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7	7		General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5832
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12	12		AN ACT CONCERNING EM ERGENCY EXPENSE GRAN T PROGRAMS
13	13		AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
14	14		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
15	15		Assembly convened:
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17	17		Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) As used in this section: 1
18	18		"State and certain other institutional funds" means (1) funds 2
19	19		appropriated or proceeds of bonds authorized by the General 3
20	20		Assembly, (2) revenue generated from tuition or any other source, and 4
21	21		(3) funds collected from student fees, housing fees or dining services. 5
22	22		(b) A public institution of higher education may establish an 6
23	23		emergency expense grant program to provide an emergency expense 7
24	24		grant to any student who experiences an unexpected financial 8
25	25		hardship that impedes such student's ability to complete his or her 9
26	26		degree program. Such financial hardship may include, but need not be 10
27	27		limited to, expenses relating to childcare, medical care or 11
28	28		transportation expenses. 12
29	29		(c) Any student who is enrolled at a public institution of higher 13
30	30		education that has established an emergency expense grant program 14
31	31		under this section may receive an emergency expense grant by 15
32	32		submitting an application to the institution or through a nomination 16
33	33		on behalf of such student by an employee of the institution. An 17
34	34		application or nomination for an emergency expense grant shall 18
35	35		include (1) an explanation of the student's financial hardship, (2) 19
36	36		documentation substantiating the student's emergency expenses, and 20
37	37		(3) any other information the institution may require. 21 Substitute Bill No. 5832
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44	44		(d) Upon receipt of an application made by a student or a 22
45	45		nomination on behalf of a student made by an employee pursuant to 23
46	46		subsection (c) of this section, the public institution of higher education 24
47	47		may award an emergency expense grant to a student upon 25
48	48		determination that the financial hardship would impede the student's 26
49	49		ability to complete his or her degree. 27
50	50		(e) For purposes of establishing an emergency expense grant 28
51	51		program under this section, a public institution of higher education 29
52	52		may (1) accept private donations, (2) allocate state and certain other 30
53	53		institutional funds, or (3) on or before July 1, 2020, and annually 31
54	54		thereafter, apply to the Office of Higher Education, in the form and 32
55	55		manner prescribed by said office, for a state matching grant, the 33
56	56		provision of which shall be made in accordance with the provisions of 34
57	57		section 2 of this act. 35
58	58		(f) A public institution of higher education that applies for a state 36
59	59		matching grant under subsection (e) of this section to support the 37
60	60		institution's emergency expense grant program shall maintain a 38
61	61		separate, nonlapsing emergency expense grant program account. The 39
62	62		institution shall deposit into such account (1) all private donations 40
63	63		accepted by the institution for the purpose of the emergency expense 41
64	64		grant program, (2) all state and certain other institutional funds 42
65	65		allocated by the institution for the purpose of the emergency expense 43
66	66		grant program, and (3) any state matching grant funds received 44
67	67		pursuant to section 2 of this act. 45
68	68		Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) Not later than September 1, 46
69	69		2020, and annually thereafter, the Office of Higher Education shall, 47
70	70		within available appropriations and upon receipt of an application 48
71	71		from a public institution of higher education for a state matching 49
72	72		grant, provide a state matching grant to the public institution of higher 50
73	73		education for the purpose of the institution's emergency expense grant 51
74	74		program established pursuant to section 1 of this act. In any fiscal year, 52
75	75		a state matching grant to a public institution of higher education shall 53
76	76		be in an amount equal to the total amount of private donations 54 Substitute Bill No. 5832
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83	83		accepted by the institution for the purpose of the emergency expense 55
84	84		grant program during the prior fiscal year. 56
85	85		(b) In any fiscal year, the total amount of the state matching grants 57
86	86		provided by the Office of Higher Education under this section shall not 58
87	87		exceed five hundred thousand dollars. If, in any fiscal year, the total 59
88	88		amount sought in all state matching grant applications submitted by 60
89	89		the public institutions of higher education exceeds the amount 61
90	90		available to the Office of Higher Education for the purpose of the 62
91	91		emergency expense grant programs, all such matching grants shall be 63
92	92		reduced on a pro rata basis. 64
93	93		Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) A public institution of higher 65
94	94		education that receives matching grants pursuant to section 2 of this 66
95	95		act shall, on or before July 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, submit a 67
96	96		report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general 68
97	97		statutes, to the Office of Higher Education and to the joint standing 69
98	98		committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 70
99	99		relating to higher education regarding (1) the number of emergency 71
100	100		expense grant program applications received and awarded, (2) the 72
101	101		average and total dollar amounts of the emergency expense grants 73
102	102		requested and awarded, (3) the purposes for which the emergency 74
103	103		expense grants were requested, (4) the rates of graduation of recipients 75
104	104		of emergency expense grants and the general student body, and (5) 76
105	105		any other information the Office of Higher Education deems necessary. 77
106	106		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
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109	109		Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
110	110		Sec. 2 July 1, 2019 New section
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