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7-General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5034
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5+LCO No. 622 1 of 2
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7+General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5034
88 February Session, 2022
9+LCO No. 622
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12+Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND
13+EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
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16+Introduced by:
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1422 AN ACT PROHIBITING AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION
1523 FROM CONSIDERING LEGACY PREFERENCES IN THE ADMISSIONS
1624 PROCESS.
1725 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
1826 Assembly convened:
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20-Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) (a) As used in this section, 1
21-"public institution of higher education" means the constituent units of 2
22-the state system of higher education identified in subdivisions (1) and 3
23-(2) of section 10a-1 of the general statutes. 4
24-(b) No public institution of higher education shall give preference to 5
25-an applicant for admission to such institution on the basis of the 6
26-applicant's familial relationship to a person who has graduated from 7
27-such institution. 8
28+Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) (a) As used in this section: 1
29+(1) "Public institution of higher education" means the constituent 2
30+units of the state system of higher education identified in subdivisions 3
31+(1) and (2) of section 10a-1 of the general statutes; and 4
32+(2) "Independent institution of higher education" has the same 5
33+meaning as provided in subsection (a) of section 10a-173 of the general 6
34+statutes. 7
35+(b) No public institution of higher education or independent 8
36+institution of higher education shall give preference to an applicant for 9
37+admission to such institution on the basis of the applicant's familial 10
38+relationship to a person who has graduated from such institution. 11
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2841 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
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3144 Section 1 July 1, 2022 New section
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33-HED Joint Favorable Subst.
46+Statement of Purpose:
47+To prohibit an institution of higher education from considering legacy
48+preferences in the admissions process.
49+[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
50+that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
51+underlined.]
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