New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter V - State University of New York › Subchapter D - Code of Standards and Procedures for the Administration and Operation of Community Colleges under the Program of State University of New York › Part 602 - College Finance and Business Operations (college Operating Fund) › Section 602.5 - State aid for noncredit remedial programs

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Noncredit remedial programs operated by
				  community colleges can be included for State aid if the sponsor contributes its
				  share of operating costs and each program meets the following criterion:
				  Instruction concerned with diagnosing, correcting or improving such basic
				  skills as oral and written communications, reading, analytical concepts and
				  general study habits and patterns, to overcome in part or in whole any
				  particular marked deficiency which interferes with a student's ability to
				  pursue an educational objective effectively. State financial assistance shall
				  be allowed for all noncredit remedial programs, which programs may, as a
				  prerequisite to enrollment, require specific educational requirements
				  heretofore or presently undertaken by community colleges.
(b) Fees for noncredit courses shall not
				  exceed the tuition for credit-bearing courses having an equivalent number of
				  credit hours.
(c) The following
				  courses are specifically not eligible for State aid: avocational, recreational,
				  and social group courses.
(d) The
				  local operating budget shall indicate whether such noncredit courses are
				  offered. Additional procedures for periodic review of all noncredit courses to
				  determine eligibility for State aid shall be in accord with guidelines
				  developed and issued by the chancellor or designee.
(e) All courses and programs not eligible for
				  State aid shall be in the aggregate self- sustaining. The revenues collectively
				  received for such courses and programs must be adequate to cover the direct
				  costs of all the courses and programs including faculty salaries and fringe
				  benefits, the costs of supplies and materials consumed in the courses and
				  programs, the costs of equipment used only for the programs and other expenses
				  directly incurred by the courses and programs. Each individual course or
				  program need not be operated on a self-sustaining basis.
(f) Fees for noncredit courses which are not
				  eligible for State aid and which have no practical credit equivalency shall be
				  determined by policy of the local trustees or their designee.
(g) In order to receive State financial
				  assistance for noncredit courses, each community college must submit to the
				  chancellor, or designee, a request for funding which, at a minimum, shall
				  contain the name of any co-sponsoring institutional group or agency, a
				  description of the college's control of operation of the course in the areas of
				  fiscal administration, selection of faculty and course development, a
				  description of the course or program to be offered, the major purpose of the
				  course or program as it relates to the mission of the college, the projected
				  full-time equivalent student or headcount enrollment of the proposed course or
				  program, and such other data as required by the chancellor, or designee, on
				  forms designated for this purpose.
(h) Each community college shall maintain a
				  record of costs and revenues, and other descriptive data in accordance with
				  guidelines issued by the chancellor, or designee, for its total noncredit
				  program in order to be eligible for State financial assistance for such
				  courses. Each community college shall submit such records to the chancellor, or
				  designee, at the time and in the manner established by the chancellor, or
				  designee.