Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

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7	6		General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5829
8	7		January Session, 2019
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12	11		Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND
13	12		EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
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16	15		Introduced by:
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21	20		AN ACT INCREASING THE STUDENT MEMBERSHIP O N THE BOARD
22	21		OF REGENTS FOR HIGHE R EDUCATION.
23	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
24	23		Assembly convened:
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26	25		Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 10a-1a of the general statutes is 1
27	26		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2
28	27		1, 2019): 3
29	28		(a) There shall be a Board of Regents for Higher Education who 4
30	29		shall serve as the governing body for the regional community-technical 5
31	30		college system, the Connecticut State University System and Charter 6
32	31		Oak State College. The board shall consist of [twenty-one] twenty-7
33	32		three members who shall be distinguished leaders of the community in 8
34	33		Connecticut. The board shall reflect the state's geographic, racial and 9
35	34		ethnic diversity. The voting members shall not be employed by or be a 10
36	35		member of a board of trustees for any independent institution of 11
37	36		higher education in this state or the Board of Trustees for The 12
38	37		University of Connecticut nor shall they be public officials or state 13
39	38		employees, as such terms are defined in section 1-79, during their term 14
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47	45		Governor shall appoint nine members to the board as follows: Three 16
48	46		members for a term of two years; three members for a term of four 17
49	47		years; and three members for a term of six years. Thereafter, the 18
50	48		Governor shall appoint members of the board to succeed such 19
51	49		appointees whose terms expire and each member so appointed shall 20
52	50		hold office for a period of six years from the first day of July in the year 21
53	51		of his or her appointment. Four members of the board shall be 22
54	52		appointed as follows: One appointment by the president pro tempore 23
55	53		of the Senate, who shall be an alumnus of the regional community-24
56	54		technical college system, for a term of four years; one appointment by 25
57	55		the minority leader of the Senate, who shall be a specialist in the 26
58	56		education of children in grades kindergarten to twelve, inclusive, for a 27
59	57		term of three years; one appointment by the speaker of the House of 28
60	58		Representatives, who shall be an alumnus of the Connecticut State 29
61	59		University System, for a term of four years; and one appointment by 30
62	60		the minority leader of the House of Representatives, who shall be an 31
63	61		alumnus of Charter Oak State College, for a term of three years. 32
64	62		Thereafter, such members of the General Assembly shall appoint 33
65	63		members of the board to succeed such appointees whose terms expire 34
66	64		and each member so appointed shall hold office for a period of four 35
67	65		years from the first day of July in the year of his or her appointment. 36
68	66		The [chairperson and vice-chairperson] following members of the 37
69	67		student advisory committee created under section 10a-3 shall serve as 38
70	68		members of the board: (1) The chairperson, (2) the vice-chairperson, 39
71	69		and (3) two members elected by a consensus vote of the members of 40
72	70		the student advisory committee, one of whom shall be a student of the 41
73	71		Connecticut State University System or Charter Oak State College and 42
74	72		the other of whom shall be a student of the regional community-43
75	73		technical colleges. The chairperson and vice-chairperson of the faculty 44
76	74		advisory committee created under section 10a-3a shall serve as ex-45
77	75		officio, nonvoting members of the board for a term of two years and, in 46
78	76		their respective roles as chairperson and vice-chairperson, may be 47
79	77		invited to any executive session, as defined in section 1-200, of the 48
80	78		board by the chairperson of the board. The Commissioners of 49
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88	85		and the Labor Commissioner shall serve as ex-officio, nonvoting 51
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90	87		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
91	88		sections:
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93	90		Section 1 July 1, 2019 10a-1a(a)
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95		-	HED Joint Favorable
	92	+	Statement of Purpose:
	93	+	To add two additional student members to the Board of Regents for
	94	+	Higher Education.
	95	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	96	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	97	+	not underlined.]
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	99	+	Co-Sponsors: REP. FREY, 111th Dist.; REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist.
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