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| 18 | 18 | | Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS |
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| 20 | 20 | | Introduced by: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (VA) |
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| 24 | 24 | | AN ACT CONCERNING VETERANS' SERVICES AT STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2017) (a) The Board of Regents for Higher Education and the Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut, as the case may be, shall establish at each state university, each regional community-technical college and each campus of The University of Connecticut an Operation Academic Support for Incoming Service Members (OASIS) center responsible for developing and offering programming and services focused on providing outreach and assistance to students enrolled at any such campus, university or college who are veterans. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (b) The Board of Regents for Higher Education and the Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut shall jointly adopt a plan for collaborating with each other and any veterans' service organization, which plan shall include, but not be limited to, holding an annual conference for any staff of such OASIS centers to (1) share best practices for and identify challenges in serving students who are veterans, (2) discuss efforts for improving communication and coordination of efforts to serve such students, and (3) develop and update, as the case may be, enhanced behavioral intervention training for any such staff working directly with such students. |
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| 35 | 35 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 36 | 36 | | Section 1 October 1, 2017 New section |
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| 38 | 38 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 40 | 40 | | Section 1 |
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| 42 | 42 | | October 1, 2017 |
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| 44 | 44 | | New section |
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| 48 | 48 | | VA Joint Favorable |
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