General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1045
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 3606
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Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
(HED)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 1045
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 3606
*03606_______HED*
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
(HED)
AN ACT CONCERNING GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM AND THE REGIONAL COMMUNITY-TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2013) The Board of Regents for Higher Education shall study the different graduation requirements of each public institution of higher education in the Connecticut State University System and the regional community-technical college system, including the number of academic credits students in each certificate and degree program must earn in order to earn a certificate or degree and graduate from such institution of higher education. Not later than January 1, 2014, the president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education 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.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2013 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2013
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require a study of the different graduation requirements of the public institutions of higher education within the Connecticut State University System and the regional community-technical college system.
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