For refusal or continued neglect on the part   of any institution in the university to make any report required, or for   violation of any law or any rule of  the  university,  the  regents  may   suspend  the  charter  or  any  of  the  rights  and  privileges of such   institution.
NY Educ L § 215-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 1 - General Organization 215-A - Annual Report by Regents to Governor and Legislature.

§ 215-a. Annual report by regents to governor and legislature.  1. The   regents  of  the  university  of the state of New York shall prepare and   submit to the governor, the temporary president of the senate,  and  the   speaker  of  the  assembly,  not  later  than  the first day of January,   nineteen hundred  eighty-nine,  nineteen  hundred  ninety  and  nineteen   hundred  ninety-one  and  the  fifteenth  day  of  February of each year   thereafter, a report concerning the schools of the state which shall set   forth with respect to the  preceding  school  year:  enrollment  trends;   indicators  of  student  achievement  in  reading, writing, mathematics,   science and  vocational  courses;  graduation,  college  attendance  and   employment  rates;  such  other indicators of student performance as the   regents   shall   determine;   information   concerning   teacher    and   administrator    preparation,   turnover,   in-service   education   and   performance; information  concerning  school  library  expenditures  and   school  library  media  specialist  employment; expenditure per pupil on   regular education and expenditure per pupil  on  special  education  and   such  other  information  as  requested  by  the governor, the temporary   president of the senate, or the speaker of the assembly. To  the  extent   practicable, all such information shall be displayed on both a statewide   and individual district basis and by racial/ethnic group and gender. The   regents   are   authorized   to  require  school  districts,  boards  of   cooperative educational services and nonpublic schools to  provide  such   information  as  is  necessary  to  prepare the report. In preparing the   report,  the  regents  shall  consult  with  other  interested  parties,   including  local  school districts, teachers' and faculty organizations,   school administrators, parents and students.2. The annual report shall specifically identify school districts  (i)   having  fifteen  percent or more of their students in special education;   or (ii) having fifty percent or more of their students with disabilities   in special education programs or services sixty percent or more  of  the   school  day  in  a  general  education  building;  or (iii) having eight   percent or more of their students with disabilities in special education   programs in public or private separate educational settings. Such report   shall also present each district's percent and the statewide percent for   each such measure.
NY Educ L § 215-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 1 - General Organization 215-B - Annual Report by Commissioner to Governor and Legislature.

§ 215-b. Annual  report  by  commissioner to governor and legislature.   The commissioner shall prepare and submit to the governor, the president   pro tem of the senate and the speaker of the  assembly  not  later  than   January  first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-six  and  by the first day of   January in each year thereafter, a report detailing  the  financial  and   statistical outcomes of boards of cooperative educational services which   shall,  at minimum, set forth with respect to the preceding school year:   tuition costs for selected programs; standard per pupil cost information   for selected services as determined by the commissioner;  and  aggregate   expenditure   data   for   the   following  categories:  administration,   instructional services, career education, special  education,  rent  and   facilities  and  other  services;  and  such other information as deemed   appropriate by the commissioner. The format for  such  report  shall  be   developed  in  consultation  with  school  district  officials  and  the   director of the budget. Such report will include changes from  the  year   prior  to  the  report  year  for  each  such  item  for  all  boards of   cooperative educational services.  Such report shall be  distributed  to   all  school districts and boards of cooperative educational services and   shall be made available to all other interested parties upon request.
NY Educ L § 215-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 1 - General Organization 215-C - Promoting Cost-Effectiveness in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools.

§   215-c.  Promoting  cost-effectiveness  in  public  elementary  and secondary schools.  1. Definitions. For the purposes  of  this  section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:  (a)  "cost-effectiveness"  shall  mean  one  or  more  measures of the efficient  use  of  school  district  resources   relative   to   school performance   in   accordance   with  state  educational  standards,  as determined by the department.  (b) "cost-effective practices" shall mean those practices  which  most efficiently use limited resources to produce a particular outcome or set of outcomes in accordance with state educational standards.  (c) "board" shall mean the board of regents of the state of New York.   2.  The  board and the commissioner shall wherever practicable promote cost-effectiveness and cost-effective practices in the public elementary and secondary schools and boards of cooperative educational services  of the  state.  As  part of the effort pursuant to this section, by January first, nineteen hundred ninety-eight and  periodically  thereafter,  the commissioner  shall  (a) identify current structures, policies, laws and regulations  which  hinder  cost-effectiveness  in  schools  and  school districts;  (b)  identify  cost-effective districts by determining which schools or school districts have demonstrated significant achievement or improvement relative to resource allocation in  such  areas  as  student performance,  instruction,  management,  business  administration, early childhood education and such other areas as the board deems appropriate; (c) identify cost-effective action,  policies,  practices  and  programs which  may be successfully replicated in other school districts; and (d) recommend or, to the extent feasible,  develop  specific  cost-effective ways  in  which  to encourage, recognize and reward academic improvement and success in school  districts,  and  remove  existing  penalties  and fiscal disincentives to such improvement or success.   3. The commissioner shall consult with school district administrators, district  superintendents  and  superintendents  of  schools,  teachers, school board members, parents, students, non-pedagogical school  support personnel,  representatives  from  post-secondary institutions and other pertinent groups and individuals in determining cost-effective  programs pursuant to subdivision two of this section.   4.  The  commissioner shall disseminate information to school district administrators, school board members and other interested parties on how cost-effective practices can be used and applied  in  school  districts, individual  schools  and the classroom. Such information shall include a summary of exemplary cost-effective  practices  among  school  districts receiving  apportionments pursuant to subparagraph one of paragraph h of subdivision fourteen of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter.
NY Educ L § 215-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 1 - General Organization 215-D - State University of New York Report on Economic Development Activities.

§  215-d.  State university of New York report on economic development   activities. The chancellor of the state university  of  New  York  shall   report  to  the  governor  and  to the legislature, on or before January   first,  two  thousand  fifteen,  on  economic   development   activities   undertaken  by  the  state  university  of  New  York. Such report shall   include, but not be  limited  to,  expenditures  of  capital  funds  for   economic   development   activities   received  from  the  empire  state   development corporation, SUNY 2020  challenge  grant  projects,  capital   expenditures  from  other  sources,  and  activities  for the purpose of   securing START-UP NY approval.
NY Educ L § 216 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 1 - General Organization 216 - Charters.

§  216.  Charters.  Under  such  name, with such number of trustees or   other managers, and with such powers, privileges and duties, and subject   to such limitations and restrictions in all respects as the regents  may   prescribe  in  conformity to law, they may, by an instrument under their   seal and recorded in their office, incorporate any university,  college,   academy,  library,  museum,  or other institution or association for the   promotion of science, literature, art, history or  other  department  of   knowledge,  or  of  education  in  any  way,  associations  of teachers,   students, graduates of educational institutions, and other  associations   whose  approved  purposes  are,  in  whole or in part, of educational or   cultural value deemed worthy of recognition  and  encouragement  by  the   university.  No  school;  college;  university or other entity providing   post secondary education; library; or museum or historical society shall   be incorporated under the business corporation law,  the  not-for-profit   corporation  law,  or  any  other general law without the consent of the   commissioner or, in the case of a college  or  university,  without  the   written  authorization of the Regents. Any other entity incorporated for   educational purposes may be formed under the business corporation law or   the  not-for-profit  corporation  law  without  the   consent   of   the   commissioner,  provided  that  such institution or association submits a   certified copy of the certificate of incorporation to  the  commissioner   within  thirty days after the corporation receives confirmation from the   department of state that the certificate has been accepted for filing.No individual, association, partnership, company  or  corporation  not   authorized  by  special charter from the legislature of this state or by   charter from the  regents  to  operate  a  museum,  or  arboretum  shall   knowingly  use, advertise or transact business under the names "museum,"   or "arboretum," or any name, title or descriptive material indicating or   tending to imply that said individual, association, partnership, company   or corporation conducts, carries on, or is such a business  when  it  is   not, or that it is authorized to operate as such, unless the right to do   so  has  been granted by the regents or the commissioner in writing. Any   violation of this paragraph shall be a misdemeanor. Notwithstanding  any   other   provision   of   this   section,   an  individual,  association,   partnership, company or corporation doing business  under  any  of  such   names  on  the effective date of this paragraph may come into compliance   with  this  paragraph  by  obtaining  consent  of  the  regents  or  the   commissioner within one year of such effective date.
NY Educ L § 216-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 1 - General Organization 216-B - Private Foundations, as Defined in the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1954: Provisions Included in the Charter.

§ 216-b. Private foundations, as defined in the United States internal   revenue code of 1954: provisions included in the charter.1.  The  following  provisions  are  hereby  included  in the charter,   heretofore or hereafter granted under this chapter,  to  incorporate  an   institution  or  association (chartered organization) which is a private   foundation as defined in section  509  of  the  United  States  internal   revenue code of 1954 ("Code").a.  The  chartered organization shall distribute such amounts for each   taxable year at such time and in such  manner  as  not  to  subject  the   chartered organization to tax on undistributed income under section 4942   of the code.b.  The  chartered  organization  shall  not  engage  in  any  act  of   self-dealing which is subject to tax under section 4941 of the code.c. The chartered organization shall not  retain  any  excess  business   holdings which are subject to tax under section 4943 of the code.d.  The  chartered organization shall not make any investments in such   manner as to subject the corporation to tax under section  4944  of  the   code.e.  The chartered organization shall not make any taxable expenditures   which are subject to tax under section  4945  of  the  code.  Except  as   provided  in  subdivision  two, this subdivision applies notwithstanding   any other provision of the charter or any direction in an instrument  by   which assets were transferred to the chartered organization.2.  Subdivision 1 shall not apply to the extent that it conflicts with   any  mandatory  direction  in  an  instrument  by  which   assets   were   transferred to the chartered organization prior to the effective date of   this   section   unless   such   conflicting  direction  is  removed  as   impracticable under article eight of the estates, powers and trusts  law   or  in  any  other  manner  provided  by  law. The absence of a specific   provision in such an instrument for the current use of the principal  of   the  fund,  or  the presence in such an instrument of a provision, as to   the principal of the  fund,  limited  to  the  principal's  being  held,   invested and reinvested, is not such a conflicting mandatory direction.3.  All references in this section to sections of the code shall be to   sections as amended from time to time, or to corresponding provisions of   subsequent internal revenue laws.4. Nothing in this section shall impair the rights and powers  of  the   courts or the attorney-general of this state.
NY Educ L § 217 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 1 - General Organization 217 - Provisional Charters.

§ 217. Provisional  charters.  On evidence satisfactory to the regents   that the conditions for  an  absolute  charter  will  be  met  within  a   prescribed  time,  they  may  grant a provisional charter which shall be   replaced by an absolute charter when the conditions have been fully met;   otherwise, after the specified time, on notice from the regents to  this   effect,  the  provisional  charter  shall  terminate and become void and   shall be surrendered to the regents.  No such provisional charter  shall   give power to confer degrees.
NY Educ L § 218 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 5 - University of the State of New York Part 1 - General Organization 218 - Conditions of Incorporation.

§ 218. Conditions  of incorporation.  1. No institution shall be given   power to confer baccalaureate or higher degrees in this state unless  it   shall  have  financial  resources which, in the judgment of the regents,   are adequate to insure satisfactory conduct of its  degree  program  and   achievement  of  its  stated  educational  goals; and no institution for   higher education  shall  be  incorporated  without  suitable  provision,   approved  by  the  regents,  for educational resources and programs.  No   institution shall  institute  or  have  any  faculty  or  department  of   education  in  any  place  or  be  given  power to confer any degree not   specifically authorized by its charter; and no corporation shall,  under   authority   of   any   general  act,  extend  its  business  to  include   establishing or carrying on any educational institution or work, without   the consent of the board of regents.2. No institution shall be given power to confer associate degrees  in   this  state  unless  it  shall possess financial resources which, in the   judgment of the regents, are adequate to insure satisfactory conduct  of   its degree programs and achievement of its stated educational goals.