General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5423 January Session, 2015 LCO No. 675 *00675* Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT Introduced by: REP. MACLACHLAN, 35th Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5423 January Session, 2015 LCO No. 675 *00675* Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT Introduced by: REP. MACLACHLAN, 35th Dist. AN ACT IMPOSING A TWO-YEAR MORATORIUM ON TUITION INCREASES AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That title 10a of the general statutes be amended to impose a two-year moratorium on tuition increases at the public institutions of higher education in this state. Statement of Purpose: To give college students and their parents relief from the increasing costs of higher education.