Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05638 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/12/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5638
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 702
 *00702*
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
REP. PAVALOCK-D'AMATO, 77th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5638 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 702

*00702*

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT 

Introduced by:

REP. PAVALOCK-D'AMATO, 77th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING COLLEGE TUITION INCREASES.

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 tuition at any public institution of higher education from increasing by more than five per cent of the tuition at such institution for the preceding academic year.

Statement of Purpose: 

To help make obtaining a college education more affordable in Connecticut.