Mandatory Ethics Training in February
By Department of Human Resources | Jan 27, 2026
Colleagues,
We’re offering more ways for all state-paid employees to meet the mandatory annual Ethics Training requirement. Below you’ll find details about a new in-person training on campus, as well as flexible online options.
Which training do you need to take?
- If you did not get trained last year, you must take live Ethics training now to satisfy your 2025 requirement. Then later in 2026, you will also need to take the Ethics Refresher.
- How? Live training is taken online via COELIG, or in-person on campus. See below.
- If you took your live CETC Ethics training in 2025, you’re eligible to take the Online Ethics Refresher Training. It’s required for everyone on alternating years, opposite live trainings.
- How? This is only taken online via COELIG. See bottom of this note.
Confused?
Ethics Training is a yearly requirement. That means that completing an overdue training for the 2025 calendar year today does not satisfy both 2025 and 2026 requirements.
Think of it this way: Ethics training is like filing your federal income taxes.
If you’re overdue to file your 2024 taxes, you still have to file your 2025 taxes.
In-Person Ethics Training at Downstate
In-person training is shifting from monthly to quarterly (thanks to the abundance of online dates offered by COELIG), and the first session of 2026 is now available:
Thursday, February 26 at 2:30-4:30 pm
Please register by emailing human_resources@downstate.edu and they wil send you a calendar invitation.
Can’t make either the in-person date? Take your training online, instead!
Online Ethics Training
COELIG is hosting online trainings throughout February.
Find instructions to register yourself below. (We cannot do this for you).
January 2026 online trainings:
- Wednesday, January 28th from 2 to 4 pm
- Thursday, January 29th from 1 to 3 pm
February 2026 online trainings
- Tuesday, February 3rd from 10 am to 12 pm
- Wednesday, February 4th from 2 to 4 pm
- Thursday, February 5th from 1 pm to 3 pm
- Monday, February 9th from 1 pm to 3 pm
- Tuesday, February 10th from 10 am to 12 pm
- Wednesday, February 11th from 2 to 4 pm
- Thursday, February 12th from 1 pm to 3 pm
- Tuesday, February 24th from 10 am to 12 pm
- Wednesday, February 25th from 2 to 4 pm
- Thursday, February 26th from 1 pm to 3 pm
To register for training, please click here and scroll down to this section on the page:
Enrollment Information:
Enroll Now Using Our Self-Enrollment Class Registration Portal
Complete the fields in the screenshot below. Please read these instructions to avoid errors:
1. Agency: type “Downstate,” wait a moment, and click on SUNY Downstate (a white box will pop up).
2. Employee ID: Enter your “N” number.
- You can find your N number on your paystub.
- Alternatively, log into the SUNY Secure “Employee Services Portal” at this link
- Then click “Human Resource Systems” at this link: https://www.suny.edu/hrportal
- Your NYS ID N number is displayed at the top right, under your SUNY ID.
- Example: NYS ID N04219547
3. Enter First and Last name.
4. Enter your Downstate email address.
- Your work email address is required to ensure you receive credit.
- Do not enter your personal email address.
5. Select a date from the menu by clicking “Find a training.”
You must attend the entire session by logging on at the start time and using the email you registered with.
Late arrivals will not receive credit for attendance.
Please be advised this virtual training is not offered through the Department of Human Resources.
Therefore, we will not be able to assist with login issues, etc.
Online Ethics Refresher
If you took your live CETC Ethics training in 2025, you’re eligible to take the On-Demand Ethics Refresher Training. It’s required for everyone on alternating years, opposite live trainings.
You may take the refresher course (On-Demand Ethics Training) directly through the Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government (COELIG).
Click here to self-enroll for the Refresher: On-Demand Ethics Training
- Complete the fields, using the same registration guidance as above.
- The course takes about 37 minutes.
- We recommend you watch it in its entirety, to avoid any browser time-out issues.