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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5829
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 5128
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
(HED)
AN ACT INCREASING THE STUDENT MEMBERSHIP O N THE BOARD
OF REGENTS FOR HIGHE R EDUCATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 10a-1a of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2
1, 2019): 3
(a) There shall be a Board of Regents for Higher Education who 4
shall serve as the governing body for the regional community-technical 5
college system, the Connecticut State University System and Charter 6
Oak State College. The board shall consist of [twenty-one] twenty-7
three members who shall be distinguished leaders of the community in 8
Connecticut. The board shall reflect the state's geographic, racial and 9
ethnic diversity. The voting members shall not be employed by or be a 10
member of a board of trustees for any independent institution of 11
higher education in this state or the Board of Trustees for The 12
University of Connecticut nor shall they be public officials or state 13
employees, as such terms are defined in section 1-79, during their term 14
of membership on the Board of Regents for Higher Education. The 15
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Governor shall appoint nine members to the board as follows: Three 16
members for a term of two years; three members for a term of four 17
years; and three members for a term of six years. Thereafter, the 18
Governor shall appoint members of the board to succeed such 19
appointees whose terms expire and each member so appointed shall 20
hold office for a period of six years from the first day of July in the year 21
of his or her appointment. Four members of the board shall be 22
appointed as follows: One appointment by the president pro tempore 23
of the Senate, who shall be an alumnus of the regional community-24
technical college system, for a term of four years; one appointment by 25
the minority leader of the Senate, who shall be a specialist in the 26
education of children in grades kindergarten to twelve, inclusive, for a 27
term of three years; one appointment by the speaker of the House of 28
Representatives, who shall be an alumnus of the Connecticut State 29
University System, for a term of four years; and one appointment by 30
the minority leader of the House of Representatives, who shall be an 31
alumnus of Charter Oak State College, for a term of three years. 32
Thereafter, such members of the General Assembly shall appoint 33
members of the board to succeed such appointees whose terms expire 34
and each member so appointed shall hold office for a period of four 35
years from the first day of July in the year of his or her appointment. 36
The [chairperson and vice-chairperson] following members of the 37
student advisory committee created under section 10a-3 shall serve as 38
members of the board: (1) The chairperson, (2) the vice-chairperson, 39
and (3) two members elected by a consensus vote of the members of 40
the student advisory committee, one of whom shall be a student of the 41
Connecticut State University System or Charter Oak State College and 42
the other of whom shall be a student of the regional community-43
technical colleges. The chairperson and vice-chairperson of the faculty 44
advisory committee created under section 10a-3a shall serve as ex-45
officio, nonvoting members of the board for a term of two years and, in 46
their respective roles as chairperson and vice-chairperson, may be 47
invited to any executive session, as defined in section 1-200, of the 48
board by the chairperson of the board. The Commissioners of 49
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Education, Economic and Community Development and Public Health 50
and the Labor Commissioner shall serve as ex-officio, nonvoting 51
members of the board. 52
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 10a-1a(a)
Statement of Purpose:
To add two additional student members to the Board of Regents for
Higher Education.
[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.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. FREY, 111th Dist.; REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist.
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