General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 632 January Session, 2015 LCO No. 2702 *02702* Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT Introduced by: SEN. CASSANO, 4th Dist. REP. HEWETT, 39th Dist. REP. ALEXANDER, 58th Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 632 January Session, 2015 LCO No. 2702 *02702* Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT Introduced by: SEN. CASSANO, 4th Dist. REP. HEWETT, 39th Dist. REP. ALEXANDER, 58th Dist. AN ACT CREATING A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE SERVE HERE CONNECTICUT INITIATIVE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to establish a public-private partnership between Connecticut's public institutions of higher education and the Serve Here Connecticut initiative designed to reduce academic debt and provide meaningful employment in the nonprofit, state and municipal arena for Connecticut's young adults between the ages of eighteen and twenty-nine. Statement of Purpose: To reduce academic debt and provide meaningful employment in the nonprofit state and municipal arena for Connecticut's young adults between the ages of eighteen and twenty-nine.