S03071 Summary:

BILL NOS03071
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORRANZENHOFER
 
COSPNSRGALLIVAN, LITTLE, SAVINO
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §210-d, Ed L
 
Relates to streamlining higher education program approvals; requires a registration of curricula.
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S03071 Actions:

BILL NOS03071
 
02/01/2019REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
01/08/2020REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
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S03071 Committee Votes:

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S03071 Floor Votes:

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S03071 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3071
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 1, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sens. RANZENHOFER, GALLIVAN, LITTLE, SAVINO -- 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  streamlining  higher
          education program approvals
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  210-d
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  210-d. Registration of curricula. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or
     4  regulation to the contrary, any  new  curriculum  or  program  of  study
     5  offered  by  any  not-for-profit  college or university chartered by the
     6  regents or incorporated by special act of the legislature that does  not
     7  require  a master plan amendment pursuant to section two hundred thirty-
     8  seven of this part, or charter amendment pursuant to section two hundred
     9  sixteen of this part, or lead to  professional  licensure  and  that  is
    10  approved  by the state university board of trustees, the city university
    11  board of trustees, or the trustees or governing body of any  other  not-
    12  for-profit  college or university chartered by the regents which (1) has
    13  maintained a physical presence in New York  state  for  the  immediately
    14  preceding  ten  years  and  has  been  operated continuously by the same
    15  governing corporate entity during the  same  immediately  preceding  ten
    16  year  period and (2) is accredited and has continued in accreditation by
    17  the Middle States  Commission  on  Higher  Education  ("MSCHE")  or  the
    18  department  for  the  immediately  preceding  ten years, shall be deemed
    19  registered with the department within thirty  days  of  notification  of
    20  approval. If the college or university is placed on probation or has its
    21  accreditation  terminated  by  MSCHE,  such  college or university shall
    22  notify the regents in writing no later  than  thirty  days  after  being
    23  formally informed of its probation or loss of accreditation by MSCHE. If
    24  a  college  or  university  has its accreditation placed on probation or
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01768-01-9

        S. 3071                             2
 
     1  terminated by the MSCHE or  the  education  department  the  college  or
     2  university  shall  be  subject to the commissioner's program approval it
     3  had been removed from probation or regained accreditation  by  MSCHE  or
     4  the  education  department, and shall remain subject to such commission-
     5  er's program approval until it has continued in accreditation and  with-
     6  out  probation  for a period of not less than six years. If a college or
     7  university subject to this section intends  to  offer  or  institute  an
     8  additional  degree  or program which constitutes a "substantive change,"
     9  as defined and determined by MSCHE, then the college or university shall
    10  provide the commissioner with copies of any reports or  other  documents
    11  filed  with  MSCHE  as part of MSCHE's substantive change review process
    12  and shall  inform  the  commissioner  when  the  substantive  change  is
    13  approved.  Any  such  college or university that does not satisfy all of
    14  the provisions of this section shall  comply  with  the  procedures  and
    15  criteria  established  by  the  regents  and  commissioner  for academic
    16  program approval. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to  limit  the
    17  department's  existing  authority  to  act  on complaints concerning the
    18  institution, including the authority to de-register the program.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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