Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06969 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/25/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6969
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 1316
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Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
REP. DEMICCO, 21st Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6969 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 1316

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Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS 

Introduced by:

REP. DEMICCO, 21st Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING FEE WAIVERS FOR VETERANS AT 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 require the Board of Regents for Higher Education and the Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut to waive for any veteran the payment of any extension fee for any course in an educational extension program or a summer session.

Statement of Purpose: 

To waive certain educational fees for veterans year-round, including during summer and winter terms, at public institutions of higher education.