198-05-1 Resolution Endorsing the Joint SUNY UFS, SUNY FCCC, and CUNY UFS Statement on Funding Public Higher Education
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2024-10-26
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SUNY UFS Executive Committee
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SUNY Univesity Faculty Senate
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This resolution endorses the Joint Statement on funding Public Higher Education. It charges President Landa to advocate with System Administration and state and federal governments for funding on behalf of all public higher education systems in the state.
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Chancellor response: My thanks to the UFS, and also to the FCCC, for your ongoing advocacy for SUNY and the students we serve. Engagement with faculty, staff, students and the SUNY Trustees is a key part of the work of every budget cycle. As you know, Governor Hochul made historic investments in SUNY in her 2025-26 Executive Budget. Building on the last two years of record increases, the Executive Budget includes an additional $114 million in operating aid for our State-operated campuses to cover incremental costs of the State-approved collective bargaining agreements; the inclusion $12 million in funding for the ASAP and ACE college completion programs, on the path to scale to 10,000 students within two years; $550 million in critical maintenance capital funding and a $200 million New York State Innovation Fund for capital investments in cutting-edge laboratory facilities and research activities; and a $25 million SUNY Green Energy Loan Fund that will help transform SUNY's buildings to be more energy efficient; and critically needed investments in SUNY Downstate and SUNY Upstate. We look forward to continuing to work with Governor Hochul and the legislature on a successful conclusion to the budget process.
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