Title EDN, Education

§ 6254. Social security. Every electing employee shall have old-age,\nsurvivors, and disability insurance coverage provided by the federal\nsocial security act in accordance with the provisions of article three\nof the retirement and social security law.\n

§ 6255. City not liable for payment of benefits. Neither the city nor\nthe board shall be a party to any contract purchased in whole or in part\nwith contributions made under the optional retirement program\nestablished and administered pursuant to this article. No retirement,\n…

§ 6256. Inconsistent provisions of other acts superseded. Insofar as\nthe provisions of this article are inconsistent with the provisions of\nany other act, general or special, the provisions of this article shall\nbe controlling.\n

§ 6257. Deductions from benefits of certain retired members. 1.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, a member who is retired from\nthe board of higher education optional retirement program shall have the\nright, at any time after such member's retirement, to execute and …

§ 626. Loan disclosure and prohibition of quid pro quo high risk\nloans. 1. Should a borrower or potential borrower consult a covered\ninstitution's financial aid office in connection with obtaining an\neducational loan to pay for or finance higher education expenses, the\ncover…

§ 627. Standards for preferred lender lists. A covered institution\nthat provides or makes available a preferred lender list must comply\nwith the following standards:\n 1. A preferred lender list must disclose the process by which the\ncovered institution selected lending insti…

§ 6270. Short title. This article may be cited as the "city\nuniversity construction fund act."\n

§ 6271. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:\n 1. "Dormitory authority" means the dormitory authority of the state of\nNew York as established by the dormitory authority act.\n 2. "City" means the city of New York.\n 3. "City university" means the city university of Ne…

§ 6272. Fund continued. The city university construction fund\ncreated by chapter seven hundred eighty-two of the laws of nineteen\nhundred sixty-six is hereby continued. The fund is a corporate\ngovernmental agency constituting a public benefit corporation. It has\nthe powers a…

§ 6273. Purposes of fund. The purposes of the fund shall be (i) to\nprovide facilities for the city university, and (ii) to support the\neducational purposes of the city university.\n

§ 6274. Administration of fund. (1) For the period beginning July\nfirst, nineteen hundred seventy-nine and ending December thirty-first,\nnineteen hundred seventy-nine, the fund shall continue to be\nadministered by the trustees of the city university construction fund in\noffi…

§ 6275. General powers. The fund shall have the following powers in\naddition to those specially conferred elsewhere in this article:\n (1) to sue and to be sued;\n (2) to have a seal and alter the same at its pleasure;\n (3) to make and alter by-laws for its organization and in…

§ 6276. Agreements with dormitory authority. (a) To fulfill the\npurposes contained in subdivision a of section sixty-two hundred\nseventy-three of this article, the fund may enter into leases, subleases\nor other agreements with the dormitory authority to which the board of\nhi…

§ 6277. Authority of city to convey real property and grant consents\nto dormitory authority. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any\ngeneral, special or local law, charter or ordinance to the contrary, on\nrequest of the fund and with the approval of the city board of estima…

§ 6278. Resources of fund. (a) Subject to the provisions of this\narticle, the trustees of the fund shall receive, accept, invest,\nadminister, expend and disburse for its corporate purposes all monies\nfor the city university construction fund from whatever sources derived\ninc…

§ 6279. Payments to fund. To enable the fund to realize its corporate\npurposes, as provided in section sixty-two hundred seventy-three of this\narticle, the following monies shall be made available to the fund as\nhereinafter provided:\n (1) The state shall, in addition to any …

§ 628. Proper execution of master promissory notes. A covered\ninstitution shall not direct in any manner whatsoever potential\nborrowers to any electronic master promissory notes or other loan\nagreements that do not provide a reasonable and convenient alternative\nfor the borr…

§ 6280. Actions against fund. (a) Except in an action for wrongful\ndeath, an action against the fund for personal injury or property damage\nor founded on tort shall not be commenced more than one year and ninety\ndays after the cause of action therefor shall have accrued, nor …

§ 6281. Municipal regulations. (a) No county, town or village,\nincluding but not limited to the city of New York, shall have the power\nto modify or change the plans and specifications for facilities to be\nprovided pursuant to agreements between the dormitory authority and the…

§ 6282. Exemption from taxation. The moneys and property of the fund\nand its operations shall be exempt from taxation.\n

§ 629. Disclosures at request of covered institutions. Except for\neducational loans made, insured, or guaranteed by the federal\ngovernment, upon the request of any covered institution, a lending\ninstitution shall disclose to such covered institution, in reasonable\ndetail and…

§ 630. Penalties. 1. If after providing notice and an opportunity for\na hearing the department determines that a covered institution or\nlending institution has violated any terms or provisions of this\narticle, then the covered institution or lending institution may be\nliable…

§ 6301. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context shall\notherwise require, the following terms shall mean:\n 1. "State university trustees." Board of trustees of the state\nuniversity.\n 2. "Community colleges." Colleges established and operated pursuant to\nthe …

§ 6302. Authorization to establish community colleges. 1. Any local\nsponsor, other than a community college region, acting through its local\nlegislative body or board, or other appropriate governing agency, which\nin the case of the city of New York acting as a local sponsor s…

§ 6303. Programs and curricula of community colleges. 1. Community\ncolleges shall provide two-year programs of post high school nature\ncombining general education with technical education relating to the\noccupational needs of the community, area or community college region in…

§ 6303-a. Graduation, achievement and placement program. 1.\nDefinitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have\nthe following meanings:\n (a) "Plan" shall mean the graduation, achievement and placement (GAP)\nprogram plan to be developed by the state universit…

§ 6304. Financing of community colleges. 1. The master plan, standards\nand regulations prescribed by the state university trustees shall\ninclude provisions for financing the capital costs and operating costs\nof such colleges in the following manner:\n a. State financial aid s…

§ 6304-A. Reports to local sponsors. The commissioner shall provide\nthe local sponsor or sponsors with a copy of each program review report\nof the sponsored community college prepared by the department pursuant\nto this chapter. The comptroller shall provide the local sponsor …

§ 6305. Non-resident and out-of-state students. 1. In addition to\nadmitting residents of its own local sponsor or sponsors, each community\ncollege shall, within the quota and under the conditions prescribed by\nthe state university trustees, admit non-resident students and\nou…

§ 6306. Administration of community colleges--boards of trustees. 1.\nEach community college, except in the city of New York, shall be\nadministered by a board of trustees of ten members, nine of whom shall\nbe appointed for terms of seven years in annual rotation, and one membe…

§ 6307. Establishment of state-aided four-year colleges. 1. Upon\nrecommendation of the state university trustees, counties or adjoining\ncities not now adequately served by any four-year college programs, may\nbe empowered singly or jointly to establish and operate four-year\nc…

§ 6308. Defense and indemnification of community college trustees,\nofficers and employees. 1. As used in this section, the term "employee"\nshall mean any person holding a position by appointment or employment in\nthe service of a community college, whether or not compensated, …

§ 6309. Reimbursement of defense costs incurred by or on behalf of\ncommunity college trustees, officers and employees. 1. As used in this\nsection, unless the context otherwise requires, the term "employee"\nshall mean any person holding a position by appointment or employment …

§ 631. Rules and regulations. The commissioner and the department\nshall promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the implementation\nof this article.\n

§ 6310. Community college regions - administration and finance. 1.\nEach community college region and community college sponsored by such\nregion shall be administered by a single board of trustees of fourteen\nmembers, thirteen of whom shall be appointed for terms of seven year…

§ 6311. New York opportunity promise scholarship. 1. Eligibility. A\nNew York opportunity promise scholarship shall be awarded to an\napplicant who meets all of the following conditions:\n (a) is at least twenty-five years of age or older, but in no case more\nthan fifty-five ye…

§ 632. Non-exclusivity of rights or remedies. Nothing in this article\nshall be construed to limit, in any manner, any rights or remedies\notherwise available under law to any person or entity, including, but\nnot limited to, the attorney general of the state of New York.\n

§ 6350. Leave of absence for military service. Whenever a student who\nis: (a) a member of the national guard or other reserve component of the\narmed forces of the United States and is called or ordered to active\nduty, as defined in 10 USC § 101(d)(1), or (b) a member of the s…

§ 6351. Preservation of educational status and financial resources. A\nstudent on a military leave of absence from an institution of higher\neducation shall be entitled, upon release from serving on active duty,\nto be restored to the educational status such student had attained…

§ 6352. Option of refund or credit. An institution of higher education\nshall refund tuition or fees paid or credit the tuition and fees to the\nnext period of enrollment after the student returns from a military\nleave of absence, at the option of the student.\n

§ 6353. Enforcement. Any violation of this article shall constitute an\nunfair educational practice pursuant to section three hundred thirteen\nof this chapter. Any student alleging a violation of this article may\ncommence an administrative or judicial proceeding pursuant to se…

§ 6354. Applicability. This article shall apply to all institutions of\nhigher education and any business or trade school in the state.\n

§ 640. Student debt; prohibited practices. 1. No degree-granting\ninstitution or licensed private career school, as defined by section\nfive thousand one of this chapter, shall:\n (a) withhold a transcript because a student owes a debt to such\ninstitution or school;\n (b) condi…

§ 6401. State aid for certain independent institutions of higher\nlearning. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or\nlocal law to the contrary, the commissioner is hereby authorized to\napportion for each annual period commencing July first nineteen hundred\…

§ 6401-a. State aid for high needs nursing programs for certain\nindependent institutions of higher learning. 1. Notwithstanding the\nprovisions of any general, special or local law to the contrary, the\ncommissioner is hereby authorized to grant state aid for high needs\nnursin…

§ 6402. Enrollment grants to schools of medicine and dentistry. 1.\nThe commissioner shall apportion each year to each non-public\ninstitution of higher education offering an approved program in medicine\na sum to be determined as follows:\n (a) Two thousand one hundred fifty do…

§ 6403. Adjustments to enrollment grants. 1. The grants provided\npursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision one and subdivision two of\nsection sixty-four hundred two of this chapter shall be reduced by one\nhundred per centum of the grant otherwise allocable to each first year\n…

§ 6404. Purchases by certain independent institutions. Any\npostsecondary institution chartered under the powers of the regents\npursuant to section two hundred sixteen of this chapter or incorporated\nunder a special act of the legislature may make purchases of commodities\nand…

§ 6405. State reimbursement to certain independent institutions of\nhigher education which participate in the federal work study program. 1.\nFor purposes of this section, the following terms shall be defined as\nfollows:\n a. "Institutional award year" shall mean the period fro…

§ 6430. General provisions. 1. The trustees or other governing board\nof every college chartered by the regents or incorporated by special act\nof the legislature and which maintains a campus, unless otherwise\nprovided, shall adopt written rules for implementing all policies\nr…