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Senator · Senate District 57
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History
- Referred to higher education
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1890
- Referred to rules
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the board of trustees of the state university of New York to offer certain non-resident undergraduate students separate tuition rates for attendance at selected state-operated institutions; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
Purpose
To authorize the SUNY Board of Trustees to develop a pilot program expected to be used by selected universities facing significant out of state competition for students to more effectively market these universities to residents of surrounding states.
Summary of provisions
This bill add a new subparagraphs 4(a) to section 355 of the Education law. Section (4-a)directs that beginning in the 2016-2017 academic year, the SUNY Board of Trustees is authorized to designate selected state operated institutions of SUNY to allow eligible non-resident undergraduate students to pay separate tuition rates for attendance at those selected institutions. Those regulations shall provide that eligible out of state residents would pay tuition and fees at a rate which is not less than 1.5 times the in state tuition and fee rate. No more than 10% of the enrollment openings at each eligible campus could be filled by out of state students who receive this rate. The program would run for a four year period. The State University Board of Trustees would be directed to select institutions based upon considerations to include out-of-state competition, current or projected levels of high school graduates within an institution's recruitment region, and the enrollment capacity and physical location of the institutions. The separate tuition rates would be available to out of state students that reside within a 200 mile radius of each selected institution.
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Justification
This bill would grant authority to the SUNY Board of Trustees to craft a program to assist in state institutions who face significant out of state competition to more effectively market their campuses. For example, SUNY Fredonia, SUNY Potsdam and SUNY Alfred all have campuses which are located near New York's border. They would make an attractive destination for students who reside in nearby urban areas in states such as Pennsylvania, Ohio, and even Ontario. The current in-state tuition rate does little to attract students from out of state communities to these campuses. A tuition rate that is one and one half times the in-state rate would make these colleges a more affordable choice to the pool of nearby out of state students.
Many colleges in Pennsylvania and Ohio currently offer their in-state rates to students in New York and actively market these rates to New York residents. Examples of this marketing include Youngstown State University where under the "tuition advantage program" non-residents from New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia pay only $210 more than Ohio in-state tuition. In 2011 Edinborough University, which enrolled 13.8% of their students from out of state, offers tuition at 5% greater than the in state tuition rate. Another example is the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford which operates a Go Beyond New York" program and specifically targets New York students from Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, and Alleghany counties who are offered the Pennsylvania in-state tuition. In 2011, 21.41 of Bradford's students came from out-of-state.
Creating a temporary pilot program will help to increase out of state enrollment for the largest public system of higher education. This will develop brand awareness of the SUNY system for out-of- state students, families and guidance counselors. The program will bring additional housing, food and discretionary spending dollars into New York's economy and would further benefit the local economies surrounding these campuses.
Legislative history
New bill
Fiscal implications
Undetermined, but likely to be neutral in that marketing is occurring to a previously unavailable target population. Minimal to the State
Effective date
Immediately, and this act shall expire and be deemed repealed on June 1, 2022.
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