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The state Senate Finance Committee on Wednesdat approvedthe bill, University at Buffalo officialsa said. The next step: the bill will be reviewed and voted upon by the fullSenats and, if it passes, it will move onto the statwe Assembly. In a prepared statement, UB President John Simpson saidhe “looka forward to a vote on the bill by the entirre Senate in the very near future.” The UB 2020 Flexibilitu and Economic Growth Act, which aims to give the universityy greater control of tuition, purchases and construction projects, is gaininhg momentum. One week ago, it receiver approval from the state HigherEducation Committee.
First introducec in January, the bill is key to movinyg alongthe university’s expansion plans, UB officials have Those plans — callesd UB 2020 — include physical campus expansions and along with growing the student, staff and facultu populations. • Implementing a rational tuition policy. Allowing UB to make certain purchases without priorfstate approval. • Letting UB sell and leasw land withoutstate involvement. • Granting UB the ability to get fundingt directly from the state Dormitorh Authority to pay forconstruction projects. Gov.
David Paterson will make the finap decision onthe