Cara Matthews reports on Pressconnects.com - “Lawmakers continue to negotiate on a legislation that has been controversial enough to hold up budget talks because it would give the State University of New York authority to set tuition without legislative approval and enter into public-private partnerships.

It’s unclear, however, whether the Higher Education Empowerment and Innovation Act for SUNY and the City University of New York would be included in the budget or voted on as a stand-alone bill if an agreement is reached, and how much different it would be than what Gov. David Paterson proposed in January.

“It almost doesn’t matter how it gets done as long as it’s done,” said Senate Higher EducationCommittee Chairwoman Toby Stavisky, D-Queens.”

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