N.Y. Education Law § 6302: Authorization to establish community colleges

§ 6302. Authorization to establish community colleges. 1. Any local

sponsor, other than a community college region, acting through its local

legislative body or board, or other appropriate governing agency, which

in the case of the city of New York acting as a local sponsor shall be

the mayor of that city, may by local law, resolution, order or

ordinance, and pursuant to the master plan, standards and regulations

prescribed by the state university trustees and with the approval of

said trustees:

a. Establish a community college.

b. Elect to participate in and pay an appropriate share of the

expenses involved in the community college program of any other local

sponsor consenting to such arrangement.

c. Combine with one or more other local sponsors for the joint

establishment and operation of a community college.

2. Pursuant to section sixty-three hundred ten of this article, any

eligible county, city or school district acting through its local

legislative body or board, may by local law or resolution, and pursuant

to the master plan, standards and regulations prescribed by the state

university trustees, and with the approval of said trustees, combine

with one or more contiguous counties, cities or school districts, or any

combination thereof, to constitute a community college region for the

purpose of operating, as local sponsor, an existing community college

which is currently sponsored by a city or school district other than a

school district located in a city with a population of one million or

more.

3. In the city of New York, the board of education, with the approval

of the state university trustees, may act as a local sponsor in the

establishment and operation, as a community college, of a post secondary

technical vocational training institution which is partly supported by

such board of education and partly supported by an educational

foundation for an industry chartered by the board of regents. In

addition to the community college programs and curricula authorized by

this article, the institution may offer such baccalaureate, masters

degree programs and curricula in support of its mission, in accordance

with standards and regulations prescribed by the state university

trustees, as may be authorized pursuant to the provisions of the master

plan. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the institution shall

be financed and administered in the manner provided for community

colleges.

4. Community colleges so established and operated shall be eligible to

receive financial assistance from the state as hereinafter provided,

which shall be paid to the local sponsor or sponsors, provided, however,

that in the case of any local sponsor which shall have assigned such

financial assistance to the dormitory authority, such payment shall be

made to the commissioner of taxation and finance for deposit in the

community college tuition and instructional income fund.

5. Whenever a plan for a community college, other than a plan for

participation in a community college region, shall have been formulated

by a county board of supervisors and approved as provided in this

section, the board of supervisors may submit the question of the

establishment of the community college contemplated by such plan to a

referendum at any general election at which all the voters of the county

may vote. The form of the proposition shall be determined by the board

of supervisors and shall include an estimate of the county's share of

the initial capital cost and an estimate of the county's share of the

annual cost of maintenance and operation. If the majority of the voters

voting on such proposition shall approve the establishment of the

community college, such college shall be deemed established and the

board of supervisors shall proceed forthwith to exercise the powers and

authority conferred upon it in this article.

6. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, community colleges

established under this article shall have the authority to:

(i) Determine that the bidder on a contract for the purchase of

apparel or sports equipment is not an acceptable bidder based on either

of the following considerations:

(A) the labor standards applicable to the manufacture of the apparel

or sports equipment, including but not limited to employee compensation,

working conditions, employee rights to form unions, and the use of child

labor, or

(B) the bidder's failure to provide information sufficient for the

state agency or corporation to determine the labor conditions applicable

to the manufacture of the apparel or sports equipment.

(ii) Include in the internal policies and procedures governing

procurement of apparel a prohibition against the purchase of apparel or

sports equipment from any vendor based upon either or both of the

following considerations:

(A) the labor standards applicable to the manufacture of the apparel

or sports equipment, including but not limited to employee compensation,

working conditions, employee rights to form unions, and the use of child

labor; or

(B) the bidder's failure to provide sufficient information for said

state agencies to determine the labor standards applicable to the

manufacture of the apparel or sports equipment.

b. For the purposes of this subdivision the term:

(i) "apparel" shall mean goods, such as, but not limited to, sports

uniforms, including gym uniforms, required school uniforms, shoes,

including, but not limited to, athletic shoes or sneakers, sweatshirts,

caps, hats, and other clothing, whether or not imprinted with a school's

name or logo, academic regalia, lab coats and staff uniforms; and

(ii) "sports equipment" shall mean equipment, such as, but not limited

to, balls, bats and other goods intended for use by those participating

in sports and games.