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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5034
February Session, 2022
LCO No. 622
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
(HED)
AN ACT PROHIBITING AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION
FROM CONSIDERING LEGACY PREFERENCES IN THE ADMISSIONS
PROCESS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) (a) As used in this section: 1
(1) "Public institution of higher education" means the constituent 2
units of the state system of higher education identified in subdivisions 3
(1) and (2) of section 10a-1 of the general statutes; and 4
(2) "Independent institution of higher education" has the same 5
meaning as provided in subsection (a) of section 10a-173 of the general 6
statutes. 7
(b) No public institution of higher education or independent 8
institution of higher education shall give preference to an applicant for 9
admission to such institution on the basis of the applicant's familial 10
relationship to a person who has graduated from such institution. 11
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2022 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit an institution of higher education from considering legacy
preferences in the admissions process.
[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.]