Connecticut 2012 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00242 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Raised Bill No. 242
22 February Session, 2012 LCO No. 1223
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1212 February Session, 2012
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2424 AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY ON THE RELEASE OF FACULTY FROM CERTAIN TEACHING REQUIREMENTS.
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2626 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2828 Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) For purposes of this section, "course release" means the reduction in a faculty member's standard teaching load in exchange for services performed by such faculty member outside the classroom, including, but not limited to, advising students or chairing a department.
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3030 (b) The Board of Regents for Higher Education and the Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut shall study issues concerning course releases and the feasibility and potential effects of reducing the number of faculty members who receive course releases from public institutions of higher education. Not later than January 1, 2013, the president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education and the chairman of the Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut shall report on such study in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher education.
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3535 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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48+To require a study of issues concerning course releases and the feasibility and potential effects of reducing the number of faculty members who receive course releases.
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