General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6321
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 3118
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Referred to Committee on Higher Education and Employment Advancement
Introduced by:
(HED)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 6321
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 3118
*_____HB06321HEDED_031611____*
Referred to Committee on Higher Education and Employment Advancement
Introduced by:
(HED)
AN ACT CONCERNING A COLLEGE TRANSITION PILOT PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2011) (a) The Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Commissioner of Higher Education, shall (1) establish within existing budgetary resources, or (2) apply for any available federal, state or private money to enable such commissioners to establish, a college transition pilot program at three programs of adult classes maintained or provided by a local or regional board of education in accordance with section 10-69 of the general statutes.
(b) Such college transition pilot program shall offer college preparatory classes to adults who (1) have obtained a high school diploma or its equivalent, and (2) require intensive postsecondary developmental education that will enable such adults to enroll directly in a program of higher learning, as defined in section 10a-34 of the general statutes, at an institution of higher education upon completion of such pilot program.
(c) Not later than October 1, 2012, the Commissioners of Education and Higher Education shall report to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher education and education, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, concerning the results of the pilot program. The report shall include, but not be limited to: (1) The number, ages and educational history of the adults who participated in the pilot program; (2) the dates each adult participated in such pilot program; (3) the subject matter in which each such adult required postsecondary developmental education; (4) a description of the college preparatory classes that were offered through such pilot program; (5) the level of improvement of each such adult in each subject matter in which such adult required postsecondary developmental education; (6) the results of any college placement examinations taken by each such adult and the dates of such examinations; (7) whether any adults who participated in such pilot program applied for acceptance to, enrolled in or registered for a program of higher learning at an institution of higher education prior to or upon completion of such pilot program and, if so, a description of such program of higher learning; and (8) the cost of offering college preparatory classes through such pilot program in comparison to the cost of offering the equivalent or similar postsecondary developmental education classes at an institution of higher education in this state.
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
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