LCO No. 4078 1 of 5
General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7119
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 4078
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
(HED)
AN ACT CONCERNING ST UDENT TRUSTEES AND THE ELE CTION
OF ALUMNI TO THE BOA RD OF TRUSTEES OF TH E UNIVERSITY OF
CONNECTICUT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 10a-103 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2
(a) There shall continue to be a Board of Trustees for The University 3
of Connecticut to consist of [twenty-one] twenty-three persons, 4
[twelve] thirteen to be appointed by the Governor, who shall reflect the 5
state's geographic, racial and ethnic diversity; two to be elected by the 6
university alumni; [two] three to be elected by the students enrolled at 7
the institutions under the jurisdiction of said board; and five members 8
ex officio. 9
(b) On or before July 1, 1983, the Governor shall appoint [members] 10
trustees to the board as follows: Four [members] trustees for a term of 11
two years from said date; four [members] trustees for a term of four 12
years from said date; and four [members] trustees for a term of six 13 Raised Bill No. 7119
LCO No. 4078 2 of 5
years from said date. Thereafter, the Governor shall appoint trustees of 14
said university to succeed those appointees whose terms expire, and 15
each trustee so appointed shall hold office for a period of six years 16
from the first day of July in the year of his or her appointment, 17
provided two of the trustees appointed for terms commencing July 1, 18
1995, and their successors shall be alumni of the university, one of the 19
trustees appointed for a term commencing July 1, 1997, and his or her 20
successors shall be such alumni and one of the members appointed for 21
a term commencing July 1, 1999, and his or her successors shall be such 22
alumni. On or before July 1, 2020, the Governor shall appoint one 23
additional trustee to serve a term of one year commencing on July 1, 24
2020, provided such trustee shall be enrolled as a full-time student in 25
the School of Law, the School of Medicine, the School of Dentistry, the 26
School of Social Work or as a graduate student of a school or college of 27
the university at the time of his or her appointment and for the 28
duration of his or her term. Thereafter, the Governor shall appoint a 29
trustee to succeed a student appointee whose term expires and each 30
trustee so appointed shall serve for a term of two years commencing 31
on July first of the year of his or her appointment, provided such 32
trustee shall be enrolled as a full-time student in the School of Law, the 33
School of Medicine, the School of Dentistry, the School of Social Work 34
or as a graduate student of a school or college of the university at the 35
time of his or her appointment and for the duration of his or her term. 36
(c) The Commissioner of Agriculture, the Commissioner of 37
Education, the Commissioner of Economic and Community 38
Development and the chairperson of The University of Connecticut 39
Health Center Board of Directors shall be, ex officio, members of the 40
board of trustees. The Governor shall be, ex officio, president of said 41
board. 42
(d) The graduates of all of the schools and colleges of said university 43
shall, prior to September first in the odd-numbered years, elect one 44
trustee, who shall be a graduate of the institution and who shall hold 45
office for four years from the first day of September succeeding his or 46
her election. Not less than two or more than four nominations for each 47 Raised Bill No. 7119
LCO No. 4078 3 of 5
such election shall be made by the alumni association of said 48
university, provided no person who has served as an alumni trustee 49
for the two full consecutive terms immediately prior to the term for 50
which such election is to be held shall be nominated for any such 51
election. Such election shall be conducted [by mail] prior to September 52
first under the supervision of a canvassing board consisting of three 53
members, one appointed by the board of trustees, one by the board of 54
directors of the alumni association of the university and one by the 55
president of the university. No ballot in such election, whether in 56
paper or electronic form, shall be opened until the date by which 57
ballots must be returned to the canvassing board. In such election, all 58
graduates shall be entitled to vote by signed paper or electronic ballots. 59
[which have been circulated to them by mail and which shall be 60
returned by mail.] Vacancies occurring by death or resignation of 61
either of such alumni trustees shall be filled for the unexpired portion 62
of the term by special election, if such unexpired term is for more than 63
eighteen months. When the unexpired term is eighteen months or less, 64
such vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the board of directors 65
of said alumni association. 66
(e) On or before November 1, 1975, the students of The University of 67
Connecticut shall, in such manner as the board of trustees of said 68
university shall determine, elect two trustees, each of whom shall be 69
enrolled as a full-time student of said university at the time of his or 70
her election. One such [member] trustee shall be elected for a term of 71
one year from November 1, 1975, and one for a term of two years from 72
said date. Prior to July first, annually until June 30, 2021, such students 73
shall, in accordance with this section and in such manner as the board 74
shall determine, elect one [member] trustee of said board, who shall be 75
so enrolled at said university at the time of his or her election and who 76
shall serve for a term of two years from July first in the year of his or 77
her election. On or before July 1, 2020, such students shall, in 78
accordance with this subsection and in such manner as the board shall 79
determine, elect one additional trustee who shall be enrolled as a full-80
time student at said university at the time of his or her election and 81 Raised Bill No. 7119
LCO No. 4078 4 of 5
who shall serve a term of one year commencing July 1, 2020. 82
Thereafter, in accordance with this subsection and in such manner as 83
the board shall determine, on or before July first such students shall 84
elect two trustees of said board in odd-numbered years and one trustee 85
in even-numbered years who shall be enrolled as full-time students at 86
said university at the time of their election and who shall serve for a 87
term of two years from July first in the year of their election. The 88
student [member] trustee elected to fill the term [expiring] 89
commencing on [June 30, 2003] July 1, 2001 and July 1, 2020, and such 90
elected [member's] trustees' successors, shall be enrolled as a full-time 91
undergraduate student at a school or college of the university and shall 92
be elected by the undergraduate students of the schools and colleges of 93
the university. The student [member] trustee elected to fill the term 94
[expiring] commencing on [June 30, 2004] July 1, 2002, and such elected 95
[member's] trustee's successors, shall be enrolled as a full-time student 96
in the School of Law, the School of Medicine, the School of Dentistry, 97
the School of Social Work, or as a graduate student of a school or 98
college of the university, and shall be elected by the students of the 99
School of Law, the School of Medicine, the School of Dentistry, the 100
School of Social Work and the graduate students of the schools and 101
colleges of the university. Any student [member] trustee elected after 102
July 1, 2013, shall be enrolled as a full-time student at the time of his or 103
her election and for the duration of his or her term of service. Any 104
vacancies in the elected membership of said board shall, except as 105
otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section, be filled by special 106
election for the balance of the unexpired term. Any increase to the 107
student membership on said board of trustees shall not impact the 108
membership of students on any other boards related to or established 109
by said university. 110
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 10a-103
Raised Bill No. 7119
LCO No. 4078 5 of 5
Statement of Purpose:
To add one additional undergraduate student and one additional
graduate student to the Board of Trustees of The University of
Connecticut.
[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.]