Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05602 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/22/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5602
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 1649
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. ROJAS, 9th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5602 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 1649

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS 

Introduced by:

REP. ROJAS, 9th Dist.

AN ACT EXEMPTING INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION THAT OFFER FREE COURSES TO INMATES FROM STATE CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS.

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

That the general statutes be amended to exempt institutions of higher education that arrange for professors to teach free for-credit courses to inmates of a correctional facility from being considered a state contractor. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To exempt institutions of higher education that arrange for professors to teach free for-credit courses to inmates from state contracting requirements.