General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6231
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 2345
*02345_______HED*
Referred to Committee on Higher Education and Employment Advancement
Introduced by:
(HED)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 6231
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 2345
*02345_______HED*
Referred to Committee on Higher Education and Employment Advancement
Introduced by:
(HED)
AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM TRANSFER AND ARTICULATION AGREEMENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2011) The Department of Higher Education, in consultation with the constituent units of state system of higher education, shall review the status and content of the public institution of higher education system transfer and articulation agreements. Such review shall consider: (1) The sufficiency of such agreements or transfer and articulation agreements modified or made on or after July 1, 2011, (A) to ensure appropriate credit transfer against degree requirements within each constituent unit, and (B) to ensure appropriate credit transfer against degree requirements across the constituents units and identify any disparities between the transfer of credits from the same or similar program from different colleges or universities of a constituent unit to a college or university of another constituent unit, (2) the status or completion of common course numbering within the community-technical college system, and (3) the establishment of a common passing score for any student placement test used within or across the constituents units. Not later than January 1, 2012, the Commissioner of Higher Education shall report the findings to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher education and workforce advancement in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2011 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2011
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require a study of the transfer and articulation agreements of the public institutions of higher education.
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