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| 1 | 1 | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 970 | |
| 2 | 2 | January Session, 2017 LCO No. 4716 | |
| 3 | 3 | *04716_______HED* | |
| 4 | 4 | Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT | |
| 5 | 5 | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | 6 | (HED) | |
| 7 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 8 | General Assembly | |
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| 10 | 10 | Raised Bill No. 970 | |
| 11 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 12 | January Session, 2017 | |
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| 14 | 14 | LCO No. 4716 | |
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| 16 | 16 | *04716_______HED* | |
| 17 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 18 | Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT | |
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| 20 | 20 | Introduced by: | |
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| 22 | 22 | (HED) | |
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| 24 | 24 | AN ACT CONCERNING PROGRAM MODIFICATION AT INDEPENDENT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. | |
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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. Subsection (l) of section 10a-34 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): | |
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| 30 | 30 | (l) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (b) to (j), inclusive, of this section and subject to the authority of the State Board of Education to regulate teacher education programs, new programs of higher learning and program modifications proposed by an independent institution of higher education, as defined in section 10a-173, or a regionally accredited for-profit institution of higher education licensed to operate in this state shall not be subject to approval by the Office of Higher Education, until July 1, 2018, provided (1) the institution maintains eligibility to participate in financial aid programs governed by Title IV, Part B of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended from time to time, (2) the United States Department of Education has not determined that the institution has a financial responsibility score that is less than 1.5 for the most recent fiscal year for which the data necessary for determining the score is available, and (3) the institution has been located in the state and accredited as a degree-granting institution in good standing for ten years or more by a regional accrediting association recognized by the Secretary of the United States Department of Education and maintains such accreditation status. All institutions that are exempt from program approval by the Office of Higher Education under this subsection shall annually file with said office not later than July first, annually, (A) a list and brief description of any new programs of higher learning introduced by the institution in the preceding academic year and any existing programs of higher learning discontinued by the institution in the preceding academic year, (B) the institution's current program approval process, and (C) the institution's financial responsibility composite score, as determined by the United States Department of Education, for the most recent fiscal year for which the data necessary for determining the score is available. | |
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| 35 | 35 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 36 | 36 | Section 1 from passage 10a-34(l) | |
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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 | from passage | |
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| 44 | 44 | 10a-34(l) | |
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| 46 | 46 | Statement of Purpose: | |
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| 48 | 48 | To temporarily exclude modified programs offered at for-profit regionally accredited in-state institutions from the approval of the Office of Higher Education. | |
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| 50 | 50 | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] |