2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 7 - State and City Colleges and Institutions-Cornell University › Article 130 - Arthur O. Eve Opportunity for Higher Education › 6452 - Arthur O. Eve Opportunity for Higher Education; State University of New York and City University of New York.

§ 6452.   Arthur  O.  Eve  opportunity  for  higher  education;  state
university of New York and city university of New York.  1.  To  provide
additional  educational  opportunity at the state university of New York
and the city university of New York,  such  institutions  shall  provide
special  programs  for  the screening, testing, counseling, and tutoring
of, and assistance to, residents of the state who are, (1) graduates  of
an  approved  high  school  or  individuals who have attained a New York
state high school equivalency diploma or its equivalent,  as  determined
by   the  commissioner,  (2)  who  have  potential  for  the  successful
completion of a post secondary program, and  (3)  are  economically  and
educationally disadvantaged.
2.  Such  universities  shall  each  formulate  a general plan for the
organization, development, co-ordination and operation of such a program
within the amounts made available therefor by law.  Such  a  plan  shall
include:
a.  Definition of eligibility, provided, however, except for requiring
residence in the state or in the city of New York in the case  of  those
programs provided by the city university of New York, no such definition
shall include either by its terms or in its application, any criteria or
standard which determines eligibility based in whole or in part upon the
geographical locality in which a student or prospective student resides,
b. Procedures for the selection of students from among the eligibles,
c.  Description  of  the  contents  of such proposed program including
counseling, tutoring and skill development,
d. Estimated costs,
e. Objectives including co-ordination with the university's long range
plan,
f. Extent of other funds and resources to be utilized  in  support  of
the program,
g. Procedures for the evaluation of student progress, and
h. Periodic reports.
3.  The  general  plan shall be transmitted to the board of regents at
such time as the regents shall by  rule  require.  Such  plan  shall  be
reviewed  by  the regents and shall guide and determine the operation of
such programs at such universities.
4. a. Moneys made available to  such  universities  pursuant  to  this
section shall be spent only for the following purposes:
(i) Special testing, counseling and guidance services in the course of
screening potential students,
(ii)  Remedial  courses,  developmental  and  compensatory courses and
summer classes for such students,
(iii) Special tutoring, counseling and guidance services for  enrolled
students,
(iv) Central services including evaluation and administrative costs,
(v) Any necessary supplemental financial assistance, which may include
the cost of books and necessary maintenance for such students, including
students  without  lawful  immigration  status 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;  provided,  however,
that  such supplemental financial assistance shall be furnished pursuant
to criteria promulgated by such universities and approved by the regents
and the director of the budget.
b. No funds pursuant to  this  section  shall  be  made  available  to
support  the  regular academic programs of any institution participating
in this program, nor shall funds be  provided  for  programs  which  are
incompatible  with the regents plan for the expansion and development of
higher education in the state.
5. a. The trustees  of  the  state  university  and  board  of  higher
education in the city of New York shall each furnish to the regents, the
director of the budget, the chairman of the senate finance committee and
the  chairman  of  the  assembly  ways  and  means  committee,  at least
annually,  a  report  in  such  form,  at  such time and containing such
information as the regents and the director of the budget  may  require,
of the operations of such programs. The report shall include:
(i) A statement of the objectives of the program at the institution,
(ii) A description of the program,
(iii)  The budgetary expenditures for such program, separately stating
academic credit instructional costs, other instructional costs, tutoring
costs, remediation, counseling, supplemental  financial  assistance  and
central services, including evaluation and administrative costs,
(iv)  The  extent of other funds and resources used in support of such
program and their sources,
(v) The progress of students,
(vi) The extent and nature of the responsibility exercised  over  such
program by such trustees and such board,
(vii)  The extent and nature of supervision and control exercised over
such  program  by  the  administrative  officials  of  the   constituent
institutions in such universities,
(viii)  A  certification  by  such  trustees  and  such board that the
academic committees of the constituent institutions of such universities
and their faculty committees have reviewed  and  approved  the  academic
content  of  the courses offered for academic credit in such program and
the amount of academic credit granted therefor and that the registration
requirements of the regents and the commissioner  have  been  met  where
applicable.
b. The regents shall review such report and forward the same, together
with  their  comments  and  recommendations  to  the  governor  and  the
legislature, on or before December first next following the close of the
state's fiscal year.