SUNY 19-20 Budget Request

Board Resolution -1- Month, Day, Year
MEMORANDUM
November 15, 2018
TO: Members of the Board of Trustees
FROM: Kristina M. Johnson, Chancellor
SUBJECT: 2019/20 Operating Budget Request
Action Requested
The proposed resolution approves SUNY’s 2019/20 Operating Budget

Request to the State of New York.
Resolution
I recommend that the Board of Trustees adopt the following resolution:
Whereas the State University of New York is an integral part

of New York State, serving as an educational and economic
engine that serves over 35 percent of the State’s total
postsecondary education population while providing a five-to-
one return on investment for every dollar that the State invests
in the University; and
Whereas the State University recognizes that in order to

provide the people of the State of New York with educational
services of the highest quality, with the broadest possible
access, and to fulfill its statutory mission, it must provide its
students and institutions the ability to plan for affordability in
both attendance and operations; and
Whereas it can be expected that the State University will play

a pivotal role in the evolution of the State of New York and
postsecondary education as they adapt to face the challenges
of the 21st century; and
Board Resolution -2- October 26, 2018
Whereas the 2018/19 Enacted State Budget provided

essential base support from the State (direct, indirect, and
legislative) and authority to expend self-generated revenues
that will need to be continued and incrementally increased to
meet SUNY’s mission in 2019/20 and beyond; and
Whereas the State University’s operating budget request

reflects careful consideration of the State’s fiscal situation, the
State University’s operating and capital needs, and the tools
needed to support the continued evolution of SUNY and the
State of New York; now, therefore, be it
Resolved that the proposed operating budget request for the

State University of New York (copy on file with the Office of
the Secretary), as described in attached background
materials, be, and hereby is, approved for the 2019/20 fiscal
year; and, be it further
Resolved that the Chancellor, or designee, be, and hereby is,

authorized to transmit such budget request to the Director of
the Budget; and, be it further
Resolved that the State University’s capital plan for

Educational Facilities, Community Colleges, Residence Halls,
and Hospitals, presented separately, be fully funded in order
to support the ongoing operations of the State University
system.
Background
The background and justification for the 2019/20 Operating Budget

Request is set forth in the attached narrative.
Attachment
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
2019/20 OPERATING AND CAPITAL

BUDGET REQUEST
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2019/20
BUDGET REQUEST
The State University of New York 2019/20 Proposed Budget Request is built on the proposition that the State of
New York is transitioning to a 21st Century Economy, and the State University of New York (SUNY) – as it transforms
into the University for the 21st Century - is uniquely situated to aid in this evolution. This request reflects the
innovations, investments, and stability SUNY will require for this transformation. Targeted operating investment
combined with the continuation of operating funding levels included in the 2018/19 Enacted State Budget, and capital
investment to sustain good facility stewardship and retool for relevant platforms, will fuel the change to a 21st Century
entity.
For the evolution of both the State and SUNY, dominance is needed in emerging technologies crucial to
economic growth, and an educated population to enable the fulfillment of a strong economy, driving and benefitting
from the scientific advances. For technologies, the area of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been emerging as the cresting
wave that will be a major component of tomorrow’s economy. For an educated population SUNY looks to expand on
the core promise of the Excelsior Program, a quality, accessible and affordable on-time education, through
programming that will enable a greater breadth and diversity of student populations to succeed.
Recent advances in AI are driving innovation and economic growth at an extraordinary pace through new
capabilities, new industries, and new business models, and are transforming the nature of work and the role of humans
in the workplace. It is widely recognized that this rapid technological progress will boost economic productivity,
particularly in sectors such as healthcare, infrastructure, energy and education. The economic future of the State of New
York depends strongly on how it responds and adapts to these changes. As an AI-driven economy, New York’s Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) could reach $1.85 trillion by 2026, amounting to about $950 billion of additional aggregated
growth from base year 2016, given the right investments and policies around AI.
To secure our economic competitiveness in the pervasive, dynamic, AI economy, New York needs to invest
now in AI innovation and educational programs, or stand at risk of losing thousands of high-paying jobs. The
unprecedented economic productivity gains that AI is forecast to bring has given rise to a global demand for talent. Job
postings in AI have doubled over the past three years across multiple economic sectors. The AI industry is also creating
new types of jobs. Chatbot copy writers, autonomous vehicle trainers, AI journalists, marketing managers, analysts, and
strategy consultants, to name a few, are new jobs that are emerging. There is tremendous opportunity for New York
State to build, retain and sustain a highly-skilled AI workforce that is critical for its future.
Recognizing that the proliferation of AI technologies and the increasing use of human-machine partnerships in a
wide variety of settings has triggered important legal, ethical, political, and cultural questions SUNY will be compelled
to develop ethical AI in its educational offerings, to promote new scholarly and research activities on the socio-
economic, labor and workforce impact of AI technologies, and to provide policy findings to local and State
Government. SUNY is well positioned to enable this initiative with research and healthcare expertise, and educational
capacity and workforce training across all degree types. Leveraging its broad footprint, SUNY will actively engage
with local communities to advance the public’s understanding and awareness of AI technologies, benefits and costs.
In addition, driven by AI technological advancements, the healthcare industry is poised to go through

transformational changes, especially when legislative changes have mandated the adoption of digital technologies, and
there is an increasing awareness that status quo is simply not sustainable in a society where affordable healthcare for all
remains an elusive goal. Translating the promise of AI technologies into real impact requires investment in AI research,
innovation, and entrepreneurial activities; the availability of data as well as the resources and the knowhow to curate,
understand and accurately interpret the data and turn it into useful insights; the ability to effectively bridge the analog
and digital healthcare domains; and above all an unwavering commitment to make healthcare safe, effective, affordable
and accessible for all.
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To complement the complete fulfillment of the promise of AI technological advancements, there is a need to
focus on college access programs and supports for degree completion; in short expanding upon the Excelsior promise.
By providing comprehensive wraparound services for students, including a specific focus on food security and
emergency aid, as well as housing support, child and elder care, transportation, health care services, family and/or
employment counseling, legal aid, and other vital services, an even larger population of potential students could thrive
and benefit.
According to the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), one barrier to timely
degree completion is students’ ability to cover their necessary expenses. Although students and their families are
expected to plan for the standard costs of attendance (tuition, fees, housing, and textbooks) for many students there
remains a possibility that other unforeseen expenses — ones that students may not be prepared to address — may also
arise. Such expenses, often connected to an emergency, can be so significant that they result in students deciding to
take a break or fully withdraw from their institutions. College administrators, including within SUNY, are becoming
increasingly aware of the likelihood that students may at some point experience an unexpected financial crisis and, in
preparation for such untimely events, are operating emergency aid programs.
A specific example of this is SUNY’s response to the charge delivered by the Governor in his 2018/19 State of
the State speech, which called for the development of food pantries on both SUNY and CUNY Campuses. The SUNY
response, 70 percent of SUNY campuses have a food pantry and the remaining have partnered locally for access. A
recent report published by the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior showed that nearly 60 percent of students in
the study reported experiencing food insecurity at some point during the previous year1. According to the study, food
insecurity during these years can potentially affect college students' cognitive, academic, and psychosocial
development. Food Insecurity is a growing trend on college campuses across the country.
Expansion of programs focused on food security and wrap around services are critical to enable student access,
completion and then ultimately growth in an educated workforce. SUNY, as already indicated, has embraced these
initiatives and has been able through the SUNY Impact Foundation to raise private funds that could be matched with
State Investment.
Along with strategic, targeted investment, SUNY also requests stability in the funding for our Community
Colleges, University Wide, and Performance Fund programs. With stability, SUNY can plan and continue in its
successful momentum in defined student pathways, workforce programs, high impact student completion practices, and
educational delivery methods such as the System’s burgeoning efforts related to SUNY Online2.
Also, SUNY will be able to enhance its efforts in diversity, an important and shared priority with the State and
our evolution into the 21st Century economy. SUNY has increased its under-represented minority student population
from 15.3 percent to 26.5 percent over the last decade, a 73 percent increase. As a result, SUNY’s student body is more
reflective of the gender, racial and ethnic diversity of New York. This ensures access for all to higher education and
brings to the classroom diverse experiences and viewpoints, thereby preparing all students to succeed in an increasingly
global and diverse workplace. Continuing to build upon this success and the priorities of SUNY’s Diversity and
Inclusion Policy, is PRODI_G. This program is a crucial next phase in diversifying the SUNY faculty so that it more
accurately reflects the student body and the rich diversity of the State of New York, and with all of the resulting
benefits.
The State University stands ready and is eager to aid New York to become a leader in a new economy, while meeting
its statutory mission of access, quality, and enhancing the well-being of the people of New York State.
1
Patton-Lopez, Lopez-Cevallos, Cancel-Tirado, & Vazquez, 2014
2
SUNY Online is a theorized system wide online education infrastructure/platform/business model that would allow SUNY to optimize its
combined 64 degree granting institutions, online-learning environment. This infrastructure/platform/business model would streamline and/or
maximize the ability of SUNY’s vast capabilities to reach and educate students globally, pursuant to SUNY’s mission.
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State University of New York (SUNY)
2019/20 State Budget Request Summary
Transitioning to a 21st Century State Economy and University
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Total Incremental Direct State Tax Support: $74.6M

System-wide Programs / State-operated Campuses / Community Colleges: $26.6M (Exclusive of $20.0M in Indirect Savings)
SUNY Hospitals: $39.9M
Statutory Colleges: $ 8.1M
Total Capital Requested: $1,131.6M 1-Year / $5,438.6M 5-Year
Stability and Reinvestment Investment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation

 State-operated Campuses: Continuation of 2017/18 Enacted  $25.0M total / $5.0M a year for five years: Partnering with the
Legislation – MOE and Predictable Undergraduate Tuition Rate Plan State to advance an Artificial Intelligence (AI) economy through
 SUNY fully supports the continuation of the re-instated the NY Institute for Advance of AI.
Maintenance of Effort (MOE) and Predictable Undergraduate  AI is an emerging technology crucial to economic growth.
Tuition Rate Plan, enacted by the State in 2017/18. As an AI-driven economy, New York’s Gross Domestic
o Community Colleges: $8.1M: Hybrid Funding Model Product (GDP) could reach $1.85 trillion by 2026,
 This proposal provides the SUNY Community Colleges with amounting to about $950 billion of additional aggregated
much needed stability and investment while also recognizing growth given the right investments and policy. SUNY is
the importance of enrollment in their operations by setting a well positioned to enable this initiative with research and
steady funding “floor” and allowing for an increase of $125 in healthcare expertise, and educational capacity and
the per student funding of $2,847 provided in 2018/19, workforce training across all degree types. It is projected
growing 4.4 percent to $2,972. that with this investment, plus capital, can yield 1,800
 State-operated Campuses: Benefits Savings and Re-Direction highly-skilled and specialized new entrants to the New
 This proposal, with no additional cost to the State, moves York State workforce over the next 5 years. SUNY would
budgeted indirect support from employee benefits to direct seek matching funds from industry partners.
support (potentially $20 million) to the campuses for non- $13.5M: Expand the Excelsior Promise.
salary related activities, such as student services and  An educated population enables the fulfillment of a strong
instructional needs, that are anticipated with changing economy; a population ready to fill the demands of a
student demographics and to effectively serve new robust economy and enjoy the benefits. For an educated
enrollment. population SUNY looks to expand the Excelsior Promise, a
 Hospitals: Continue the Discussion on the Financial Needs of the SUNY quality, accessible, and affordable on-time education;
Hospitals through programming that will enable a greater breadth
 With the elimination of the Hospital Subsidy in 2018/19 and and diversity of student populations access to succeed.
ongoing pressures from other revenue sources, SUNY Including leveraging the strength of programs such as the
requests that the State and Department of Health (DOH) Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) and Educational
continue with the current discussions on the needs of the Opportunity Center (EOC). Investment - $4.0 million in
SUNY teaching hospitals. wrap around supports, $8.0 million EOP, $1.5 million EOC.
 State-owned Hospital Facilities: Invest $39.9M via debt service relief State investments would be enhanced by efforts initiated
 Provide indirect State Tax support to the SUNY teaching by SUNY Foundations.
hospitals, by paying the debt service, to support investment
in the critical safety and infrastructure needs.
Capital Budget: Additional Support
 $ 50.0M 1-Year / $ 50.0M 5-Year: Partnership with NYS to Create the New York Institute for Advance of Artificial Intelligence (NY-Advance)
 $850.0M 1-Year / $4,250.0M 5-Year: State-operated and Statutory Campuses - Critical Maintenance / 21st Century Strategic Needs
 $100.0M 1-Year / $ 500.0M 5-Year: Teaching Hospitals
 $ 50.0M 1-Year / $ 250.0M 5-Year: Self-Supported Residence Halls
 $ 81.6M 1-Year / $ 388.6M 5-Year: Community Colleges - State Match
Statutory Colleges’ Request3
 $7.9M: Supporting Cornell Initiatives
 $0.2M: Supporting Alfred Ceramics Initiatives
Proposed Legislative Changes
 State-operated Campuses: Potential Adjustments to Standing Legislation
 To support the unique nature, as well as the expansive width and breadth, of the SUNY System, SUNY proposes support from the State for
flexibility in the setting of market-based graduate and professional tuition rates.
 State-operated Campuses and Community Colleges: Pairing Tuition Rates and Excelsior Recipients
 To support the continued success of the 2017/18 Excelsior Scholarship Program, SUNY proposes that the tuition rate charged to these students
not be set for a four-year period, but instead for the length of time that the particular student is enrolled at SUNY, with each new group of
students having their tuition charge set at that year's value.
 State-operated Campuses: New Procurement Legislation
 To buy services from consortia and enable varied delivery mechanisms for construction services.
 Community Colleges: Potential Adjustments to Standing Legislation
 To allow for the community colleges to purchase services from educational consortia.
3
Submitted as per Section 355(4)(a) of New York State Education Law
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Operating
Budget Request Detailed Submission
The 2019/20 request utilizes the 2018/19 Enacted Budget as a base, anticipating that the State will continue to
invest in the levels of Direct Support for Operations, Programs, and Initiatives as was included in the final signed
budget. In addition, SUNY continues to appreciate and value the State’s significant investment in the Indirect Costs of
the SUNY System, including employee benefits and debt costs related to capital improvements, and thanks the State for
supporting the base and incremental costs related to these items that will be realized in the upcoming Academic Year.
SUNY presents the following request for Direct State Tax Support and essential Capital Funding that will
support the SUNY System for the 2019/20 academic year and beyond. In addition, information is provided on the level
of spending authority required by our State-operated campuses, teaching hospitals, and the Long Island State Veterans
Home (LISVH) to utilize their own self-generated revenue.
Information on SUNY’s 2019/20 Operating Budget Request is summarized in the table below for the entire
SUNY system, and discussed in further detail in the following individual sections. Please note that the infrastructure
needs of the System, including Critical Maintenance and investments that address the new reality of operations, is
included following this discussion.
2019/20 State University of New York (SUNY) Operating Budget Request: Direct State Tax Support4
($M)
Requests
Requests Associated with 2019/20
2018/19 Associated Requests Investment, Total SUNY
Enacted with Related with Entrepreneurship, Statutory Incremental Budget as
Area State Budget Stability Reinvestment and Innovation Request Request Requested
System-wide
$22.0 $4.0 $9.55 $5.0 $- $18.5 $40.5
Activities
Campus and University-wide Programs
State-operated
708.0 - 20.06 - - 20.03 728.0
Campuses
Statutory
133.8 - - - 8.1 8.1 141.9
Campuses
Community
482.3 8.17 - - - 8.1 490.3
Colleges
Hospitals and
Other Health - - 39.9 - - 39.9 39.9
Related
University-wide
159.0 - -8 - - - 159.0
Programs
Subtotal $1,505.1 $12.1 $69.4 $5.0 $8.1 $94.6 $1,600.5
Offset to Indirect
State Tax N/A $- ($20.0) $- $- ($20.0) N/A
Support
Grand Total $1,505.1 $12.1 $49.4 $5.0 $8.1 $74.6 $1,600.5
4
Please note that totals may not add due to rounding.
5
Reflected in the University-wide Program budget area as incremental new support to the indicated programs
6
Offset by $20.0M in Indirect State Tax Support savings through SUNY efforts to maximize its workforce
7
Due to the continued treatment of Community College Base Aid as a purely “volume based” model, the funding amount provided to the
Colleges will be re-adjusted for the 2019/20 Academic Year. Under current enrollment projections this new level of funding will be $443.0M
in Base Aid, which would necessitate a $23.1M investment on an Academic Year basis if the State continues this approach to Community
College funding
8
$0.5M in incremental support for the Cornell Veterinary College included in Statutory Campus line
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1. System-wide Activities
2019/20 State University of New York (SUNY) System-wide Activities9

($M)
Requests 2019/20
2018/19 Requests Associated with SUNY
Enacted Associated Requests Investment, Budget
State with Related with Entrepreneurship, Total As
Area Budget Stability Reinvestment and Innovation Request Requested
Artificial Intelligence $- $- $- $5.0 $5.0 $5.0
Expand the Promise of the
- 4.0 - - 4.0 4.0
Excelsior Program
Investment Fund 18.0 - - - - 18.0
Open Educational
4.0 - - - - 4.0
Resources
Total $22.0 $4.0 $- $5.0 $9.0 $31.0
 Direct Funding Related Actions

o $5.0 million Year One (Partnership with NYS to be Matched Dollar for Dollar by Industry
Funding) Establishing the New York Institute for Advance of Artificial Intelligence (NY-
Advance)
 The unprecedented progress made over the last two decades in computing, sensing and
communication technologies, coupled with recent breakthroughs in machine learning, has
enabled significant advances in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). Today, AI is driving
innovation and global economic growth at an extraordinary pace through new capabilities,
new industries and new business models. AI is also transforming the nature of work and the
role of humans in the workplace. There is a sense of urgency with which governments and
businesses around the globe are acting in order to stay ahead of this wave.
 The economic future of the State of New York depends on how it responds and adapts itself
to these changes. Therefore, SUNY proposes to establish a New York Institute for Advance
of Artificial Intelligence (NY-Advance) that will propel the State of New York into the AI
economy in a manner that drives transformational growth and benefits for all of its citizens.
Leveraging extensive research and educational capacity of SUNY in AI, the NY-Advance
will:
 Act as a magnet to attract AI firms to the State of New York;
 Grow AI talent and prepare New York's workforce for the AI economy;
 Leverage AI to address critical challenges facing the State such as in ethics,
healthcare and energy;
 Serve as a catalyst for AI startups and build a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem within
the State; and
 Provide AI-related policy findings to local and State Government.
 The partnership with NYS would be used as a matching fund to attract investment from
potential industry partners. SUNY will request a minimum 1:1 match of funding from
industry partners to fully leverage any State’s investment, meeting the operating
requirements of this essential new institute which could become self-sufficient within a five-
year window and is estimated to result in an addition of about 1,800 highly-skilled and
specialized new entrants to the New York State workforce over the same time period, fueling
the growth of an AI economy in the State of New York.
 It is expected that this funding would increase annually by $5.0M, eventually reaching a total
of $25.0M in investment.
9
Please note that totals may not add due to rounding
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o $18.0 million (Continued Support) SUNY Investment Fund:
 Through a continuation of the successful Investment Fund, which has been used to address
gaps through defined student pathways, workforce programs, enhancing completion
programs, the development of innovative curriculum and educational delivery methods –
such as SUNY Online - and the creation of relevant student recruitment and student success
programs, SUNY will be able to continue to focus on the needs of the 21st Century Student.
This includes an initiative known as “PRODI_G” which is intended to diversify the faculty
body to be as reflective of the rich and diverse population that SUNY serves.
 Additionally, expanded economic impact can be achieved by combining existing
entrepreneurial acumen, educational expertise, and its diverse student population to mentor
and staff the businesses and companies that will support the SUNY system into the future.
o $4.0 million (Potential New Investment, exclusive of incremental funding being sought for the
EOP and EOC programs) Expand the Promise of the Excelsior Program:
 To aid with students who may be experiencing unforeseen emergency events in their
educational career, SUNY is proposing that the State work to maximize the current work
being done by the SUNY Impact Foundation, the Gerstner Family Foundation (GFF), and the
Heckscher Foundation for Children (HFFC) by providing $4.0M in Direct State Tax Support
(enhanced by fundraising initiatives) to help align the unexpected needs of these students
with services and supports that may already be made available by the State as well as
potentially providing limited grant aid to students who – through no actions of their own –
find themselves in potentially educational career threatening circumstances and require
support to maintain their educational trajectory.
 In addition, SUNY would:
 Propose further State investment in the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP)
($8.0M) and the Educational Opportunity Centers (EOC) ($1.5M) (reflected in the
University-wide Budget area); and
 Look to engage the State in a conversation on methods whereby the "spirit" of the
Excelsior Scholarship Program could be met while also acknowledging the 21st
Century Needs of students, such as working students.
o $4.0 million (Continued Support) to provide for the continued successes related to the development,
execution, and deployment of Open Educational Resources (OER) at SUNY institutions to help keep
student classroom costs low.
2. State-operated Campuses
SUNY’s 29 State-operated campuses have worked to stabilize their academic operations under both the 2011/12
Maintenance of Effort and Predictable Tuition Plan and the 2017/18 continuation of the same.
However, while the ongoing Base Support and continued investment by the State in benefit costs has been
invaluable, some of our State-operated institutions face extreme challenges in the face of changing demographics,
increased competition for a diminishing student pool, and increased costs related to providing instruction, programs,
and services that students need and desire in order to graduate in a time-frame that aligns with their degree path.
While the Legislatively approved Predictable Tuition Plan has provided the campuses an ability to address these
needs, tuition revenue alone is not sufficient and – while SUNY’s rate is extremely affordable and in some cases
negated entirely by the State’s Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) and Excelsior Scholarship Program – increases to the
rates apply additional pressures to students.
Therefore, the 2019/20 Operating Budget Request for the 29 State-operated campuses focuses on finding new
revenue sources for these institutions to invest in these costs, while also recognizing the challenges that the State itself
faces.
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2019/20 State University of New York (SUNY) State-operated Campus Request: Direct State Tax Support10
($M)
Requests
2018/19 Requests Associated with 2019/20
Enacted Associated Requests Investment, Total SUNY
State with Related with Entrepreneurship, Incremental Budget As
Base Support $708.0 - - - - $708.0
Re-Direction Planned
- - 20.0 - 20.0 20.0
Support11
Total $708.0 - $20.0 - $20.0 $728.8

o $708.0 million: Base Support (Existing Support)
 Continue 2018/19 levels of Direct State Tax Support for all campuses and System
Administration.
o $20.0 million: Benefit Savings (Re-Direction of Existing Planned Support5)
 Based on the 1st Quarter Update to the State Financial Plan12, the State of New York is
currently projecting to expend a minimum of $1.8B on SUNY employee benefit costs in the
2018/19 State Fiscal Year, which grows to $2.2B13 by 2021/22.
State University of New York (SUNY) Estimate of State Indirect Support for Benefit Costs: 2018/19 to 2021/22
($M)
$ / PP %
Area 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 Change Change
Academic Enterprise14 $2,561.6 $2,612.8 $2,789.4 $2,786.5 $224.9 8.8%
Dormitories 114.5 130.5 139.3 139.2 24.6 21.5%
Hospital and Health Related15 68.8 71.5 76.3 76.2 7.5 10.9%
Total $2,744.9 $2,814.8 $3,005.1 $3,001.9 $257.0 9.4%
State Benefit Rate 63.9% 66.1% 69.9% 73.9% 10.0 15.6%
Estimated Indirect Support for Benefits $1,754.0 $1,860.6 $2,100.5 $2,218.4 $464.4 26.5%
 Through internal efforts to maximize the utilization of the approximately 37,000 Full-Time
employees across the State-operated campuses16 as well as natural attrition through
retirements17, SUNY would seek to reduce their overall salary spend by at-least one percent,
leading to an estimated savings to these projected benefit costs of $18.6M in 2019/20,
growing to $22.2M by 2021/22.
10
11
Net zero impact to the State’s Financial Plan due to Indirect State Tax Support (employee benefit) savings from maximization of workforce
actions by SUNY
12
https://www.budget.ny.gov/pubs/archive/fy19/enac/fy19q1fp.pdf (Based on page T-124 and Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) employee
benefit rates, excluding projected Hospital Operations Salary Spend)
13
Excluding support for Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF), Teacher Retirement
System (TRS), and other specific benefit costs managed by the State directly
14
Includes Revenue Offset, General IFR, State University Tuition Reimbursable Account (SUTRA), and Stabilization
15
Includes Hospital IFR and Long Island Veterans Home. Excludes Hospital Operations.
16
Excludes Hospital Operations Employees
17
SUNY’s overall State-operated and Hospital Full-Time employee employment levels as of Pay Period 3 of 2018/19 can be categorized by
22.0%: Young Professional, 47.0%: Non-Retirement Age, and 31.0%: Retirement Age categories
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 As part of this action and proposal, SUNY and the State would enter into an agreement that
projected savings to State benefit costs – and any savings in excess of projections – realized
from SUNY’s efforts would be redirected to Direct State Tax Support that would allow
investment in new academic equipment, program development, student services, and the
SUNY Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) Gap with limited, to no, impact on the State’s
Financial Plan.
State University of New York (SUNY) Estimate of State Indirect Support for Benefit Costs: 2018/19 to 2021/22
Adjusted for SUNY Maximization Actions
($M)
$ / PP %
Area 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 Change Change
Academic Enterprise18 $2,561.6 $2,612.8 $2,789.4 $2,786.5 $224.9 8.8%
Dormitories 114.5 130.5 139.3 139.2 24.6 21.5%
Hospital and Health Related19 68.8 71.5 76.3 76.2 7.5 10.9%
Total $2,744.9 $2,814.8 $3,005.1 $3,001.9 $257.0 9.4%
Savings to Salary Costs - ($28.1) ($30.1) ($30.0) ($30.0) N/A
Adjusted Salary Costs $2,744.9 $2,786.6 $2,975.0 $2,971.9 $227.0 8.3%
State Benefit Rate 63.9% 66.1% 69.9% 73.9% 10.0 15.6%
Original Est. of Indirect Support for Benefits $1,754.0 $1,860.6 $2,100.5 $2,218.4 $464.4 26.5%
Adjusted Est. of Indirect Support for Benefits $1,754.0 $1,842.0 $2,079.5 $2,196.2 $442.2 24.0%
$ Difference - ($18.6) ($21.0) ($22.2) ($22.2) N/A
% Difference - (1.0%) (1.0%) (1.0%) (1.0) N/A
While this item reflects the only Direct State Tax Support request for the State-operated campuses, it is
important to note the impact of the recently agreed to and ratified United University Professions (UUP) salary contract
on both SUNY’s ongoing operations and the State’s benefit-related costs.
Once this contract reaches its end, salary costs alone across the appropriated operations of the State-operated
campuses will have an annual increase of $385.5M, a cumulative five-year impact of $1.6B.
SUNY is working internally and with the State to find a multi-pronged solution to this impending fiscal
challenge.
Finally, other potential areas of Direct State Tax Support investment that could benefit both the State-operated
campuses and their students are included in the University-wide programs and System-wide Activities portion of this
request.
 Policy Related Actions
o Continuation of Maintenance of Effort
 With only limited interruption since its 2011/12 Enactment, the “MOE” agreement between
the State of New York and SUNY has protected the nation’s largest comprehensive public
university system from a repeat of the massive reductions in direct support experienced
during the Great Recession while ensuring that the State and Student investment is wisely
utilized to support student success, economic and intellectual development, and
programmatic advancement.
 SUNY requests the language passed in the 2017/18 Enacted Budget be continued and remain
untouched, with the potential exception of extending the protections provided by this key
legislation to the annual investments made in our critically important programs such as the
18
Includes Revenue Offset, General IFR, State University Tuition Reimbursable Account (SUTRA), and Stabilization
19
Includes Hospital IFR and Long Island State Veterans Home. Excludes Hospital Operations.
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Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), Educational Opportunity Centers (EOCs), and the
Small Business Development Centers (SBDC).
o Continuation of Predictable Tuition
 At the same time that the State provided the protections of the Maintenance of Effort, it also
worked to break the “tuition roulette” cycle of student tuition increases that have plagued
SUNY since tuition was first instituted in 1963.
 For the first time, students and families could plan for their college costs intelligently,
operating off the multi-year plan passed by the SUNY Board of Trustees under the strictures
provided in the NY-SUNY 2020 legislation.
 This benefit has continued almost unbroken since that time, and SUNY requests an extension
of this program.
o Continued Evolution of SUNY Tuition
 SUNY requests that the State give the 18 members of the Board of Trustees the flexibility to
provide the 29 State-operated campuses the ability to compete in the postsecondary education
market by allowing the following:
 Market Based Graduate / Professional tuition rates, allowing our individual
institutions to set these rates of tuition to the level appropriate for their region,
students, and competitors as opposed to the current uniform level across all campuses.
(Note that undergraduate tuition rates would not be considered as part of this
activity.)
 An adjustment to the current statutory authority associated with the Excelsior
Scholarship Program and SUNY Resident Undergraduate tuition rates, allowing these
rates to be frozen only for the four-year period associated with the student’s
enrollment, not a general four-year period.
In addition, Attachment A reflects (in both the Special Revenue Funds – Other section and the Fiduciary,
Internal Service Funds section) the year-to-year spending authority needs of the State-operated campuses for dormitory
operations, fee supported activities, and other academic program needs20.
To aid in the operations of the State-operated campuses, Attachment C provides for requested policy and
language changes, including a technical adjustment to the successful 2017/18 Excelsior Scholarship Program, changes
to promote savings and efficiencies through allowing the purchase of services from consortiums, and support for the
continuation of 2017/18 legislation related to the Maintenance of Effort (MOE) and Predictable Tuition Plan through
2020/21.
Finally, while the authority is no longer provided to SUNY directly, the State University also requests that the
State Tax funding managed centrally to support costs related to the Teacher Retirement System (TRS), Teachers
Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF), and other programs be
appropriated at suitable levels to handle all forecasted costs for the 2019/20 academic year.
20
Note that, due to a technical change in the methodology SUNY is utilizing to record institutionally supported scholarships in light of the
State’s self-imposed Two Percent State Operating Spending rule, additional tuition revenue spending authority is not required in 2019/20
Figures in Attachment C do not reflect requested re-appropriation of 2018/19 General IFR authority
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3. Community Colleges
2019/20 State University of New York (SUNY) Community College Request: Direct State Tax Support21
($M)
Requests
Area Budget22 Stability Reinvestment and Innovation Request Requested
Base Aid23 $458.0 $8.1 - - $8.1 $466.1
Rental Aid 11.6 - - - - 11.6
Job Linkage 3.0 - - - - 3.0
Apprentice SUNY 3.0 - - - - 3.0
Child Care 2.1 - - - - 2.1
Contract Courses 1.9 - - - - 1.9
High Needs Program 1.7 - - - - 1.7
Low Enrollment 0.9 - - - - 0.9
Orange CC Bridges 0.1 - - - - 0.1
Total $482.3 $8.1 - - $8.1 $490.3

o $482.3 million Base Support (Existing Support)
 Level year-to-year State funding for Community College operations, which is not enrollment
based alone in nature.
o $8.1 million (New Investment on a year-to-year basis24) to Support a “Hybrid” Community

College State Funding Model:
 This proposal would build upon the 2018/19 Request to transform the way the SUNY
Community Colleges are funded by the State of New York, allowing for stability and better
planning in their operations while still recognizing the long-standing enrollment component
of the State funding model.
 Under this approach, each of the 30 community colleges operating under the program
of the State University of New York would be provided the higher of either their most
recent three year25 State Aid levels or the 2018/19 values under the traditional State
Aid calculation.
 In addition, this proposal would seek an increase in the per Funded Full-Time
Equivalent (FTE) support provided to the Community Colleges of $125 (4.4 percent),
from $2,847 to $2,972.
 Colleges that see a sufficient increase in FTE students to receive State Aid in excess
of the amount set in the Stable Base of Funding above would receive that higher
number as their “new” base.
 Colleges that do not meet this metric would be kept at the Stable Base of Funding.
 This proposal follows over a year’s worth of work by the Presidents and Chief Financial
Officers of the 30 Community Colleges operating under the program of the State University
of New York along with representatives from System Administration in presenting a new
State Funding Model in the 2018/19 State Budget Cycle.
21
Please note that totals may not add due to rounding.
Community School Grants re-appropriations not shown and are assumed to be continued
22
Figures shown on an Academic Year basis (September to August)
23
Also known as Base Operating Aid
24
Due to the continued treatment of Community College Base Aid as a purely “volume based” model, the funding amount provided to the
Colleges will be re-adjusted for the 2019/20 Academic Year. Under current enrollment projections this new level of funding will be $443.0M
in Base Aid, which would necessitate a $23.1M investment on an Academic Year basis if the State continues this approach to Community
College funding
25
Defined as 2016/17 Actual Received, 2017/18 Actual Received, and 2018/19 Enacted
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 Following that submission, SUNY and the Community Colleges reflected on the feedback
provided to us during the Budget Cycle, particularly related to the continued importance of a
volume component being included in any adjustment to the way the Community Colleges are
funded.
 This proposal reflects an attempt to find a “middle ground” that meets the desire to include
this component, as well as allow for the Colleges to have a stable foundation in their Direct
State Tax Support, joining the College Local Sponsors in providing this steady state of
support and allow the Colleges to plan for operations over more than a 12 month period.
Other potential areas of Direct State Tax Support investment that could benefit both the Community College
campuses and their students are included in the University-wide programs portion of this request.
 Policy Related Actions

o Allow for the community colleges to purchase services from educational consortia.
4. University-wide Programs
A full listing of current University-wide programs is included as Attachment B. However, the table below
provides a summary of these programs by appropriated area and reflects a total of 10.0 million in investment in our
students and programs:
2019/20 State University of New York (SUNY) University-wide Programs: Direct State Tax Support26
($M)
Requests
Area Budget Stability Reinvestment27 and Innovation Request Requested
Student Grants and Loans $12.7 $- $- $- $- $12.7
Opportunity and Diversity
95.6 - 9.5 - 9.5 105.1
Programs
Strategic Priorities and
50.6 - 0.5 - 0.5 51.1
System-wide Resources
Total $159.0 - $10.0 - $10.0 $169.0
 Policy Related Actions:

o SUNY requests that the proposed language changes to specific programs outlined in Attachment C
be accommodated in the 2019/20 Executive Budget and beyond to facilitate the efficient execution
of the programs so adjusted.
o In addition, the University would request that the existing Maintenance of Effort provision apply to
not only the core program funding levels, but also any additional investments made in annual budget
bills.
 Direct Funding Related Actions:
o SUNY proposes funding adjustments for the University-wide programs as noted in the System-wide
Activities area of this request, focusing on meeting the needs of Opportunity and Diversity Programs
such as EOP and EOC, as well as an increase of $0.5M to the Cornell Veterinary College Program
requested by Cornell University.
o Additional information on these requests is available upon request.
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27
Only Direct State Tax items shown
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5. Statutory Campuses
2019/20 State University of New York (SUNY) Statutory Colleges: Direct State Tax Support28
($M)
2018/19 Enacted Statutory Request: 2019/20 SUNY Budget
Area State Budget Reinvestment As Requested
Cornell $125.8 $7.4 $133.2
Alfred Ceramics 8.1 0.2 8.3
Total $133.8 $7.6 $141.5

o Cornell
 $7.4 million (New Investment) for Investment in Various Cornell Initiatives and Costs,
including the Cornell Cooperative Extension and High Throughput Phenotyping.
o Alfred Ceramics
 $0.2 million (New Investment) to support Alfred Ceramics Costs.
6. State University of New York Teaching Hospitals, Long Island Veterans Home (LIVH), and Other
Healthcare Related Activity
2019/20 State University of New York (SUNY) Hospitals/Health: Direct State Tax Support29
($M)
Requests 2019/20
2018/19 Requests Associated with SUNY
Enacted Associated Requests Investment, Budget
State with Related with Entrepreneurship, Total As
Operating Support $- $- $- $- $- $-
Investment in State-owned
- - 39.9 - 39.9 39.9
Health Care Facilities
Total $- - $39.9 - $39.9 $39.9
 Policy Related Actions:

o The SUNY Teaching Hospitals, much like many providers of health care, are facing a new reality
based upon recent actions by the Federal government, as well as self-imposed fiscal actions by State
government.
o As the State itself moves to address these concerns, it is essential that the SUNY Hospitals, and
SUNY writ large, is represented at these conversations to help in identifying future strategic plans to
mitigate the impact of recent changes to Disproportionate Share (DSH) reimbursements.
o Other, procedural, policy and language related changes are provided in Attachment C.
o $39.9 million (New Investment) for Investment in State-owned Health Care Facilities
 SUNY's three teaching hospitals have, since 2000/01, operated under a slowly fracturing
financial structure that relied on the hospitals themselves, the Federal government, and the
State of New York to effectively treat the people of the State.
 Under hospital reform in the early 2000s, the three SUNY Teaching Hospitals were required
to pay the costs of their own fringe benefits as well as reimburse the State for payment of
debt service costs on capital improvements. In return, the State pledged to provide an
“operating subsidy” (generated by formula) that was intended to offset some of the costs the
Teaching Hospitals incurred due to their State-related status.
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 This formula has not been followed in many years, and all direct support was eliminated in
the 2018/19 Enacted State Budget30. While the hospitals have managed to continue
operations, the lack of sustained State investment in their day-to-day activities (both in terms
of Direct State Tax Support and Capital support) have had an impact.
 However, the benefit that the three teaching hospitals provide to the State, as well as their
importance to healthcare, research, and the populations they serve are too great to devolve
into recitations of issues of the past. Instead, SUNY proposes that burgeoning discussions
between SUNY, the Department of Health (DOH), and others continue to come to a mutual
understanding of the services that the State expects from the hospitals (and how to pay for
them) that will – hopefully – eliminate the ongoing cycle that has existed even prior to
hospital reform.
 Meanwhile, to support continued operations at the teaching hospitals and to incentivize
needed investment in hospital infrastructures, SUNY is requesting that the State provide
$39.9 million to support the costs of repayment to the State of New York for bonded capital
improvements
Attachment A (the Special Revenue Funds- Hospitals and other Healthcare Related Activities section) reflects
requested year-to-year self-generated revenue spending authority for the three teaching hospitals, as well as for Long
Island Veterans Home, for the 2019/20 academic year. Areas of interest include:
 A $122.2 million year-to-year increase31 in spending authority in the Hospital Operating Account,
reflecting the appropriation value needed to support ongoing operations.
 A $1.7 million year-to-year increase in spending authority for the Long Island Veterans Home.
Other
Administration of the State’s Voluntary Defined Contribution (VDC) Program

 While no new funding is requested, SUNY is proposing that the $0.5 million in Direct State Tax
appropriated since 2016/17 ultimately be provided for workforce needs and travel related to SUNY’s
administration of this program on behalf of the State, as well as allowing for SUNY to engage with the State
on re-examining the costs related to such administration.
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30
The State did, however, provide one-time support to the teaching hospitals through the facilitation of an operating grant from the Care
Restructuring Enhancement Pilot (CREP)
31
From expected adjusted 2018/19 levels
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Capital
Budget Request
The Capital Budget Request is structured to support and advance SUNY’s pursuit of academic excellence,
provide an outstanding college experience for more than 430,000 students, who in turn give back to their colleges and
communities, and advance New York State’s economy. Modern, technologically advanced buildings are essential to
provide the quality education necessary to produce the high-performing workforce of tomorrow.
New York Institute for Advance of Artificial Intelligence

2019/20 Capital Budget Request
New York Institute for Advance of Artificial Intelligence (NY-Advance)
($M)
Annual Increase
Program 2019/20 Request 5-Year Request from 2018/19
Artificial Intelligence $50.0 $50.0 $50.0
Capital investment to provide the seed funding for the establishment of the New York Institute for Advance of
Artificial Intelligence (NY-Advance), which will leverage the extensive research and education capacity of SUNY to
grow the artificial intelligence economy in New York State. NY-Advance will be supported by State and industry
partners, with proposed SUNY capital funding used as matching funds to attract investment from potential industry
partners, further enabling SUNY to prepare New York’s workforce for the growth in the Artificial Intelligence
economy.
State-operated Campuses and Statutory Colleges

State-operated Campuses and Statutory Colleges
($M)
Program 2019/20 Request 5-Year Request Annual Increase from

2018/19
Educational Facilities
 Base Critical Maintenance $ 600.0 $3,000.0 $50.0
 21st Century Strategic Needs 250.0 1,250.0 250.0
$ 850.0 $4,250.0 $300.0
Hospitals 100.0 500.0 0.032
Residence Halls 50.0 250.0 0.0
Total:
State-operated/Statutory Campuses $1,000.0 $5,000.0 $300.0
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In 2018/19, Stony Brook Medical Center and Upstate Medical Center received $50.0M each in ongoing capital support, plus a one-time
appropriation of $77.3M to facilitate a transfer of capital expenses initially paid by operating budgets to this capital appropriation to provide
operating relief for hospital operating funds utilized as a match to maximize federal DSH reimbursement. This increase reflects the increase
from the regular capital support, and does not include the one-time DSH appropriation.
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Educational Facilities
By every measure, increasing the planned $550.0 million investment for Educational Facilities by $300.0
million annually is necessary to ensure SUNY’s continued success and reputation as a world-renowned institution,
which is accessible to an increasingly diverse student population. This level of support is necessary to maintain a state
of good repair of SUNY’s more than 1,800 academic buildings and related infrastructure, as demonstrated by life cycle
modeling data that tracks the renewal needs and associated costs of more than 40,000 asset components across the
SUNY State-operated campuses. A robust planning process, as utilized by SUNY, incorporates the life cycle modeling
data with projects needed to support changing programmatic needs resulting from shifting student demand from
programs that can be accommodated in traditional instructional spaces to those that require labs that are more
specialized and collaborative learning environments, largely in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and
Mathematics (STEAM).
An annual investment of $850.0 million, with flexibility to construct new facilities where warranted, is needed
to provide the renovated or new facilities that can serve the needs of students, faculty, and equipment in appropriate
and relevant learning facilities.
SUNY-Wide Program Areas of Growth and Decline

Fall 2012-2017
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services 75%
Engineering 32%
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 10%
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences 9%
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services 6%
Visual and Performing Arts -6%
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities -8%
Education -22%
English Language and Literature/Letters -26%
History -35%
-40% -20% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80%

Additionally, outdated buildings, particularly science buildings, are energy intensive and very inefficient. An
investment to upgrade these facilities to today’s energy standards and beyond, will help achieve the State’s energy
goals as outlined in Executive Orders 88 and 166.
This level of capital investment would also accelerate SUNY’s already sizeable contribution to the New York
State economy. Capital investment fuels SUNY’s economic development in five important ways:
 First, SUNY plays a vital role in educating New York State’s future workforce. Modern, up-to-date, facilities
are essential to providing a quality education for students, the majority of whom are from New York and stay in
New York after graduation. In many cases, a SUNY education provides upward mobility for students from
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underserved communities. Multiple studies have shown that the physical environment has a significant impact
on student attraction, learning, retention, and the commitment to supporting the institution after graduation.
 Second, capital investment in new facilities and equipment is required to educate New Yorkers in the emerging
technologies, such as artificial intelligence, which will become increasingly important in the State’s effort to
build a robust 21st century economy.
 Third, capital investment to update facilities and modernize laboratories that support research also promotes
economic development by assisting with the recruitment of world class faculty and researchers who generate
revenue through grants, start-up businesses, and patents.
 Fourth, capital investment in SUNY, particularly in urban environments, revitalizes communities and brings
SUNY and the community together.
 Lastly, capital investment has the direct benefit of creating design and construction industry jobs throughout
New York State.
Hospitals
Hospitals are capital-intensive operations requiring very complex building systems to provide safe, quality care
and compete in the constantly evolving health care market. Capital investment is crucial to ensure that the three SUNY
teaching hospitals can sustain their $2.7 billion operation, which includes 1,680 licensed beds, more than 265,000
emergency room visits, and more than one billion outpatient visits every year. Therefore, $500.0 million is necessary
over five years to support the vital long-term planning and capital funding needs of SUNY’s three teaching hospitals.
Residence Halls
Residential life is an important component of the higher education experience. Residence halls are self-funded,
using revenue from room rents to fund both operations and capital needs. Annually, $50.0M is invested in minor
rehabilitation projects using pay-as-you-go hard dollars from the overall program revenue. Appropriation is needed to
expend this revenue. No State funds are used in this program. Bonded dollars, which are independent of the State
bonding cap, are used primarily for major critical maintenance, but at some campuses, new facilities also are included
as part of the program to meet changing housing needs. The residence hall program includes a separate legislative bond
cap of $944.0M, established at the time the program was taken off budget. The $944.0M was planned to take the
program through the first 5 years. As of mid-October, 2018, $627.0M of the cap will have been used. An additional
$450.0M is requested to be added to the cap to allow the program to cover the next five years of planned capital
expenditures.
Community Colleges
This capital program is in support of the academic buildings located on community college campuses. The State
supports half of the capital costs for community college capital projects, with the other half funded through the local
sponsor. In 2018/19, the State Budget provided $74.3 million, representing the State share for 61 projects at 20
community colleges.
Community Colleges
($Millions)
Annual Increase
Program 2019/20 Request 5-Year Request from 2018/19
Community Colleges – State Share $81.6 $388.6 $7.3
Community colleges are a vital part of the SUNY system, providing diverse programming from hands on
learning and workforce training, to general education. The diverse programs require specialized facilities to train
students for today’s workforce or to prepare them for entering 4 year programs at the State-operated campuses. Each
community college has a sponsor responsible for 50 percent of the capital improvements. The sponsors develop annual
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budgets and determine the amount of investment to be included in this year’s request for the 50% matching State share.
The figures provided indicate the colleges’ estimated request. The final request is dependent on Sponsor’s ability to
provide and document the 50 percent local match for capital projects. While the majority of capital investment at the
community colleges is for critical maintenance repairs to extend the useful life of the existing educational facilities, a
few new facilities also are included in the capital plan to meet the needs of new and changing programs at the colleges.
A list of the current33 Community College projects that are anticipated to receive Local Sponsor match is provided as
an appendix to this section.
In addition, Attachment C includes language that would provide authorization for the State University
Construction Fund to utilize the Construction Manager-at-Risk and the Design-Build procurement methods to expedite
project delivery, thereby reducing costs and producing administrative efficiencies. These methods are particularly
effective in reducing the cost of construction by leveraging the knowledge, expertise and creativity of the contracting
world to find innovative ways to build more efficiently in a collaborative manner. Contracts using these methods
continue to follow all rules and regulations related to prevailing wages and MWBE goals. Both methodologies are
particularly effective for development of innovation related to the goal of building net zero facilities, which are critical
to meeting overall greenhouse gas reduction goals.
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Appendix to Capital Budget Request
2019/20 Community College Capital Request (as of October 11, 2018)
Item Request: Request:
College Submission Description
# State + Local State
1 Adirondack Critical/Deferred Maintenance - Campuswide $420,000 $210,000
2 Adirondack Renovation of Scoville Hall (Administration) Phase III 310,000 155,000
3 Adirondack Academic Spaces Critical/Deferred Maintenance 250,000 125,000
4 Adirondack NEW: Culinary Center FF&E (increase) 200,000 100,000
5 Adirondack Gymnasium Floor Replacement 100,000 50,000
6 Adirondack Library/Learning Center Generator to ensure IT reliability 100,000 50,000
7 Adirondack Warren Hall (Student Life/Services) Renovation (increase) 85,000 42,500
8 Broome HVAC Roof Critical Replacements 850,000 425,000
9 Broome NEW: CEA Center for Integrated Research - Design 300,000 150,000
10 Cayuga Renovation/Use of Cornell Coop. Extension Building (Academic) 5,000,000 2,500,000
11 Cayuga Childcare Building Renovation 3,000,000 1,500,000
12 Corning Planetarium Renovations 450,000 225,000
13 Corning Critical Maintenance Needs - Campuswide 280,000 140,000
14 Corning Academic Buildings Safety Issues Remediation 150,000 75,000
15 Dutchess NEW: Aviation Airframe & Powerplant Program Expansion (incr.) 5,000,000 2,500,000
16 Dutchess Roof Replacements Ph II - Campuswide 3,187,000 1,593,500
17 Dutchess Hudson Hall (Administration) Critical Maintenance 100,000 50,000
18 Erie Improvements and Renovations - College-wide (3 campuses) 6,800,000 3,400,000
19 Erie Facilities Master Plan 387,500 193,750
20 Finger Lakes Campuswide Infrastructure/CM Items 1,280,000 640,000
21 Finger Lakes CMAC (Amphitheater) Safety Issues/Upgrades 615,000 307,500
22 Finger Lakes Parking and Utility improvements (Main campus) 600,000 300,000
23 Finger Lakes Facilities Master Plan 250,000 125,000
24 Finger Lakes Athletic Fields Upgrades 200,000 100,000
25 FIT Energy Savings Projects - Campuswide 12,441,000 6,220,500
26 FIT New Academic Building Café Construction 2,000,000 1,000,000
27 FIT Façade Repairs- Local law 11 1,346,000 673,000
28 Fulton-Montgomery Renovations: Theater and other buildings 1,150,000 575,000
29 Fulton-Montgomery Classroom Building Phase 2 1,000,000 500,000
30 Genesee Facilities Master Plan 250,000 125,000
31 Herkimer Smart Grid Laboratory FF&E 192,000 96,000
32 Hudson Valley Guenther/Fitz Hall (Student Services) Repair & Renovation 1,513,000 756,500
33 Hudson Valley Parking Lots Critical Repairs 320,000 160,000
34 Jamestown Critical Maintenance - Campuswide 1,700,000 850,000
35 Jefferson Revitalization and Maintenance - Campuswide 4,000,000 2,000,000
36 Mohawk Valley Airframe & Powerplant Hangar Renovation 1,000,000 500,000
37 Mohawk Valley Wayfinding & Signage -Campuswide (increase) 182,620 91,310
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2019/20 Community College Capital Request (as of October 11, 2018)
Item Request: Request:
College Submission Description
# State + Local State
38 Nassau Cluster C/D (Academic) Classroom Renovations $22,000,000 $11,000,000
39 Nassau Culinary Program (Academic) Facilities Rehabilitation 10,000,000 5,000,000
40 Nassau Library Renovation - Construction Ph I 5,500,000 2,750,000
41 Nassau Building K (Academic) Renovations (increase) 5,500,000 2,750,000
42 Nassau Academic Facilities Various Upgrades (increase) 5,400,000 2,700,000
43 Nassau Tower (Administration) Renovation Ph II 5,000,000 2,500,000
44 Nassau Cluster A-F (Academics) Restroom Renovations 2,200,000 1,100,000
45 Nassau Cluster A-F (Academics) Roof Repairs 2,000,000 1,000,000
46 Nassau Security Systems Upgrade Ph II - Campuswide 250,000 125,000
47 Nassau Physical Plant Vehicles Ph II 200,000 100,000
48 Nassau Childcare Center Critical Maintenance 100,000 50,000
49 Niagara NEW: STEM (Academics) Building 3,500,000 1,750,000
50 Niagara Sanborn (Student Services) Boiler Replacement, Phase 1 400,000 200,000
51 Niagara Dock Paving & Security Gate 175,000 87,500
52 North Country Critical Maintenance and Renovations 310,000 155,000
53 Orange PE Building Critical Maintenance 835,000 417,500
54 Orange Sidewalk Repairs/Reconstruction 350,000 175,000
55 Orange Roof Recoating/Replacement - Campuswide 260,000 130,000
56 Rockland Fieldhouse/PE Building Interior/Exterior Improvements 3,600,000 1,800,000
57 Rockland Building Systems Upgrades: Electrical - Campuswide (increase) 2,700,000 1,350,000
58 Rockland College Financial Computer System Upgrade 2,300,000 1,150,000
59 Rockland Water Main System Improvements 1,700,000 850,000
60 Rockland Elevated Walkways Upgrade and Improvements 1,000,000 500,000
61 Rockland Building Systems Upgrade: Utility Plant - Campuswide (increase) 910,000 455,000
62 Rockland Campus Security Enhancements 873,390 436,695
63 Rockland Cultural Arts Center HVAC Improvements/Upgrades 800,000 400,000
64 Rockland Fitness Center/Tennis Court Renovations 800,000 400,000
65 Rockland Brucker Hall (Administration) Emergency Generator 800,000 400,000
66 Schenectady Begley Learning Commons (Library) Renovations - Ph II 9,490,000 4,745,000
67 Suffolk Infrastructure Improvements: year 5 - College wide (3 campuses) 5,150,000 2,575,000
68 Suffolk Life Safety - College wide (3 campuses) 200,000 100,000
69 Sullivan Facility Upgrades - Campuswide 500,000 250,000
70 Ulster Infrastructure/Critical Maintenance - Academic Spaces 6,090,000 3,045,000
71 Ulster Infrastructure/Critical Maintenance - Central Services 1,253,000 626,500
72 Ulster Academics Renovation 1,000,000 500,000
73 Westchester Technology Upgrade On Campus Phase II 1,200,000 600,000
74 Westchester Library Building A/C Equipment Replacement 1,100,000 550,000
75 Westchester Roof Replacement Phase V - Campuswide 602,000 301,000
76 Westchester Technology Upgrade Off Campus Phase II 100,000 50,000
TOTALS: $163,157,510 $81,578,755
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Attachment C
Requested Adjustments / Requests for New Legislation
 Adjustments to 2018/19 Enacted “Sweeps and Transfers” for SUNY 2019/20 Budget Request
o Transfers related to, in addition to other items:
 Direct State Tax Support for State-operated Campuses, Statutory Campuses, System
Administration, Investment Fund, Open Educational Resources (OER), and newly requested
System-wide Activities
 Direct State Tax Support for Investment in State-owned Hospitals Facilities
 New language required to effectuate specific components of the 2019/20 Budget Request
o Appropriation Changes
 Adjustments to Standing Appropriations for Certain University-wide Programs
o Non-Appropriation Language Changes:
 Language adjustments to support efficient operations at State-operated campuses by allowing
the purchasing of services from consortiums
 Requests for Technical Adjustments and Support for Existing Legislation
o Technical Changes:
 Pairing the time that tuition rates are held flat for Excelsior recipients with the students
receiving the benefit
o Support for Existing Legislation:
 Maintenance of Effort (MOE) for State-operated Campuses, Statutory Campuses, System
Administration, University-wide Programs, Investment Fund, and OER,
 Predictable Tuition at the State-operated Campuses, with suggested adjustments to facilitate
operations
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Attachment C

Adjustments to 2018/19 Sweeps and Transfers Bill
Chapter 59 of the Laws of 2019
for the 2019/20 SUNY Budget Request
Red Denotes New Language, Strikethrough Denotes Deletions
Adjustments Related to SUNY Budget Request Items
Item: 11. $44,000,000 Up-to $40,000,000 from the state university income fund, state university
hospitals income reimbursable account (22656) to the general fund for hospital debt
service for the period April 1, 2019 through March 31, 2020.
Reason for Adjustment: Date changes and adjustments for total planned debt costs
Item: XX. $39,941,231 from the general fund to state university income fund, state
university hospitals income reimbursable account (22656) to support reimbursement
to the State of New York for hospital debt service costs for the period July 1, 2019
through June 30, 2020.
Reason for Adjustment: To provide for Direct State Tax support for projected 2019/20 academic year hospital debt
service reimbursements.
Item: § 9. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with section 4 of the state
finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to transfer, upon request of
the director of the budget, up to $1,018,312,300 1,052,846,800 from the general fund to
the state university income fund, state university general revenue offset account (22655)
during the period of July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020 to support operations at the state
university. Of this amount, up-to $20,000,000 will be available only upon achievement
of benefit savings to the State of New York effectuated through workforce
maximization actions by the state university of New York.
Reason for Adjustment: Adjusted for support requested under the 2018/19 SUNY Budget Request
Item: § 10. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in accordance with section 4 of the
state financial law, the comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to transfer, upon
request of the director of the budget, up to $20,000,000 from the general fund to the state
university income fund, state university general revenue offset account (22655) during the
period of July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020 to support operations at the state university in
accordance with the maintenance of effort pursuant to clause (v) of subparagraph (4) of
paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of the education law.
Reason for Adjustment: Adjusted for dates and to ensure proper value is transferred. It is expected that the amount
will be adjusted as appropriate for Excelsior Scholarship recipient projections developed
by the Division of the Budget (DOB) and SUNY.
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Adjustments Related to Dates Only
the director of the budget and upon consultation with the state university chancellor or his
or her designee, on or before March 31, 2020, up to $16,000,000 from the state university
income fund general revenue account (22653) to the state general fund for debt service
costs related to campus supported capital project costs for the NY-SUNY 2020 challenge
grant program at the University at Buffalo.
the director of the budget and upon consultation with the state university chancellor or his
or her designee, on or before March 31, 2020, up to $6,500,000 from the state university
income fund general revenue account (22653) to the state general fund for debt service
costs related to campus supported capital project costs for the NY-SUNY 2020 challenge
grant program at the University at Albany.
Item: § 8. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the state university chancellor or his or her
designee is authorized and directed to transfer estimated tuition revenue balances from the
state university collection fund (61000) to the state university income fund, state university
general revenue offset account (22655) on or before March 31, 2020.
state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to transfer, upon
request of the state university chancellor or his or her designee, up to $55,000,000 from the
state university income fund, state university hospitals income reimbursable account
(22656), for services and expenses of hospital operations and capital expenditures at the
state university hospitals; and the state university income fund, Long Island veterans' home
account (22652) to the state university capital projects fund (32400) on or before June 30,
2020.
state finance law, the comptroller, after consultation with the state university chancellor or
his or her designee, is hereby authorized and directed to transfer moneys, in the first
instance, from the state university collection fund, Stony Brook hospital collection account
(61006), Brooklyn hospital collection account (61007), and Syracuse hospital collection
account (61008) to the state university income fund, state university hospitals income
reimbursable account (22656) in the event insufficient funds are available in the state
university income fund, state university hospitals income reimbursable account (22656) to
permit the full transfer of moneys authorized for transfer, to the general fund for payment
of debt service related to the SUNY hospitals. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the
comptroller is also hereby authorized and directed, after consultation with the state
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university chancellor or his or her designee, to transfer moneys from the state university
income fund to the state university income fund, state university hospitals income
reimbursable account (22656) in the event insufficient funds are available in the state
university income fund, state university hospitals income reimbursable account (22656) to
pay hospital operating costs or to permit the full transfer of moneys authorized for transfer,
to the general fund for payment of debt service related to the SUNY hospitals on or before
March 31, 2020.
Unchanged
Item: 10. $8,318,000 from the general fund to the state university income fund, state university
income offset account (22654), for the state's share of repayment of the STIP loan.
Item: § 5. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, upon the direction of the director of the
budget and upon requisition by the state university of New York, the dormitory authority
of the state of New York is directed to transfer, up to $22,000,000 in revenues generated
from the sale of notes or bonds, the state university income fund general revenue account
(22653) for reimbursement of bondable equipment for further transfer to the state's general
fund.
Item: § 13. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, upon the direction of the director of the
budget and the chancellor of the state university of New York or his or her designee, and in
accordance with section 4 of the state finance law, the comptroller is hereby authorized
and directed to transfer monies from the state university dormitory income fund (40350) to
the state university residence hall rehabilitation fund (30100), and from the state university
residence hall rehabilitation fund (30100) to the state university dormitory income fund
(40350), in an amount not to exceed $80 million from each fund.
Item: 8. $830,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, long island veterans' home
account (22652).
Item: 9. $5,379,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, state university general
income reimbursable account (22653).
Item: 10. $112,556,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, state university revenue
offset account (22655).
Item: 11. $557,000 from the miscellaneous special revenue fund, state university of New York
tuition reimbursement account (22659).
Item: 12. $41,930,000 from the state university dormitory income fund, state university
dormitory income fund (40350).
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Changes to Specific University-wide Program Appropriations to Allow for More Efficient Operations
Educational Opportunity Programs:
Changes below (RED denotes new language) would remove time and resource consuming steps that require SUNY to
engage in a contract process with its own community colleges to meet the needs of the program. As these colleges are
the only entity that can perform the work needed to fulfill the program (i.e., serve SUNY students), this extra step is not
needed and merely detrimentally impacts SUNY students.
 Educational opportunity programs, for services and expenses to expand opportunities in institutions of higher
learning for the educationally and economically disadvantaged in accordance with chapter 917 of the laws of
1970, for educational opportunity programs on state university campuses, a summer program and educational
opportunity programs in state university community colleges. A portion of the funds herein appropriated
may be transferred to the general fund-local assistance account of the state university of New York to
accomplish the purposes of this appropriation and to make payments to community colleges
 For additional services and expenses of educational opportunity programs. A portion of the funds herein
appropriated may be transferred to the general fund-local assistance account of the state university of
New York to accomplish the purposes of this appropriation and to make payments to community colleges
Educational Opportunity Centers:
needed and merely detrimentally impacts SUNY students and operations. Contracts with CUNY or other, independent,
Universities will still facilitated through the normal contract process.
 For services and expenses related to the operation of educational opportunity centers and their outreach
programs including, but not limited to, necessary programs, services, and financial assistance, for educationally
and economically disadvantaged adults, recipients of federal temporary assistance to needy families (TANF)
and out-of-school youth who have attained the age of 16 years. $4,500,000 of this appropriation shall be used
for the services and expenses related to the operation of the ATTAIN lab program. For the purpose of this
appropriation, the term "economically disadvantaged" shall be defined as set forth in regulations promulgated
by the state university. A portion of the funds herein appropriated may be transferred to the general fund-
local assistance account of the state university of New York to accomplish the purposes of this
appropriation and to make payments to community colleges
 For additional services and expenses of educational opportunity centers. A portion of the funds herein
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Small Business Development Centers:
needed and merely detrimentally impacts SUNY operations. Contracts with CUNY or other, independent, Universities
will still facilitated through the normal contract process.
 For services and expenses of the small business development centers. A portion of the funds herein
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Requests for Technical Adjustments and Support for Existing Legislation
1. Student Based Cohort for Excelsior Recipients

a. The current approach to the 2017/18 Enacted Budget Excelsior Scholarship program “freezes” the
tuition covered by the State, Campuses, and Federal Government to 2016/17 levels for a four year period
ending 2020/21.
b. This means that students who join a SUNY institution in 2020/21 will be charged, and have paid by the
sources named above, the 2016/17 tuition rate while their fellow classmates pay a higher rate.
c. Not only does this impact the ability of our institutions to provide the services needed to ensure these
students move adroitly through their educational career, it also represents a functional disconnect for our
community colleges, who will be “freezing” their tuition for a four-year period while only offering
primarily two-year degrees.
d. Therefore, SUNY seeks to partner with the State to make a minor adjustment to the language
surrounding the Excelsior Scholarship program to tie the “frozen” tuition rate not to a time period, but
instead to the length of time a student remains at the SUNY institution.
i. Under this proposal a student who joins Hudson Valley Community College in 2019/20 and is a
recipient of an Excelsior award would be expected to have the Hudson Valley 2019/20 tuition
rate paid for them for a two-year period (2019/20 and 2020/21), while a similar student who
joins in 2020/21 and is an Excelsior Scholarship recipient would have the 2020/21 rates paid for
them for a two year period as well (2020/21 and 2021/22).
ii. This would work the same for a four-year institution, with a student joining Delhi in 2019/20 and
receiving an Excelsior Scholarship award having 2019/20 Delhi tuition rate levels paid for them
for a four-year period (2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23), while a similar student who joins
Delhi in 2020/21 would have 2020/21 Delhi tuition rate levels paid for them for a set four-year
period as well (2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24).
2. Allow for purchases of services through a consortium for both State-operated campuses and community
colleges
a. SUNY’s inability to procure services from a consortium puts SUNY, and by proxy the State it serves, at
a disadvantage.
b. Under the current methodology, SUNY must expend time and effort in preparing duplicative request for
proposals for services that could be purchased from these consortia, representing an inefficient use of
resources.
c. Allowing SUNY this type of efficiency (and explicitly allowing the SUNY community colleges to
participate) could also provide for increased savings and efficiencies as many of New York State’s
Independent Colleges and Universities could add their buying power to the consortium if also permitted.
d. Language to support this initiative is available upon request.
3. Continuation of “Maintenance of Effort”

a. With only limited interruption since its 2011/12 Enactment, the “MOE” agreement between the State of
New York and SUNY has protected the nation’s largest comprehensive public university system from a
repeat of the massive reductions in Direct State Tax Support experienced during the Great Recession
while ensuring that the State and Student investment is wisely utilized to
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support student success, economic and intellectual development, and programmatic advancement.
b. SUNY would request the language passed in the 2017/18 Enacted Budget be continued and remain
untouched, with the potential exception of extending the protections provided by this important
legislation to the annual investments made in our life-changing programs such as the Educational
Opportunity Program (EOP), Educational Opportunity Centers (EOCs), and the Small Business
Development Centers (SBDC).
4. Continuation of Predictable Tuition

a. At the same time that the State provided the protections of the Maintenance of Effort, it also worked to
break the “tuition roulette” cycle of student tuition increases that have plagued SUNY since tuition was
first instituted in 1963.
b. For the first time, students could finally plan for their college costs intelligently, operating off the multi-
year plan passed by the SUNY Board of Trustees under the strictures provided in the NY-SUNY 2020
legislation.
c. This benefit has continued almost unbroken since that time, and SUNY would request that intent of the
program be continued unchanged, but possibly supplemented through additional tuition rate flexibility
being provided to the SUNY Board of Trustees to set market based levels of graduate and professional
tuition rates at the State-operated campuses
5. Design/Build, Construction Manager at Risk Language

a. Provide authorization for the State University Construction Fund to utilize the Construction Manager-at-
Risk and the Design-Build procurement methods to expedite project delivery, thereby reducing costs and
producing administrative efficiencies. These methods are particularly effective in reducing the cost of
construction by leveraging the knowledge, expertise and creativity of the contracting world to find
innovative ways to build more efficiently in a collaborative manner. Contracts using these methods will
continue to follow all rules and regulations related to prevailing wages and MWBE goals. Both
methodologies are particularly effective for the development of innovation related to the goal of building
net zero facilities which are critical to meeting the overall greenhouse gas reduction goals. Potential
language is provided below:
“Subdivision 8 of Section 373 of New York State Education Law would be adjusted as follows:
To design, construct, acquire, reconstruct, rehabilitate and improve academic buildings, dormitories
and other facilities for the state university in accordance with sections three hundred seventy-five and
three hundred seventy-six of this chapter or by utilizing alternative project delivery methods, including
design/build, or construction manager at risk, that will assist the fund in fulfilling its purposes under
section three hundred seventy-two of this article.”
6. Increase to Self-supported State-operated Campus Residence Hall Bond Cap

a. Provide for an increase to the upper limit of residence hall supported debt
“The authority may, from and after April first, two thousand thirteen, issue dormitory facility revenue bonds in an
amount not to exceed one billion three hundred and ninety four nine hundred forty-four million dollars.
Notwithstanding any other rule or law, such bonds shall not be a debt of the state of New York or the state
university nor shall the state or the state university be liable thereon, nor shall they be payable out of any funds
other than those of the authority constituting dormitory facilities revenues. Such amount shall be exclusive of
bonds and notes issued to fund any reserve fund or funds, cost of issuance, original issue premium, and to refund
any prior dormitory facility bonds or any dormitory facility revenue bonds. The authority and the state university
are hereby authorized to enter into agreements relating to, among other things, the acquisition of property or
interests therein, the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, equipping and furnishing of
dormitory facilities, the operation and maintenance of dormitory facilities, and the billing, collection and
disbursement of dormitory facilities revenues, the title to which has been conveyed, assigned or otherwise
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transferred to the authority pursuant to paragraph y of subdivision two of section three hundred fifty-five of the
education law. In no event shall the state university have any obligation under the agreement to make payment
with respect to, on account of or to pay dormitory facilities revenue bonds, and such bonds shall be payable
solely from the dormitory facilities revenues assigned to the authority by the state university. No debt shall be
contracted except to finance capital works or purposes. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, dormitory
facility revenues shall not be deemed to be revenues of the state. Notwithstanding any other rule or law, the
state shall not be liable for any payments on any dormitory facility revenue bonds, and such bonds shall not be a
debt of the state and shall not be payable out of any funds other than the dormitory facilities revenues assigned
to the authority by the state university.”
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Board Resolution -1- Month, Day, Year

November 15, 2018

TO: Members of the Board of Trustees

FROM: Kristina M. Johnson, Chancellor

SUBJECT: 2019/20 Operating Budget Request

The proposed resolution approves SUNY’s 2019/20 Operating Budget

I recommend that the Board of Trustees adopt the following resolution:

Whereas the State University of New York is an integral part

Whereas the State University recognizes that in order to

Whereas it can be expected that the State University will play

Whereas the 2018/19 Enacted State Budget provided

Whereas the State University’s operating budget request

Resolved that the proposed operating budget request for the

Resolved that the Chancellor, or designee, be, and hereby is,

Resolved that the State University’s capital plan for

The background and justification for the 2019/20 Operating Budget

2019/20 OPERATING AND CAPITAL

In addition, driven by AI technological advancements, the healthcare industry is poised to go through

Total Incremental Direct State Tax Support: $74.6M

Stability and Reinvestment Investment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation

2019/20 State University of New York (SUNY) System-wide Activities9

 Direct Funding Related Actions

 Direct Funding Related Actions

State Benefit Rate 63.9% 66.1% 69.9% 73.9% 10.0 15.6%

Savings to Salary Costs - ($28.1) ($30.1) ($30.0) ($30.0) N/A

Adjusted Salary Costs $2,744.9 $2,786.6 $2,975.0 $2,971.9 $227.0 8.3%

State Benefit Rate 63.9% 66.1% 69.9% 73.9% 10.0 15.6%

 Direct Funding Related Actions

o $8.1 million (New Investment on a year-to-year basis24) to Support a “Hybrid” Community

 Policy Related Actions

 Policy Related Actions:

 Direct Funding Related Actions:

 Policy Related Actions:

Administration of the State’s Voluntary Defined Contribution (VDC) Program

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New York Institute for Advance of Artificial Intelligence

State-operated Campuses and Statutory Colleges

Program 2019/20 Request 5-Year Request Annual Increase from

SUNY-Wide Program Areas of Growth and Decline

Biological and Biomedical Sciences 10%

Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences 9%

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services 6%

Visual and Performing Arts -6%

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities -8%

English Language and Literature/Letters -26%

-40% -20% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80%

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State University of New York (SUNY)

Adjustments Related to SUNY Budget Request Items

Adjustments Related to Dates Only

Educational Opportunity Programs:

Educational Opportunity Centers:

Small Business Development Centers:

1. Student Based Cohort for Excelsior Recipients

3. Continuation of “Maintenance of Effort”

4. Continuation of Predictable Tuition

5. Design/Build, Construction Manager at Risk Language

6. Increase to Self-supported State-operated Campus Residence Hall Bond Cap

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