Bill Text: NY S05575 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires the state university and the city university of New York to disclose the costs of providing for and those imposed for room and board on each campus.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-04-16 - referred to higher education [S05575 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S05575-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5575--B
            Cal. No. 243
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 17, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education -- recom-
          mitted to the Committee on Higher Education in accordance with  Senate
          Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to  said  committee  --  reported
          favorably  from  said  committee,  ordered to first and second report,
          ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered  reprinted,  retaining
          its place in the order of third reading
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to college room and board
          price disclosure
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 20 to read as follows:
     3    20. College room and board price disclosure.  The  board  of  trustees
     4  shall  direct  each  college president to disclose to the chancellor and
     5  the chairs of the senate and assembly higher education committees  annu-
     6  ally,  and SUNY Central Administration shall post on its website annual-
     7  ly, about:
     8    a. The competitive process for any dormitory facilities constructed on
     9  the campus;
    10    b. The actual cost for full construction of each dormitory facility on
    11  campus;
    12    c. The amount of students  housed  in  each  building  for  the  prior
    13  academic year;
    14    d.  The amount charged for room and board per student in the past five
    15  academic years;
    16    e. How many years students are required to live in campus housing,  if
    17  applicable;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    f.  The  breakdown  of  how  the cost charged to students for room and
     2  board is spent for maintenance, utility costs and other costs associated
     3  with maintenance of the facilities, if any;
     4    g.  The student capacity for different dormitory rooms, the justifica-
     5  tion for putting more students than the allocated capacity per dormitory
     6  room, and if a student receives a discount if put in a  room  above  the
     7  allocated capacity, if any;
     8    h.  The  lowest projected cost per student for room and board fees per
     9  year; and
    10    i. Justification for any increases for  the  upcoming  academic  year,
    11  including but not limited to:
    12            (1) Rising utility costs; and
    13            (2) Costs of repair.
    14    §  2.  Section  6206  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
    15  subdivision 20 to read as follows:
    16    20. College room and board price disclosure.  The  board  of  trustees
    17  shall  direct  each  college president to disclose to the chancellor and
    18  the chairs of the senate and assembly higher education committees  annu-
    19  ally,  and CUNY Central Administration shall post on its website annual-
    20  ly, about:
    21    a. The competitive process for any dormitory facilities constructed on
    22  the campus;
    23    b. The actual costs for full construction of each  dormitory  facility
    24  on campus;
    25    c.  The  amount  of  students  housed  in  each building for the prior
    26  academic year;
    27    d. The amount charged for room and board per student in the past  five
    28  academic years;
    29    e.  How many years students are required to live in campus housing, if
    30  applicable;
    31    f. The breakdown of how the cost charged  to  students  for  room  and
    32  board is spent for maintenance, utility costs and other costs associated
    33  with maintenance of the facilities, if any;
    34    g.  The student capacity for different dormitory rooms, the justifica-
    35  tion for putting more students than the allocated capacity per dormitory
    36  room, and if a student receives a discount if put in a  room  above  the
    37  allocated capacity, if any;
    38    h.  The  lowest projected cost per student for room and board fees per
    39  year; and
    40    i. Justification for any increases for  the  upcoming  academic  year,
    41  including but not limited to:
    42            (1) Rising utility costs; and
    43            (2) Costs of repair.
    44    §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, the
    45  annual report required pursuant to sections one  and  two  of  this  act
    46  shall  be furnished on September 1, 2019, and every subsequent September
    47  first, thereafter.