N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 8 § 604.2

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 50, December 11, 2024

Section 604.2 - Responsibilities and duties of the college trustees

Under the time-honored practice of American colleges, trustees of colleges, as legal official bodies corporate, concentrate on establishing policies governing the college, and delegate responsibility for the administration and execution of those policies to their employed professional administrators. The college trustees, subject to the approval of the State University trustees, shall appoint a president (whether permanent, acting, or interim), approve curricula, prepare, approve and implement budgets, establish tuition and fees (within legal limits), approve sites and temporary and permanent facilities. Approval or disapproval of the appointment of a president by the State University trustees shall be made in accordance with the State University trustees guidelines for the selection and approval of such appointments. The guidelines shall include a procedure for the State University trustees to receive the recommendation of the chancellor concerning such appointment. The college trustees shall provide for the awarding of certificates and diplomas, and the conferring of appropriate degrees on the recommendation of the president and the faculty. In addition, the college trustees upon the recommendation of the president shall appoint personnel, determine and implement salary and employee benefits schedules, and approve the organizational pattern of the college.

(a) The college trustees shall formulate and record the policies and procedures of appointment and conditions of employment of the president and other professional administrative personnel.

(b) The college trustees shall establish policies and delegate to the president or designee responsibility for implementation of the following:

(1) personnel policies, including the following:

(i) appointments, promotions, tenure and dismissals of faculty and staff members;

(ii) conditions of employment, leaves of absence and sabbatical leave;

(iii) rules and regulations to which faculty and staff are expected to adhere;

(iv) statements regarding academic freedom; and

(v) subject to the local and State civil service regulations, the working conditions for nonacademic personnel and fixed rates of compensation;

(2) creations of divisions, departments, and appropriate administrative and academic positions and definition of duties to carry out the objectives of the college;

(3) regulations governing the behavior and conduct of students and guiding the cocurricular program of the college;

(4) authorization and supervision of travel for the purposes of the college;

(5) care, custody, control and management of land, grounds, buildings, equipment and supplies used for the purposes of the college for carrying out its objectives;

(6) use of college facilities for outside organizations;

(7) admission of students;

(8) preparation of a budget for operation of the college for submission to and approval by the local sponsor and the State University trustees;

(9) preparation of capital equipment and capital construction budgets;

(10) use of college facilities for research, consultation or other contractual services pursuant to the educational purposes of the college, in accordance with regulations of the college trustees and upon reimbursement to the college on a fair and equitable basis for the use of facilities or equipment; and

(11) make available for inspection all college policies and procedures at the college for the convenience and information of members of the college constituency.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 8 § 604.2