{"id":99567,"date":"2019-03-12T12:18:43","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=99567"},"modified":"2019-03-12T12:18:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:18:52","slug":"may-introduces-bill-to-create-endowment-for-suny-cuny-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=99567","title":{"rendered":"May introduces bill to create endowment for SUNY\/CUNY systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rachel-May-for-State-Senate-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rachel-May-for-State-Senate-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rachel-May-for-State-Senate-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rachel-May-for-State-Senate.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption>Senator Rachel May<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Senator Rachel May (SD-53) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/legislation\/bills\/2019\/s4447\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">introduced\na bill<\/a> (S1447\/A1190) to create a systems-wide endowment fund for SUNY and\nCUNY schools. The endowment would be available to support projects at any SUNY\nor CUNY campus statewide with the approval of the board of trustees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The endowment will be funded by donations, as well as a\npercentage of settlements won by the state and its agencies. It will receive no\ninitial appropriation from the state. The fund will benefit smaller campuses\nthat do not currently have their own endowment system, including SUNY ESF and\nSUNY Morrisville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fund will be available for a wide range of investments,\nincluding additional employment of full-time faculty, student financial aid or\ngrants for research and development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe must provide all of our state colleges and universities\nwith the ability to enrich students\u2019 lives and provide a sound education that\nprepares them for today\u2019s economy,\u201d said May. \u201cThis means having the resources\nto provide adequate financial aid, retaining the most talented faculty, and\nproviding meaningful research and career development opportunities for\nstudents. By creating a fund that all schools can utilize, we are leveling the\nfield for our smaller institutions and ensuring every student has an\nopportunity to attend an excellent college or university in the New York state\nsystem.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Rachel May (SD-53) introduced a bill (S1447\/A1190) to create a systems-wide endowment fund for SUNY and CUNY schools. The endowment would be available to support projects at any SUNY or CUNY campus statewide with the approval of the board of trustees. The endowment will be funded by donations, as well as a percentage of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23813,8],"tags":[25241,23722],"class_list":["post-99567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-top-story","tag-senator-rachel-may","tag-suny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/97264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}