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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 962
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 4998
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
(HED)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E USE OF HOUSING VOUCHERS AT
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2019) The Office of Higher Education, in 1
collaboration with the Department of Housing and the governing 2
boards of each institution of higher education in the state, shall study 3
the rate of homelessness among students enrolled in institutions of 4
higher education in the state and the feasibility of establishing a 5
program to distribute housing vouchers for on-campus or off-campus 6
housing to homeless students to alleviate homelessness in the student 7
population. Such study shall include, but need not be limited to, 8
strategies to fund such program for housing vouchers. On or before 9
January 1, 2020, the executive director of the Office of Higher 10
Education shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-11
4a of the general statutes, on the findings of such study to the joint 12
standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of 13
matters relating to higher education and housing. 14 Raised Bill No. 962
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require a study on allowing college students to use housing
vouchers at institutions of higher education to reduce homelessness in
the student population.
[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.]