Bill Text: NY A06037 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the college of renewable energy and sustainability in the city university of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to higher education [A06037 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A06037-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6037

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      March 4, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. ANDERSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Higher Education

        AN  ACT  to establish the college of renewable energy and sustainability
          in the city university of New York

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  (a)  The  trustees of the city university of New York are
     2  hereby authorized and directed  to  immediately  take  all  actions,  in
     3  conjunction  with  the chancellor of the city university of New York, to
     4  create and establish within the city university of New York system,  and
     5  subject  to  the  jurisdiction  of  such board of trustees, a college of
     6  renewable energy and sustainability to be located near the JFK  Interna-
     7  tional Airport in Jamaica, borough of Queens.
     8    (b)  Such  board of trustees shall select the location of such college
     9  within Jamaica and provide for such college to be an accessible, afford-
    10  able, competitive, four-year, bachelor's level, degree-granting  college
    11  of the city university.
    12    (c) The purpose of this college of renewable energy and sustainability
    13  shall  be  to  offer  majors  to be determined by such board of trustees
    14  relating to the field of renewable energy and sustainability.
    15    (d) Such board of trustees shall establish  standards  and  promulgate
    16  any  necessary  rules  and  regulations  for  the  establishment of such
    17  college pursuant to article one hundred  twenty-five  of  the  education
    18  law.
    19    §  2.  The chancellor of the city university of New York shall set the
    20  curriculum and the academic policies for such college  as  described  in
    21  section one of this act.
    22    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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