General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6124
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 2664
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Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
REP. FREY, 111th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6124
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 2664
*02664*
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
REP. FREY, 111th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING A TUITION WAIVER PROGRAM AT THE REGIONAL COMMUNITY-TECHNICAL COLLEGES FOR HIGHLY QUALIFIED STUDENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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.
Statement of Purpose:
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.