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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 104
February Session, 2020
LCO No. 1219
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
(HED)
AN ACT REQUIRING FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY OF THE
STUDENTS FIRST PLAN.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2020) Not later than July 1, 2020, and 1
quarterly thereafter until December 31, 2023, the Board of Regents for 2
Higher Education shall post and update on its Internet web site a 3
financial report of the savings realized and the expenses incurred by 4
said board for the implementation of the Students First plan endorsed 5
by said board to regionalize the regional community-technical colleges. 6
Such financial report shall include, but need not be limited to, (1) a list 7
of the direct savings realized through the implementation of the 8
Students First plan, (2) a list of each expense incurred through 9
implementation of the Students First plan, including to whom each 10
expense was paid and the portion of each expense assessed to any 11
regional community-technical college, (3) a list of each position that 12
serves to implement the Students First plan, specifying whether such 13
position is at the central office of the Connecticut State Colleges and 14
Universities or on the campus of a regional community-technical college 15 Raised Bill No. 104
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and whether such position is newly created or a transfer from a regional 16
community-technical college, including the job description of any newly 17
created position, (4) copies of each consulting or service contract entered 18
into by the Board of Regents for Higher Education for the purpose of 19
implementing the Students First plan, and (5) a list of any funds or 20
positions transferred to the central office of the Connecticut State 21
Colleges and Universities from a regional community-technical college, 22
including any resulting impact on campus services at such regional 23
community-technical college due to such transfer. 24
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2020 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Board of Regents for Higher Education to provide a
detailed financial report of the Students First plan.
[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.]