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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 3
February Session, 2022
LCO No. 2549
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
(HED)
AN ACT REQUIRING THE BOARD OF REGENTS FOR HIGHER
EDUCATION TO DEVELOP SEMINAR PROGRAMS FOR SMALL
BUSINESSES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) (a) For the purposes of this 1
section, "small business" means a business located in the state with 2
twenty-five employees or less. 3
(b) Not later than September 1, 2022, the Board of Regents for Higher 4
Education shall, within available funds, develop seminar programs to 5
assist small businesses with adapting to a changing business 6
environment through courses in subject areas, including, but not limited 7
to, electronic commerce, social media and virtual currency, as defined 8
in subsection (18) of section 36a-596 of the general statutes. Said board 9
shall prescribe forms and procedures by which not more than two 10
employees of any small business may enroll in not more than five 11
seminar programs or courses within such seminar programs at the 12
Northwestern Connecticut Community College Entrepreneurial Center 13
or the Werth Innovation and Entrepreneurial Center at Housatonic 14
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Community College at no cost to such small business. 15
Sec. 2. (Effective July 1, 2022) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, 16
and June 30, 2024, the Board of Regents for Higher Education may 17
expend funds received by the state pursuant to the American Rescue 18
Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2, as amended from time to time, for the 19
purpose of developing seminar programs for small businesses pursuant 20
to section 1 of this act. 21
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 2 July 1, 2022 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Board of Regents for Higher Education to develop
seminar programs for small businesses to enroll employees in courses
relating to online commerce at regional community-technical colleges.
[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. LOONEY, 11th Dist.; SEN. DUFF, 25th Dist.
SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist.; SEN. CABRERA, 17th Dist.
SEN. CASSANO, 4th Dist.; SEN. COHEN, 12th Dist.
SEN. DAUGHERTY ABRAMS, 13th Dist.; SEN. FLEXER, 29th Dist.
SEN. FONFARA, 1st Dist.; SEN. HASKELL, 26th Dist.
SEN. KUSHNER, 24th Dist.; SEN. LOPES, 6th Dist.
SEN. MILLER P., 27th Dist.; SEN. MOORE, 22nd Dist.
SEN. SLAP, 5th Dist.; SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist.
REP. THOMAS, 143rd Dist.
S.B. 3