§ 355-a. Powers and duties of trustees--personnel functions. 1. (a)\nThe state university trustees are authorized and empowered to classify\nand reclassify all positions in the state university determined pursuant\nto section thirty-five of the civil service law to be in the\nprofessional service as defined in subdivision three of this section,\nexcept those of the New York state colleges, schools and experiment\nstations administered by Cornell university and Alfred university.\n (b) To the fullest extent possible consistent with its authority under\nthe civil service law, and after consultation with the state university\ntrustees, the state civil service commission shall consider the unique\neducational mission and operating requirements of the state university\nwhen making any determination relating to the jurisdictional\nclassification of positions in the state university in the classified\nservice. The director of the classification and compensation division of\nthe department of civil service shall similarly consider the unique\neducational mission and operating requirements of the state university\nwhen making determinations concerning the classification and\nreclassification and the allocation and reallocation of the positions in\nthe state university in the classified service.\n 2. Subject to the approval of the state university trustees, Cornell\nuniversity and Alfred university are authorized and empowered to\nallocate and reallocate positions in the non-professional services of\nthe New York state statutory or contract colleges, schools and\nexperiment stations administered by such universities, as classified and\nreclassified by the respective universities, in accordance with a\nschedule of positions and salaries filed by the state university\ntrustees pursuant to subdivision four of section three hundred\nfifty-five of this chapter.\n 3. a. The professional service shall include positions requiring the\nperformance of educational functions in teacher education, agriculture,\nhome economics, forestry, ceramics, liberal and applied arts and\nsciences, engineering, technical skills, crafts, business education,\nlabor and industrial relations, medicine, dentistry, veterinary\nmedicine, pharmacy, nursing, law, public affairs, maritime officer\ntraining, academic administration, library service, student activities,\nstudent personnel service and other professions required to carry on the\nwork of the state university and of the colleges, schools, institutes,\nresearch centers, facilities and institutions comprising it. Each\nemployee in the professional service shall receive an annual salary to\nbe paid over a period of not less than nine months as determined by the\nstate university trustees, or by Cornell university and Alfred\nuniversity with the approval of the state university trustees for the\nNew York state colleges, schools and experiment stations administered by\nsuch universities.\n b. The non-professional services shall mean all positions at the New\nYork state statutory or contract colleges, schools and experiment\nstations administered by Cornell university and Alfred university which\nare not included in the professional service.\n 4. New appointments in positions allocated to the nonprofessional\nservices shall be made in accordance with a schedule of positions and\nsalaries filed by the state university trustees pursuant to subdivision\nfour of section three hundred fifty-five of this chapter. Any person who\nis appointed, promoted, reinstated or transferred from an unallocated\nposition in the nonprofessional services to a position allocated to a\nsalary grade, the minimum salary of which is equal to or lower than the\nannual rate of compensation then received by such employee, shall, upon\nsuch appointment, promotion, reinstatement or transfer, be paid the\nminimum salary of the grade of such allocated position plus the number\nof normal performance advancement payments which corresponds to the\n
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