General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5468
February Session, 2014 LCO No. 2028
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Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
(HED)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 5468
February Session, 2014
LCO No. 2028
*02028_______HED*
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
(HED)
AN ACT CONCERNING CONNECTICUT SCHOLARSHIPS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (h) of section 10a-173 of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(h) The Governor's Scholarship incentive pool shall be created to encourage retention and completion for any student who (1) receives the Governor's Scholarship need-based grant, (2) returns with sufficient credits to complete such student's associate degree in two years or bachelor degree in four years, and (3) exceeds the minimum satisfactory academic performance standards as determined by the Office of Higher Education. Such student shall be eligible beginning in the second year of such student's need-based grant. The pool shall be distributed to participating institutions of higher education based on eligibility, as determined by the Office of Higher Education.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage 10a-173(h)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
10a-173(h)
Statement of Purpose:
To make a technical change to the Governor's Scholarship program statute.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]