Bill Text: NY S02004 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the college of renewable energy and sustainability in the city university of New York which shall offer majors relating to the field of renewable energy and sustainability.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S02004 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S02004-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2004 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 18, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee 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. LBD01731-01-3