General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1021
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 4318
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Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
(HED)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 1021
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 4318
*04318_______HED*
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
(HED)
AN ACT IMPROVING ACCESS TO THE REGIONAL COMMUNITY-TECHNICAL COLLEGES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 10a-77 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2015):
(d) (1) Said board of trustees shall waive the payment of tuition at any of the regional community-technical colleges [(1)] (A) for any dependent child of a person whom the armed forces of the United States has declared to be missing in action or to have been a prisoner of war while serving in such armed forces after January 1, 1960, which child has been accepted for admission to such institution and is a resident of Connecticut at the time such child is accepted for admission to such institution, [(2)] (B) subject to the provisions of subsection (e) of this section, for any veteran who performed service in time of war, as defined in subsection (a) of section 27-103, except that for purposes of this subsection, "service in time of war" shall not include time spent in attendance at a military service academy, who has been accepted for admission to such institution and is domiciled in this state at the time such veteran is accepted for admission to such institution, [(3)] (C) for any resident of Connecticut sixty-two years of age or older, provided, at the end of the regular registration period, there are enrolled in the course a sufficient number of students other than those persons eligible for waivers pursuant to this subdivision to offer the course in which such person intends to enroll and there is space available in such course after accommodating all such students, [(4)] (D) for any student attending the Connecticut State Police Academy who is enrolled in a law enforcement program at said academy offered in coordination with a regional community-technical college which accredits courses taken in such program, [(5)] (E) for any active member of the Connecticut Army or Air National Guard who [(A)] (i) has been certified by the Adjutant General or such Adjutant General's designee as a member in good standing of the guard, and [(B)] (ii) is enrolled or accepted for admission to such institution on a full-time or part-time basis in an undergraduate degree-granting program, [(6)] (F) for any dependent child of a [(A)] (i) police officer, as defined in section 7-294a, or supernumerary or auxiliary police officer, [(B)] (ii) firefighter, as defined in section 7-323j, or member of a volunteer fire company, [(C)] (iii) municipal employee, or [(D)] (iv) state employee, as defined in section 5-154, killed in the line of duty, [(7)] (G) for any resident of the state who is a dependent child or surviving spouse of a specified terrorist victim who was a resident of this state, [(8)] (H) for any dependent child of a resident of the state who was killed in a multivehicle crash at or near the intersection of Routes 44 and 10 and Nod Road in Avon on July 29, 2005, and [(9)] (I) for any resident of the state who is a dependent child or surviving spouse of a person who was killed in action while performing active military duty with the armed forces of the United States on or after September 11, 2001, and who was a resident of this state. If any person who receives a tuition waiver in accordance with the provisions of this subsection also receives educational reimbursement from an employer, such waiver shall be reduced by the amount of such educational reimbursement. Veterans described in [subdivision (2) of this subsection] subparagraph (D) of this subdivision and members of the National Guard described in [subdivision (5) of this subsection] subparagraph (E) of this subdivision shall be given the same status as students not receiving tuition waivers in registering for courses at regional community-technical colleges. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10a-30, as used in this [subsection] subdivision, "domiciled in this state" includes domicile for less than one year.
(2) On and after July 1, 2015, said board of trustees shall waive tuition at any of the regional community-technical colleges for any student who (A) enrolls at least half-time in a (i) certificate program that has a high graduation rate, as determined by said board, and from which graduation is required for occupations identified by the Office of Workforce Competitiveness as having a projected workforce shortage, or (ii) degree-granting program, (B) maintains a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5, and (C) remains on schedule to complete such program, as determined by said board.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2015 10a-77(d)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2015
10a-77(d)
Statement of Purpose:
To waive tuition for certain students at the regional-community technical colleges.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]