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UNITED UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONS PRESIDENT FREDERICK E. KOWAL, PH.D.518.640.6600 FAX: 518.640.6698 WWW.UUPINFO.ORG

Green Energy Intellectual Capital Investment Fund

Summary

The Green Energy Intellectual Capital Investment Fund would use private and state monies

to develop and expand clean technology and renewable energy programs at SUNY campuses.

This initiative includes plans to buy and upgrade equipment and hire new faculty and staff.

START-UP NY clean technology and renewable energy businesses that locate on or near

SUNY campuses would be required to pay a percentage of the cost to create and expand

campus renewable energy programs. That investment would be matched by the state.

In return, campuses would be required to create a set number of new renewable energy

courses—without impacting current course offerings. Campuses would use the public/private

funds to buy new equipment, upgrade old infrastructure and hire needed faculty and

professional staff. Equipment and infrastructure upgrades would become property of the

campuses and designated for use by students and START-UP NY companies.

By working with START-UP NY companies, the program would provide students with

hands-on learning opportunities with a renewable energy company.

The initiative would also create a pipeline of SUNY students prepared to enter

renewable energy fields.

SUNY campuses with renewable energy programs

Several of SUNY’s Tech Sector campuses offer programs related to renewable energy:

• SUNY Alfred: Biological science

• SUNY Canton: Alternative and renewable energy systems

• SUNY Cobleskill: Environmental and energy technologies

• SUNY Delhi: Integrated energy systems

• SUNY Morrisville: Renewable energy technology

Campuses such as SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) and

SUNY Farmingdale, which have traditionally been considered “tech sector,” though

not categorized that way by the state, also have renewable energy-related initiatives:

• ESF: SUNY Center for Sustainable and Renewable Energy• Farmingdale: Renewable Energy and Sustainability Center

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Recruiting and Educating Teachers for All

SummaryRecruiting and Educating Teachers for All is a teacher opportunity program designed to recruit andretain teachers in underresourced rural, urban and suburban districts. It would also increase theparticipation rate of underrepresented and economically disadvantaged individuals in teaching careers.

The program is modeled after the state’s successful Educational Opportunity Program and is meant

to increase diversity in New York’s teaching ranks. It would also create a pipeline of qualified, energeticyoung teachers to districts facing teacher shortages.

Recruiting and Educating Teachers for All would provide:• Admission and completion opportunities/support for economically disadvantaged

prospective teachers;• Financial resources and direct faculty and advisor support to help students

prepare for and complete teacher certification requirements;• Support services designed to assist students with academic, career and

personal counseling, and tutoring and supplemental instruction; and• Financial assistance for non-tuition-related expenses (exams and other

fees, books and supplies, and transportation costs for required completionof 100 hours of field work and distant student teaching placements).

Recruiting and Educating Teachers for All would serve full-time and part-time undergraduate andgraduate students completing requirements for Initial or Transitional Certification.The program would be available at all 17 SUNY campuses that have teacher education programs.

Program eligibilityEligible candidates must:

• Be a high school or community college student seeking admission to a SUNY teacher education program leading to initial certification; or

• Be a sophomore, junior, or senior enrolled full-time or part-time in a registered

undergraduate SUNY teacher education program leading to initial certification; or• Be a paraprofessional, such as teacher aide or assistant, employed full-time

and matriculated part-time in a SUNY teacher education program; or• Be a graduate student enrolled full-time or part-time in a registered SUNY graduate teacher

education program which satisfies the academic requirements for professional certification;• Be a New York state resident for 12 months prior to enrollment;• Require special admissions consideration; and• Qualify as economically disadvantaged according to the guidelines (see below).

In selecting students for the program, priority is given to applicants fromhistorically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Income GuidelinesTo be eligible for the program, prospective students would have to meet stringent income requirements.Those requirements range from a maximum of $21,775 annually for a one-person household to amaximum of $67,951 for an eight-person family.

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Stop Testing Companies from Profiting from Faulty Exams

SummaryUUP is proposing an amendment to state Procurement Law that would prohibit educationaltesting companies or vendors from profiting from student exam fees associated with educational

products or services delivered by a testing company to the State Education Department (SED).

This legislation would bar vendors from profiting from fees charged to students for a product(exams, etc.) developed for the state. Under this legislation, the state would pay vendors forthe product’s development; the product’s administration would rest solely with SED, whichwould also collect any and all appropriate testing fees.

BackgroundCurrently, testing companies such as Pearson Inc. can enter into contracts with the state

to develop tests—such as teacher certification exams—without charging the state moneyfor the service. The testing companies create and assess a product with no charge to thestate. The companies profit by administering the exams and charging fees to studentsto take the exams—which almost always are mandatory for licensing or certification.

Teacher candidates can spend $1,000 or more in fees to take and retake the tests,which are mandatory for certification. The testing company profits if students failand have to retake exams.

The company also benefits if the exam’s design is faulty and those errors cause studentsto fail and retake tests. Since the company profits every time a student takes an exam,

there is little incentive for the company to fix the problems.

This has been the case with several SED tests required for teacher certification. In May,the state Board of Regents created “safety nets” for four teacher certification exams afterdetermining that those tests are flawed and were poorly rolled out by SED. But studentsmust take and fail the new certification exams—from which Pearson profits—before theycan use the alternatives.

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Teaching Health Care Fellow

UUP is proposing to establish a Teaching Health Care Fellow program at the Universityat Buffalo. It would require $15 million for the university to set up the program.

The Teaching Health Care Fellow will be a clinical and administrative leader, with an

M.D. or D.O. degree and five to 10 years or more in clinical practice experience.

Each Teaching Health Care Fellow will be responsible for mentoring and working withapproximately 10 resident physicians. As many as 75 Teaching Health Care Fellows wouldbe in the program’s first year. This program is necessary because the University at Buffalodoes not have a state-run teaching hospital, unlike the other SUNY health sciences centersin Brooklyn, Stony Brook and Syracuse.

The Teaching Health Care Fellows will supplement—not replace—attending physiciansalready involved in residency education. The Teaching Health Care Fellows would superviseresidents in community settings and coordinate care between health care institutions and

community-based organizations.

This proposal aligns with the Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) programin New York State and the Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Each Teaching Health Care Fellow would be assigned to one of 11 Buffalo area healthcare facilities:

• Buffalo General Medical Center• DeGraff Memorial Hospital• Erie County Medical Center• Kenmore Mercy Hospital• Mercy Hospital of Buffalo• Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital• Olean General Hospital• Roswell Park Cancer Institute• Sisters of Charity Hospital• Women & Children’s Hospital of Buffalo• VA Medical Center, VA Western New York Healthcare System

Each Fellow will rotate to a different facility annually.

Teaching Health Care Fellows would be limited to 20 percent of clinical practice time,so they can devote the bulk of their time to working with residents.

The Teaching Health Care Fellow position is expected to be a permanent SUNY employeeposition, with a clinical track to be developed for advancement and recognition.

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