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                                   6536
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 13, 2023
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 Introduced by M. of A. KELLES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to requiring SUNY and
   CUNY campuses to hire energy  management,  materials  management,  and
   sustainability education and engagement employees

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 22 to read as follows:
   22. THE STATE UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES SHALL ADOPT A POLICY REQUIRING  THAT
 EACH COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, EXCLUD-
 ING  COMMUNITY  COLLEGES, SHALL EMPLOY STAFF AS FOLLOWS IN THE FOLLOWING
 FUNCTIONAL AREAS:
   A. FOR CAMPUSES WITH LESS THAN FOUR THOUSAND STUDENTS AND  THE  EMPIRE
 STATE  COLLEGE,  ONE FULL-TIME ENERGY MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE, ONE FULL-TIME
 MATERIALS (WASTE) MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE, AND ONE FULL-TIME  SUSTAINABILITY
 EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT EMPLOYEE;
   B.  FOR  CAMPUSES WITH BETWEEN FOUR THOUSAND STUDENTS AND ELEVEN THOU-
 SAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE STUDENTS, ONE FULL-TIME AND ONE  HALF-TIME
 ENERGY  MANAGEMENT  EMPLOYEE,  ONE FULL-TIME AND ONE HALF-TIME MATERIALS
 (WASTE)  MANAGEMENT  EMPLOYEE,  AND  ONE  FULL-TIME  AND  ONE  HALF-TIME
 SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT EMPLOYEE;
   C.  FOR CAMPUSES WITH BETWEEN TWELVE THOUSAND STUDENTS AND TWENTY-FOUR
 THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE STUDENTS, TWO FULL-TIME ENERGY MANAGE-
 MENT EMPLOYEES, TWO FULL-TIME MATERIALS  (WASTE)  MANAGEMENT  EMPLOYEES,
 AND TWO FULL-TIME SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT EMPLOYEES; AND
   D.  FOR CAMPUSES WITH TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND OR MORE STUDENTS, TWO FULL-
 TIME AND ONE HALF-TIME ENERGY MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES,  TWO  FULL-TIME  AND
 ONE  HALF-TIME MATERIALS (WASTE) MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES, AND TWO FULL-TIME
 AND ONE HALF-TIME SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT EMPLOYEES.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   § 2. Section 6206 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 22 to read as follows:
   22.  THE  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES SHALL ADOPT A POLICY REQUIRING THAT EACH
 INSTITUTION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK  SHALL  EMPLOY  STAFF  AS
 FOLLOWS IN THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONAL AREAS:
   A.  FOR  CAMPUSES WITH LESS THAN FOUR THOUSAND STUDENTS, ONE FULL-TIME
 ENERGY MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE, ONE FULL-TIME MATERIALS  (WASTE)  MANAGEMENT
 EMPLOYEE,  AND  ONE  FULL-TIME  SUSTAINABILITY  EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT
 EMPLOYEE;
   B. FOR CAMPUSES WITH BETWEEN FOUR THOUSAND STUDENTS AND  ELEVEN  THOU-
 SAND  NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE STUDENTS, ONE FULL-TIME ENERGY MANAGEMENT
 EMPLOYEE AND ONE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE ASSIGNED AT LEAST FIFTY  PERCENT  TO
 ENERGY  MANAGEMENT,  ONE FULL-TIME MATERIALS (WASTE) MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE
 AND ONE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE ASSIGNED AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT TO  MATERIALS
 (WASTE)  MANAGEMENT,  AND  ONE  FULL-TIME  SUSTAINABILITY  EDUCATION AND
 ENGAGEMENT EMPLOYEE AND ONE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE ASSIGNED AT  LEAST  FIFTY
 PERCENT TO SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT;
   C.  FOR CAMPUSES WITH BETWEEN TWELVE THOUSAND STUDENTS AND TWENTY-FOUR
 THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE STUDENTS, TWO FULL-TIME ENERGY MANAGE-
 MENT EMPLOYEES, TWO FULL-TIME MATERIALS  (WASTE)  MANAGEMENT  EMPLOYEES,
 AND TWO FULL-TIME SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT EMPLOYEES; AND
   D.  FOR CAMPUSES WITH TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND OR MORE STUDENTS, TWO FULL-
 TIME ENERGY MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES AND ONE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE ASSIGNED  AT
 LEAST  FIFTY  PERCENT  TO  ENERGY  MANAGEMENT,  TWO  FULL-TIME MATERIALS
 (WASTE) MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES AND  ONE  FULL-TIME  EMPLOYEE  ASSIGNED  AT
 LEAST  FIFTY  PERCENT TO MATERIALS (WASTE) MANAGEMENT, AND TWO FULL-TIME
 SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION AND  ENGAGEMENT  EMPLOYEES  AND  ONE  FULL-TIME
 EMPLOYEE ASSIGNED AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT TO SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION AND
 ENGAGEMENT.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.