Connecticut 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06119 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/21/2015

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6119
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 2741
 *02741*
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
REP. LUXENBERG, 12th Dist. (By Request)

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6119 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 2741

*02741*

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT 

Introduced by:

REP. LUXENBERG, 12th Dist.

(By Request)

AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDENT'S RIGHT TO COUNSEL AT HIGHER EDUCATION DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS.

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

That title 10a of the general statutes be amended to require institutions of higher education in this state to afford students facing disciplinary proceedings the right to the representation of counsel at such proceedings.

Statement of Purpose: 

To guarantee a student's rights under the sixth amendment to the Constitution of the United States.