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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6405
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 2995
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
(HED)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E CONNECTICUT OPEN E DUCATIONAL
RESOURCE COORDINATIN G COUNCIL.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (g) of section 10a-44d of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2
2021): 3
(g) Not later than [January 1, 2021] February 1, 2022, and annually 4
thereafter, the council shall submit a report, in accordance with the 5
provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the 6
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher 7
education regarding (1) the number and percentage of high-impact 8
courses for which open educational resources have been developed, (2) 9
the degree to which institutions of higher education promote the use 10
and access to open educational resources, (3) the amount of grants 11
awarded by the council and the number of open educational resources 12
developed by grant recipients, and (4) its recommendations for any 13
amendments to the general statutes necessary to develop open 14 Raised Bill No. 6405
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educational resources. 15
Sec. 2. Subsection (f) of section 4-89 of the general statutes is repealed 16
and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 17
(f) The provisions of this section shall not apply to appropriations to 18
(1) the Office of Higher Education for (A) student financial assistance 19
for the Roberta B. Willis Scholarship program established under section 20
10a-173, or [to] (B) the minority advancement program established 21
under subsection (b) of section 10a-11, (2) the Board of Regents for 22
Higher Education for Connecticut higher education centers of 23
excellence established under section 10a-25h, [to the Office of Higher 24
Education for the minority advancement program established under 25
subsection (b) of section 10a-11, or to] (3) the operating funds of the 26
constituent units of the state system of higher education established 27
pursuant to sections 10a-105, 10a-99 and 10a-77, or (4) the Connecticut 28
Open Educational Resource Coordinating Council established under 29
section 10a-44d, as amended by this act. Such appropriations shall not 30
lapse until the end of the fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year of the 31
appropriation except that centers of excellence appropriations 32
deposited by the Board of Regents for Higher Education in the Endowed 33
Chair Investment Fund, established under section 10a-20a, shall not 34
lapse but shall be held permanently in the Endowed Chair Investment 35
Fund and any moneys remaining in higher education operating funds 36
of the constituent units of the state system of higher education shall not 37
lapse but shall be held permanently in such funds. On or before 38
September first, annually, the Office of Higher Education and Board of 39
Regents for Higher Education shall submit a report to the joint standing 40
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 41
relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, through the 42
Office of Fiscal Analysis, concerning the amount of each such 43
appropriation carried over from the preceding fiscal year. 44
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2021 10a-44d(g) Raised Bill No. 6405
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Sec. 2 July 1, 2021 4-89(f)
Statement of Purpose:
To align with the academic year the state appropriation and the annual
reporting deadline for the Connecticut Open Educational Resource
Coordinating Council.
[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.]