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7	7		General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6072
8	8		January Session, 2019
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12	12		Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND
13	13		EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
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16	16		Introduced by:
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21	21		AN ACT CONCERNING A PLAN FOR THE RETENTION OF STUDENTS
22	22		STUDYING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERIN G AND
23	23		MATHEMATICS AT PUBLI C INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
24	24		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
25	25		Assembly convened:
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27	27		Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) Not later than January 1, 1
28	28		2020, the Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut and the 2
29	29		Board of Regents for Higher Education shall each establish a program 3
30	30		to provide support and resources for the retention of students 4
31	31		studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics at the 5
32	32		public institutions of higher education within each board's jurisdiction. 6
33	33		Such program for each public institution of higher education shall 7
34	34		include, but need not be limited to, (1) a plan to identify at-risk 8
35	35		students studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics 9
36	36		before any such student fails to successfully complete a course, course 10
37	37		of study or degree program or terminates his or her enrollment at the 11
38	38		institution, (2) the establishment of work-study opportunities for 12
39	39		students studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics to 13
40	40		offer weekly tutoring sessions to other students at the institution, (3) 14
41		-	the implementation of adaptive learning technologies in introductory 15 Committee Bill No. 6072
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48	47		level science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses, and 16
49	48		(4) the provision of academic advisors to such students with the goal of 17
50	49		achieving the ratio of three hundred twenty students studying science, 18
51	50		technology, engineering and mathematics to one academic advisor for 19
52	51		such students. As used in this subsection, "adaptive learning 20
53	52		technology" means a computer-based or online educational system 21
54	53		that modifies the presentation of material in response to student 22
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56	55		(b) Not later than January 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the 24
57	56		Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut and the Board of 25
58	57		Regents for Higher Education shall each report, in accordance with the 26
59	58		provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing 27
60	59		committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 28
61	60		relating to higher education and employment advancement on the 29
62	61		program established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. 30
63	62		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
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66	65		Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
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68		-	HED Joint Favorable
	67	+	Statement of Purpose:
	68	+	To provide support and resources for the retention of students
	69	+	studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics at public
	70	+	institutions of higher education.
	71	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	72	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	73	+	not underlined.]
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	75	+	Co-Sponsors: REP. SREDZINSKI, 112th Dist.
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