In 2011, the NY-SUNY 2020 Challenge Grant Program was enacted. This legislation comprises many components including:

• authorizing the State University of New York (SUNY) and the City University of New York (CUNY) to increase tuition for resident undergraduate students up to $300 per year for a period of five years,

• allowing SUNY to increase out-of-state undergraduate tuition at the four university centers up to 10% over the previous year for a period of five years,

• creating a tuition credit for New York resident students who receive Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) awards and whose tuition exceeds $5,000, and

• requiring SUNY and CUNY to annually report on how each campus implements cost saving measures and increases fundraising efforts for the duration of the five year tuition plan.

This hearing will seek testimony on how SUNY and CUNY are using the state aid that was appropriated in the 2013-14 State budget; the impact the NY-SUNY 2020 Challenge Grant Program has had on New York's public university systems; an analysis of where the tuition revenue is going; the number of new faculty hired by each campus and for which academic programs; recent trends in student enrollment, including student diversity; how much SUNY and CUNY are contributing towards the tuition credit; the expansion of existing academic programs and the development of new academic programs being offered by SUNY and CUNY and at which campuses; and how fundraising efforts are working. The Committee will also seek an update on the START-UP NY Program.

Persons wishing to present pertinent testimony to the Committee at the above hearing should complete and return the enclosed reply form as soon as possible. It is important that the reply form be fully completed and returned so that persons may be notified in the event of emergency postponement or cancellation.

Oral testimony will be limited to 10 minutes' duration. In preparing the order of witnesses, the Committee will attempt to accommodate individual requests to speak at particular times in view of special circumstances. These requests should be made on the attached reply form or communicated to Committee staff as early as possible.

Ten copies of any prepared testimony should be submitted at the hearing registration desk. The Committee would appreciate advance receipt of prepared statements.

In order to further publicize these hearings, please inform interested parties and organizations of the Committee's interest in hearing testimony from all sources.

In order to meet the needs of those who may have a disability, the Assembly, in accordance with its policy of non-discrimination on the basis of disability, as well as the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), has made its facilities and services available to all individuals with disabilities. For individuals with disabilities, accommodations will be provided, upon reasonable request, to afford such individuals access and admission to Assembly facilities and activities.

Hon. Deborah J. Glick
Member of Assembly
Chairperson
Committee on Higher Education

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Persons wishing to present testimony at the public hearing on New York's Public University Systems' Use of State Aid and Revenue Generated by Tuition Increases are requested to complete this reply form as soon as possible and mail, email or fax it to: