SUNY’s systemwide AI governance policy, passed in May, requires leaders at its 64 campuses to establish or update AI guidelines by the end of the year. The framework includes standards for bias evaluation, student data privacy, and responsible AI use—pushing campus IT and procurement teams to operationalize vendor assessment and governance workflows. The mandate matters for institutions scaling AI tools in teaching, advising, and administration: it creates a binding compliance baseline for how SUNY evaluates vendors and protects institutional data. Campus leaders must also ensure responsible AI adoption at scale aligns with privacy and audit expectations. For IT leaders, the near-term work is likely to include risk reviews, permissions and access controls, and documentation of bias and privacy safeguards tied to specific AI use cases across student-facing and internal systems.