Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06869 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/24/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6869
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 2831
 *02831*
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
REP. CANDELARIA, 95th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6869 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 2831

*02831*

Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT 

Introduced by:

REP. CANDELARIA, 95th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL FOR TUITION INCREASES AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

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

That the general statutes be amended to require each chamber of the General Assembly to vote to approve all tuition increases proposed by the Board of Regents for Higher Education or the Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut.

Statement of Purpose: 

To require legislative approval for any tuition increase at public institutions of higher education.