Relates to aid for coordinated collection development grants

Summary of provisions

This bill amends Subdivision 5 of section 273 the education law. Section 1 updates the legislative findings pursuant to subdivision 5 indicating the intent to modernize the coordinated collection development aid formula. Section 2 amends subdivision (5) (b) (I) by itemizing the grant amount for each institution in the following manner; five thousand five hundred dollars in fiscal year 2010-2011, six thousand eight hundred seventy- five in fiscal year 2011-2012, eight thousand six hundred in fiscal year 2012-2013, ten thousand in fiscal year 2110-2014. Subdivision (5) (b) (2) is amended to award, to each institution, an additional one dollar and four cents for each full-time equivalent student enrolled in the academic year prior to state fiscal year 2011 and thereafter setting the rate at the level of the previous fiscal year indexed to any positive growth in the Consumer Price Index as set by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. Section 3 provides the effective date.

Justification

New York State Education Law establishes that public and private colleges and universities libraries receive state aid for the development of library collections. This program, known as coordinated collection development (CCD) is intended to promote the availability of critical information resources by supporting regionally coordinated collections that would be available through interlibrary loan. By helping academic libraries to build their collections in specific subject areas through annual grants. New York State ensures that the people of State have access to more and richer resources. Under a CCD program, regional clusters of higher education institutions would be spared the cost of individual purchases of select titles so long as one of the other collaborating institutions obtained that title. Coordinated reciprocity ensures the availability of titles. The State provides aid to these libraries for the purpose of improving access to resources in a coordinated manner. However, the formula directing state aid to public and private academic and research libraries has not been adjusted since 1954. During that time, prices of published academic materials has outpaced inflation, often rising at a rate of more than three times that of inflation. In 2009, total statewide funding for CCD did not reach $2 million for the more than 200 participating institutions. This program Deeds an adjustment in its formula if the goals of quality

and accessible scholarship are to be maintained. This program provides $1.04 for each full-time equivalent student and proportionate amounts for part-time or graduate students. By modestly revising the CCD funding formula to $1.50 per FTE with future increases indexed to changes in the consumer price index (CPI), New York State could ensure the viability of this withering program. Updating the CCD formula is needed to maintain the competitive advantages of New York's higher education sector. It also promotes a model of efficiency needed to combat the exponentially rising costs of books and other information resources.

Legislative history

This is a new bill in Senate. In Assembly A.10084 in Higher Education (2009-2010).

Fiscal implications

Each institution will receive five thousand five hundred dollars in fiscal year 2010-2011, six thousand eight hundred seventy-five in fiscal year 2011- 2012, eight thousand six hundred in fiscal year 2012-2013, and ten thousand in fiscal year 2110-2014. Additionally, one dollar and four cents will be granted to each institution for each full-time equivalent student enrolled in the academic year prior to state fiscal year 2011 and thereafter setting the rate at the level of the previous fiscal year indexed to any positive Growth in the Consumer Price Index as set by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Effective date

Immediately.