Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05114 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/03/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5114
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 204
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Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
REP. BELSITO, 53rd Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5114 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 204

*00204*

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT 

Introduced by:

REP. BELSITO, 53rd Dist.

AN ACT ELIMINATING FREE TUITION FOR DEPENDENTS OF EMPLOYEES OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

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

That title 10a of the general statutes be amended to prohibit the inclusion in future collective bargaining agreements of provisions that permit dependents of certain employees of the public institutions of higher education to attend such institutions tuition-free.

Statement of Purpose: 

To bring tuition costs under control by reducing the need to raise tuition and spreading such costs across a broader base of students.