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A1191Assembly2019-2020 Session

Disclose Foundation Employee Pay

Official title

“Provides for financial disclosure by employees of foundations of state operated campuses, including the Research Foundation of the State University of New York”

Sponsor Deborah GlickAD-66+6 co-sponsorsAffects Education
Status
In Assembly Committee
Higher Education
Impact
4/10
Low
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Higher Education

What's happening

This bill requires employees of foundations at state-operated campuses, including SUNY's Research Foundation, to disclose finances and make salary information public.

Why it matters

  1. Increases transparency and accountability. by requiring employees of foundations linked to state colleges (including the SUNY Research Foundation) to publicly disclose their finances and salaries—previously, these entities often operated with less scrutiny than direct state agencies.

  2. Potentially exposes conflicts of interest. or improper financial relationships that could impact research, funding, or administration at public campuses, thereby promoting higher ethical standards in university-related operations.

  3. Aligns these foundation employees with public sector norms. for disclosure, possibly affecting hiring, salary negotiations, and administrative practices, as their compensation and financial interests become subject to public review.

  4. May influence donor relationships and research funding. by clarifying how foundation money is used, thereby building or eroding trust among stakeholders depending on the findings of these new disclosures.

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Disclose Foundation Employee Pay

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Deborah Glick

Assembly Member · Assembly District 66

Chair, Environmental Conservation

History

  1. Referred to higher education
  2. Referred to higher education

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STATE OF NEW YORK

1191

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 14, 2019

Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, COOK, COLTON, GALEF, GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to financial disclosure by employees of foundations of state operated campuses, including the Research Foundation of the State University of New York

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 6-b to read as follows:

6-b. Employees of foundations of state operated campuses, including any foundation subsidiaries of state operated campuses, and employees of the Research Foundation of the State University of New York, shall be subject to financial disclosure pursuant to section seventy-three-a of the public officers law and information regarding the salaries of such employees shall be open to the public.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

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