2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 1 - General Provisions › Article 5 - University of the State of New York › Part 1 - General Organization › 237 - Regents Plan for Higher Education Including Approved Plans of State University and City University of New York and Plans of Independent Institutions of Higher Education.

§ 237. Regents  plan  for higher education including approved plans of
state  university  and  city  university  of  New  York  and  plans   of
independent  institutions  of higher education. 1. Purposes of planning.
Master planning for higher education in New York State should:
a. Define and differentiate the  missions  and  objectives  of  higher
education.
b.  Identify the needs, problems, societal conditions and interests of
the citizens of the state of  New  York  to  which  programs  of  higher
education may most appropriately be addressed.
c.   Define   and   differentiate   the  missions  and  objectives  of
institutions of higher education.
d. Develop programs to meet the needs, solve the problems, affect  the
conditions and respond to the public's interests by:
(1) Setting goals.
(2) Describing the time required to meet those goals.
(3) Identifying the resources needed to achieve the goals.
(4) Establishing priorities.
e.  Be in sufficient detail to enable all participants in the planning
process, representatives of the people and the  citizens  themselves  to
evaluate the needs, objectives, program proposals, priorities, costs and
results of higher education.
f. Optimize the use of resources.
g. Evaluate program effectiveness.
2.  The  regents  shall,  on  or  before the twenty-fifth day of April
nineteen hundred seventy-one and each fourth  year  thereafter,  request
the state university trustees, the board of higher education of the city
of  New  York,  and  all  independent higher educational institutions to
submit long-range master plans for their development. Such request shall
specify the nature of the information, plans and recommendations  to  be
submitted, shall describe statewide needs, problems, societal conditions
and  interests of the citizens and discuss their priorities, and provide
appropriate information which may be useful in the formulation  of  such
plans.
3.  The regents shall, once every four years, review the proposed plan
and recommendations required to be submitted  by  the  state  university
trustees  pursuant  to section three hundred fifty-four of this chapter,
the proposed plan and recommendations of the board of  higher  education
in  the  city  of  New York required to be submitted pursuant to section
sixty-two hundred two of this chapter,  and  the  plans  of  independent
institutions  of  higher  education and, upon approval by the regents of
the plans submitted by the state university trustees and  the  board  of
higher  education,  they  shall  be  incorporated into a regents plan or
general revision thereof for the development of higher education in  the
state.  Such  regents  plan  shall  include the plan and recommendations
proposed  by  the  state  university   trustees   and   the   plan   and
recommendations proposed by the board of higher education in the city of
New  York  and  may  include  plans  with  respect  to other matters not
comprehended within  the  plan  of  the  state  and  city  universities,
including  but  not  limited  to  improving institutional management and
resources, instruction and guidance programs,  financial  assistance  to
students  and extension of educational opportunities. In determining the
need for additional educational facilities in  a  particular  area,  the
plans  and  facilities  of  existing public and independent institutions
shall  be  fully  evaluated.  Such  statewide  plan  shall  include  for
information  purposes  a summary of all recommendations appearing in the
prior statewide plan and  subsequent  amendments  thereof  containing  a
brief  statement of action taken and progress toward achievement of each
such recommendation.
4. During the calendar  year  nineteen  hundred  sixty-four  and  each
fourth   year  thereafter  the  regents  shall  evaluate  all  available
information with respect to the  plans  and  facilities  of  independent
institutions  and  shall  review  and  act  upon  the  proposed plan and
recommendations  of  the state university trustees and upon the proposed
plan and recommendations of the board of higher education in the city of
New York and incorporate such information, recommendations and  each  of
the  component  plans  so  acted  upon  into a tentative regents plan or
general revision thereof for the development of higher education in  the
state.  Copies  of  such  tentative  regents  plan  or  general revision
thereof, as the case may be, shall be made available to the trustees  of
the  state  university, the board of higher education in the city of New
York and the governing  boards  of  all  other  institutions  of  higher
education  admitted  to  the  university  of  the  state  of  New  York.
Thereafter, after giving due notice, the regents shall  conduct  one  or
more  hearings  on  such  tentative  regents  plan  or  general revision
thereof.
5. The regents shall transmit their plan or general  revision  thereof
for the development of higher education in the state to the governor and
the legislature on or before the first day of November, nineteen hundred
sixty-four  and each fourth year thereafter. The governor may disapprove
or conditionally approve any  part  of  the  plan  or  general  revision
thereof after notifying the regents of such disagreements at least sixty
days  prior  to  such  action  during  which  time they may revise their
recommendations relating to such items and request the governor to adopt
such revised recommendations in  lieu  of  such  action.  Such  plan  or
general  revision  thereof  or  so much thereof as shall be approved and
upon such terms and conditions as the governor may impose, shall  become
effective upon such approval by the governor.
6. Any modification recommended by the state university trustees or by
the  board  of  higher  education  in  the  city  of  New  York to their
respective  plans,  theretofore  formulated  and  approved  pursuant  to
section  three  hundred  fifty-four  or section sixty-two hundred two of
this chapter shall be reviewed by the regents who may hold one  or  more
hearings  thereon  after  giving  due notice thereof. As approved by the
regents, such modification shall be made a part of the respective  plans
of  the  state university and of the city university and shall, together
with any modifications the regents may make to  that  portion  of  their
plan   for  the  development  of  higher  education  in  the  state  not
comprehended in the  plans  of  the  state  and  city  universities,  be
transmitted to the governor and the legislature, all of which shall then
become  effective  upon approval by the governor as modifications of the
regents  plan.  By  the  first  day  of  November  in  nineteen  hundred
seventy-four and each fourth year thereafter the regents shall summarize
and  report  to  the governor and the legislature any modifications made
pursuant to  this  subdivision  and  shall  include  in  such  report  a
statement  on  the  progress  made  in implementing the regents plan and
their general recommendations with respect to higher education.
7.  An  advisory  council  on  higher  education  consisting  of   the
chancellor  of  the  state university of New York, the chancellor of the
city university of New York, and a representative of the  commission  on
independent   colleges   and  universities  shall  be  convened  by  the
commissioner  of  education  and  shall  advise  the  regents  and   the
commissioner on all phases of planning.