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| 1 | 1 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5798 | |
| 2 | 2 | January Session, 2015 LCO No. 2101 | |
| 3 | 3 | *02101* | |
| 4 | 4 | Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT | |
| 5 | 5 | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | 6 | REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist. REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist. REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist. REP. MINER, 66th Dist. REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist. | |
| 7 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 8 | General Assembly | |
| 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Proposed Bill No. 5798 | |
| 11 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 12 | January Session, 2015 | |
| 13 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 14 | LCO No. 2101 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 16 | 16 | *02101* | |
| 17 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 18 | Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT | |
| 19 | 19 | ||
| 20 | 20 | Introduced by: | |
| 21 | 21 | ||
| 22 | 22 | REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist. | |
| 23 | 23 | ||
| 24 | 24 | REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist. | |
| 25 | 25 | ||
| 26 | 26 | REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist. | |
| 27 | 27 | ||
| 28 | 28 | REP. MINER, 66th Dist. | |
| 29 | 29 | ||
| 30 | 30 | REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist. | |
| 31 | 31 | ||
| 32 | 32 | AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TUITION WAIVER PROGRAM AT THE REGIONAL COMMUNITY-TECHNICAL COLLEGES FOR HIGHLY QUALIFIED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. | |
| 33 | 33 | ||
| 34 | 34 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
| 35 | 35 | ||
| 36 | 36 | That title 10a of the general statutes be amended to establish a tuition waiver program pursuant to which highly qualified high school students may receive a tuition waiver at a regional community-technical college upon high school graduation if such students enroll in a degree program in an area identified by the Department of Economic and Community Development as having a shortage of qualified employees in Connecticut, provided such students maintain a certain grade point average while enrolled at a regional community-technical college in order to maintain the tuition waiver. | |
| 37 | 37 | ||
| 38 | 38 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 39 | 39 | ||
| 40 | 40 | To provide relief for families from the high cost of a college education and to encourage Connecticut students to pursue careers in which the state has a shortage of qualified employees. |