Senate Bill S6342A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for the inclusion of a faculty or staff member on the board of trustees of community colleges

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    • In Committee Assembly
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  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-S6342 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6782
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6306, Ed L

2023-S6342 - Summary

Provides for the inclusion of a faculty member on the board of trustees of community colleges elected by and from among the faculty and staff of the college.

2023-S6342 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6342 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6342
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  including  a  faculty
   member on the board of trustees of community colleges
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 6306  of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  268  of  the  laws  of 2003, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. Each community college, except in the city of New  York,  shall  be
 administered  by  a  board  of trustees of [ten] ELEVEN members, nine of
 whom shall be appointed for terms of seven years in annual rotation, and
 [one member] TWO MEMBERS elected as herein provided, except that initial
 appointments shall be made for terms of one to nine years  respectively.
 Five  members shall be appointed by the local legislative body or board,
 or other appropriate governing agency, one of whom may be  a  member  of
 such  local  legislative  body  or board, or other appropriate governing
 agency, four, from among persons residing in the  sponsoring  community,
 by the governor and one member elected by and from among the students of
 the  college  who  shall  serve  as a member of the board for a one-year
 term, provided, however, that the  term  of  the  student  member  first
 elected  shall be nine months commencing October first, nineteen hundred
 seventy-five, AND ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE ELECTED BY  AND  FROM  AMONG  THE
 FACULTY  AND  STAFF OF THE COLLEGE, EX-OFFICIO AND NON-VOTING, WHO SHALL
 SERVE A TWO-YEAR TERM, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE TERM OF  THE  FACULTY
 MEMBER   FIRST   ELECTED   SHALL   COMMENCE  JUNE  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FOUR. The FACULTY AND student [member] MEMBERS shall be  afforded
 the  same parliamentary privileges as are conferred upon voting members,
 including but not limited to the right to make and second motions and to
 place items on the agenda. Such FACULTY  AND  student  [member]  MEMBERS
 shall  be  subject  to  every provision of any general, special or local
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10830-01-3
              

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2023-S6342A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6782
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6306, Ed L

2023-S6342A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the inclusion of a faculty member on the board of trustees of community colleges elected by and from among the faculty and staff of the college.

2023-S6342A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6342A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6342--A
     Cal. No. 375
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. STAVISKY, HARCKHAM, JACKSON, SKOUFIS -- read twice
   and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
   on Higher Education -- recommitted to the Committee on  Higher  Educa-
   tion  in  accordance  with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably
   from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to  a
   third  reading,  passed  by  Senate  and  delivered  to  the Assembly,
   recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to 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 including a faculty or
   staff member on the board of trustees of community colleges
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section  6306  of
 the  education  law,  as  amended by chapter 268 of the laws of 2003, is
 amended to read as follows:
   Each community college, except in the  city  of  New  York,  shall  be
 administered  by  a  board  of trustees of [ten] ELEVEN members, nine of
 whom shall be appointed for terms of seven years in annual rotation, and
 [one member] TWO MEMBERS elected as herein provided, except that initial
 appointments shall be made for terms of one to nine years  respectively.
 Five  members shall be appointed by the local legislative body or board,
 or other appropriate governing agency, one of whom may be  a  member  of
 such  local  legislative  body  or board, or other appropriate governing
 agency, four, from among persons residing in the  sponsoring  community,
 by the governor and one member elected by and from among the students of
 the  college  who  shall  serve  as a member of the board for a one-year
 term, provided, however, that the  term  of  the  student  member  first
 elected  shall be nine months commencing October first, nineteen hundred
 seventy-five, AND ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE ELECTED BY  AND  FROM  AMONG  THE
 FACULTY  AND  STAFF OF THE COLLEGE, EX-OFFICIO AND NON-VOTING, WHO SHALL
 SERVE A TWO-YEAR TERM, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE TERM OF  THE  FACULTY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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