Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05500 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/18/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5500
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1304
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
REP. HADDAD, 54th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5500 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1304

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT 

Introduced by:

REP. HADDAD, 54th Dist.

AN ACT REQUIRING INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH UNIFORM FINANCIAL AID INFORMATION.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That title 10a of the general statutes be amended to require every institution of higher education in this state to provide its students with financial aid information using the financial aid shopping sheet developed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Statement of Purpose: 

To require institutions of higher education to provide financial aid information in a uniform way to ensure that students understand their true higher education costs.