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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 357
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 5519
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
(HED)
AN ACT PRIORITIZING THE ADMISSION OF IN-STATE STUDENTS AT
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) Not later than January 1, 2022, 1
the Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut and the Board of 2
Regents for Higher Education shall each (1) adopt a policy giving 3
priority for admission to students who, if such students were admitted, 4
would be classified as in-state students pursuant to the provisions of 5
sections 10a-29 and 10a-30 of the general statutes to the public 6
institutions of higher education governed by said boards, and (2) 7
submit, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general 8
statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly 9
having cognizance of matters relating to higher education the policy 10
adopted pursuant to subdivision (1) of this section. 11
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2021 New section
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Statement of Purpose:
To require the Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut and
the Board of Regents for Higher Education to prioritize in-state students
during the admissions process of the public institutions of higher
education governed by said boards.
[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.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. SAMPSON, 16th Dist.; REP. FISHBEIN, 90th Dist.
S.B. 357