N.Y. Education Law § 5714: New York state college of human ecology

§ 5714. New York state college of human ecology. 1. The school of

home economics heretofore administered and maintained in the New York

state college of agriculture at Cornell university shall hereafter be

known as the New York state college of human ecology at Cornell

university and shall continue to be under the management and control of

said university, subject to the supervision of the state university

trustees.

2. The object of said college of human ecology shall be the

improvement of family well-being and human welfare by means of

education, research, extension teaching, and related public service in

the fields of human development and the use of human and environmental

resources, including consumer economics, family relationships, human

nutrition, household design, and allied subjects.

3. All buildings, furniture, apparatus, and other property heretofore

erected or furnished by the state for the said college of human ecology,

and all buildings, furniture, apparatus, and other property hereafter

erected or furnished by the state for said college of human ecology

shall be and remain the property of the state. The Cornell university

shall have the custody and control of said property, and shall, as the

representative of the state university trustees, with whatever state

moneys may be received for the purpose, administer the said college of

human ecology as to the establishment of courses of study, the creation

of departments and positions, the determination of the number and

salaries of members of the faculty and other employees thereof, the

employment and appointment thereof, the maintenance of discipline and as

to all matters pertaining to its educational policies, activities and

operations, including research work.

4. The state university trustees shall maintain general supervision

over the requests for appropriations, budgets, estimates and

expenditures of such college. Cornell university shall receive no

income, profit, or compensation for the exercise and performance of the

powers and duties conferred and imposed by this section, but all moneys

received from state appropriations for said college of human ecology or

derived from other sources in the course of the administration thereof

shall be credited by said university to a separate fund and shall be

used exclusively for said New York state college of human ecology. Such

moneys as may be appropriated to be paid to the Cornell university by

the state in any year to be expended by said university in the

administration of said college of human ecology shall be payable to the

comptroller of Cornell university in three equal payments to be made on

the first day of July, the first day of November, and the first day of

March, and shall be expended upon vouchers approved by the chancellor of

the state university, as the chief administrative officer of the state

university, or by such authority or authorities in the state university

as shall be designated by the chancellor by a rule or written direction

filed with the comptroller, when and in the manner authorized by the

state university trustees.

5. The said university shall expend such moneys and use such property

of the state in administering said college of human ecology as above

provided, and shall report to the state university trustees during the

month of September in each year.

6. The tuition fees charged to students shall be regulated by Cornell

university after prior consultation with the state university trustees

and all other fees and charges in said college of human ecology shall be

fixed by Cornell university, and the moneys received from these sources

and from the sales of products shall be credited to a separate fund and

shall be used for the expenses of said college of human ecology in such

ways as the trustees of said university may determine.