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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 81
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 1219
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
SEN. LESSER, 9th Dist.
AN ACT MAKING CERTAIN PRIVATE OCCUPATIONAL SCHOOLS
INELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORIZATION AND PUBLIC
FUNDS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That part I of chapter 185 of the general statutes be amended to (1) 1
require a private occupational school to disclose to the Office of Higher 2
Education any claims made against such school by a currently or 3
formerly enrolled student if such school requires any student, as a 4
condition of enrollment, to (A) limit participation in a class action 5
lawsuit, (B) limit any claim or damages for such claim, or (C) assert 6
any claim in a less convenient, more costly or more dilatory forum 7
than a judicial forum, and (2) (A) permit said office to deny an 8
application for authorization or reauthorization from such school if it 9
is determined to be in the best interest of the students, and (B) consider 10
such school ineligible to receive any public funds. 11
Statement of Purpose:
To prevent private occupational schools that require students to waive
certain rights, as a condition of enrollment, from receiving a certificate
of authorization or public funds from the Office of Higher Education.