Connecticut 2010 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00136 Compare Versions

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1		-	General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 136
2		-	February Session, 2010 _____SB00136HED___031610____
	1	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 136
	2	+	February Session, 2010 LCO No. 126
	3	+	00126_______HED
	4	+	Referred to Committee on Higher Education and Employment Advancement
	5	+	Introduced by:
	6	+	(HED)
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4	8		General Assembly
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6		-	~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 136
	10	+	Raised Bill No. 136
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8	12		February Session, 2010
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10		-	~~_____SB00136HED___031610____~~
	14	+	LCO No. 126
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12		-	AN ACT ESTABLISHING A STUDY COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION'S PROCESS OF REVIEWING AND APPROVING ACADEMIC PROGRAMS.
	16	+	00126_______HED
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	18	+	Referred to Committee on Higher Education and Employment Advancement
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	20	+	Introduced by:
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	22	+	(HED)
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	24	+	AN ACT CONCERNING NEW AND REVISED ACADEMIC PROGRAMS OF NONPROFIT INDEPENDENT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
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14	26		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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16		-	Section 1. ~~(Effective from passage)~~ (a) The Department of Higher Education shall establish a committee to study the department's process of reviewing and approving academic programs proposed or offered by institutions of higher education and determine whether to streamline such process. Not later than September 1, 2010, the committee shall convene its first meeting. Not later than January 1, 2011, the Commissioner of Higher Education shall report on such study and the committee's findings to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher education, in accordance with the provisions of section ~~11-4a~~ of the general statutes.
	28	+	Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 10a-34 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2010):
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18		-	(b) The committee shall be comprised of the following members:
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20		-	(1) The members of the Department of Higher Education's staff who are responsible for the review and approval process;
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22		-	(2) Three representatives of the independent institutions of higher education that comprise the Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges;
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24		-	(3) A representative of The University of Connecticut;
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26		-	(4) A representative of the Connecticut State University System; and
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28		-	(5) A representative of the regional community-technical college system.
	30	+	(c) [No] Except as provided in this subsection, no person, school, board, association or corporation shall confer any degree unless authorized by act of the General Assembly. No application for authority to confer any such degree shall be approved by the General Assembly or any committee thereof, nor shall any such authority be included in any charter of incorporation until such application has been evaluated and approved by the Board of Governors of Higher Education in accordance with regulations established by said board. New and revised academic programs proposed by a nonprofit independent institution of higher education, authorized pursuant to this section, shall not be subject to approval by the board.
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33	35		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
34		-	Section 1 ~~from passage New section~~
	36	+	Section 1 July 1, 2010 10a-34(c)
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36	38		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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38	40		Section 1
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40		-	~~from passage~~
	42	+	July 1, 2010
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42		-	~~New section~~
	44	+	10a-34(c)
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	46	+	Statement of Purpose:
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	48	+	To eliminate the requirement that nonprofit independent institutions of higher education obtain approval from the Board of Governors of Higher Education to implement new and revised academic programs.
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46		-	HED Joint Favorable Subst.
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48		-	HED
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50		-	Joint Favorable Subst.
	50	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]