Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01080 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/06/2013

                    General Assembly  Raised Bill No. 1080
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 4145
 *04145_______CE_*
Referred to Committee on COMMERCE
Introduced by:
(CE)

General Assembly

Raised Bill No. 1080 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 4145

*04145_______CE_*

Referred to Committee on COMMERCE 

Introduced by:

(CE)

AN ACT CONCERNING TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND THE TENURE REVIEW PROCESS IN THE STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2013) (1) The University of Connecticut, (2) the Connecticut State University System, and (3) the regional community-technical college system shall expand their respective tenure review processes to include the consideration of a faculty member's technology and research commercialization activities.

 


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2013 New section

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:

Section 1

October 1, 2013

New section

Statement of Purpose: 

To require the state's higher education institutions to recognize the commercialization activities of faculty members during the tenure review process. 

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