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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 279
February Session, 2022
LCO No. 1879
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
(HED)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' OFFICE REGARDING MINOR AND
TECHNICAL CHANGES TO THE HIGHER EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT STATUTES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 4-124jj of the 2022 supplement to 1
the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2
thereof (Effective from passage): 3
(b) Not later than October 1, 2022, and annually thereafter until 4
October 1, 2025, the Chief Workforce Officer shall submit to the 5
Governor and, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the 6
joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance 7
of matters relating to finance, higher education and employment 8
advancement, education, commerce, and labor and public employees a 9
report regarding the workforce training programs funded through the 10
Office of Workforce Strategy account. Such report shall include, but not 11
be limited to, information on the number of individuals served, 12
demographic information about such individuals and outcomes of such 13 Raised Bill No. 279
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individuals after completion of a workforce training program. 14
Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 10a-1a of the 2022 supplement to the 15
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 16
thereof (Effective from passage): 17
(a) There shall be a Board of Regents for Higher Education that shall 18
serve as the governing body for the regional community-technical 19
college system, the Connecticut State University System and Charter 20
Oak State College. The board shall consist of [twenty-one] twenty-two 21
members who shall be distinguished leaders of the community in 22
Connecticut. The board shall reflect the state's geographic, racial and 23
ethnic diversity. The voting members shall not be employed by or be a 24
member of a board of trustees for any independent institution of higher 25
education in this state or the Board of Trustees for The University of 26
Connecticut nor shall they be public officials or state employees, as such 27
terms are defined in section 1-79, during their term of membership on 28
the Board of Regents for Higher Education. The Governor shall appoint 29
nine members to the board as follows: Three members for a term of two 30
years; three members for a term of four years; and three members for a 31
term of six years. Thereafter, the Governor shall appoint members of the 32
board to succeed such appointees whose terms expire and each member 33
so appointed shall hold office for a period of six years from the first day 34
of July in the year of his or her appointment. Four members of the board 35
shall be appointed as follows: One appointment by the president pro 36
tempore of the Senate, who shall be an alumnus of the regional 37
community-technical college system, for a term of four years; one 38
appointment by the minority leader of the Senate, who shall be a 39
specialist in the education of children in grades kindergarten to twelve, 40
inclusive, for a term of three years; one appointment by the speaker of 41
the House of Representatives, who shall be an alumnus of the 42
Connecticut State University System, for a term of four years; and one 43
appointment by the minority leader of the House of Representatives, 44
who shall be an alumnus of Charter Oak State College, for a term of 45
three years. Thereafter, such members of the General Assembly shall 46
appoint members of the board to succeed such appointees whose terms 47 Raised Bill No. 279
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expire and each member so appointed shall hold office for a period of 48
four years from the first day of July in the year of his or her appointment. 49
The chairperson and vice-chairperson of the student advisory 50
committee created under section 10a-3 shall serve as members of the 51
board. The chairperson and vice-chairperson of the faculty advisory 52
committee created under section 10a-3a shall serve as ex-officio, 53
nonvoting members of the board for a term of two years and, in their 54
respective roles as chairperson and vice-chairperson, may be invited to 55
any executive session, as defined in section 1-200, of the board by the 56
chairperson of the board. The Commissioners of Education, Economic 57
and Community Development and Public Health, th e Labor 58
Commissioner and the Chief Workforce Officer shall serve as ex-officio, 59
nonvoting members of the board. 60
Sec. 3. Subsection (d) of section 10-14aa of the 2022 supplement to the 61
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 62
thereof (Effective from passage): 63
(d) Not later than January 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the office 64
shall (1) review, and request updates of as necessary, the webinar 65
modules and trainings developed or endorsed by the Department of 66
Education for the purpose of aligning such webinar modules with the 67
compliance measures developed by the office pursuant to subsection (c) 68
of section 10-14z; and (2) submit, in accordance with the provisions of 69
section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly 70
[have] having cognizance of matters relating to higher education and 71
education status reports on the compliance of such webinar modules 72
and trainings. 73
Sec. 4. Subsection (a) of section 10a-22f of the 2022 supplement to the 74
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 75
thereof (Effective from passage): 76
(a) A certificate of authorization issued to a private occupational 77
school pursuant to sections 10a-22a to 10a-22o, inclusive, and sections 78
10a-22u to 10a-22w, inclusive, may be revoked by the executive director 79 Raised Bill No. 279
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if such school (1) ceases to meet the conditions of its authorization; (2) 80
commits a material or substantial violation of sections 10a-22a to 10a-81
22o, inclusive, or sections 10a-22u to 10a-22w, inclusive, or the 82
regulations prescribed thereunder; (3) makes a false statement about a 83
material fact in application for authorization or renewal; (4) fails to make 84
a required payment to the private occupational school student 85
protection account pursuant to section 10a-22u; or (5) fails to submit a 86
complete application for a [renewed] renewal of a certificate of 87
authorization pursuant to section 10a-22d. 88
Sec. 5. Subdivision (18) of section 10a-223 of the 2022 supplement to 89
the general statutes, as amended by section 273 of public act 21-2 of the 90
June special session, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 91
thereof (Effective October 1, 2022): 92
(18) "Education assistance program" means a program to assist in 93
financing the costs of education through education loans, [or] education 94
grants [, or both] or any other form of financial assistance; 95
Sec. 6. Section 31-3j of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes is 96
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 97
passage): 98
As used in [sections 31-3j to 31-3r, inclusive] this section and sections 99
31-3k to 31-3o, inclusive, as amended by this act, and 31-3r, as amended 100
by this act: 101
(1) "Board" means a regional workforce development board 102
established under section 31-3k, as amended by this act; 103
(2) "Commissioner" means the Labor Commissioner; 104
(3) "Municipality" means a town, city, borough, consolidated town 105
and city or consolidated town and borough; 106
(4) "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act" means the federal 107
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as 108
amended from time to time; and 109 Raised Bill No. 279
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(5) "Workforce development region" or "region" means an area 110
designated as a service delivery area in accordance with the provisions 111
of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. 112
Sec. 7. Subsection (c) of section 31-3k of the 2022 supplement to the 113
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 114
thereof (Effective from passage): 115
(c) Each board shall make use of grants or contracts with appropriate 116
service providers to furnish all program services under sections 31-3j to 117
[31-3r] 31-3o, inclusive, as amended by this act, and 31-3r, as amended 118
by this act, unless the Governor's Workforce Council concurs with the 119
board that direct provision of a service by the board is necessary to 120
assure adequate availability of the service or that a service of 121
comparable quality can be provided more economically by the board. 122
Any board seeking to provide services directly shall submit to the 123
commissioner, the Chief Workforce Officer and the Governor's 124
Workforce Council a plan of service and appropriate justification for the 125
need to provide services directly. Such plan of service shall be subject to 126
review and approval by the Governor's Workforce Council. 127
Sec. 8. Section 31-3m of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes is 128
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 129
passage): 130
Not later than July 1, 1992, the Governor shall designate appropriate 131
state agencies as agencies involved in employment and training. The 132
department heads of each agency involved in employment and training 133
shall: Not later than August 15, 1992, and annually thereafter, identify 134
to the commissioner and the Chief Workforce Officer the employment 135
and training programs administered by the agency that are subject to 136
oversight by one or more boards under the provisions of sections 31-3j 137
to [31-3r] 31-30, inclusive, as amended by this act, and 31-3r, as amended 138
by this act. The Chief Workforce Officer, jointly with the commissioner 139
and the Governor's Workforce Council, shall facilitate communication 140
and the exchange of information between the boards and the state 141 Raised Bill No. 279
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agencies involved in employment and training. 142
Sec. 9. Section 31-3n of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes is 143
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 144
passage): 145
(a) The commissioner, in consultation with the Chief Workforce 146
Officer and the Governor's Workforce Council, may adopt regulations 147
in accordance with chapter 54 to carry out the provisions of sections 31-148
3j to [31-3r] 31-3o, inclusive, as amended by this act, and 31-3r, as 149
amended by this act. 150
(b) The Chief Workforce Officer shall distribute all information 151
received under the provisions of sections 31-3j to [31-3r] 31-30, inclusive, 152
as amended by this act, and 31-3r, as amended by this act, to the 153
Governor's Workforce Council in order to ensure that the review and 154
coordination duties of the council are effectively carried out. 155
(c) The Governor may approve, upon the recommendation of the 156
Governor's Workforce Council, each board established pursuant to 157
section 31-3k, as amended by this act, which meets the requirements of 158
sections 31-3j to [31-3r] 31-3o, inclusive, as amended by this act, and 31-159
3r, as amended by this act. 160
Sec. 10. Section 31-3r of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes is 161
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 162
passage): 163
Nothing in this section or sections 31-3j to [31-3r] 31-3o, inclusive, as 164
amended by this act, shall be construed or administered in any manner 165
that would conflict with the requirements of the Workforce Innovation 166
and Opportunity Act or supersede any statutory duties, responsibilities 167
or obligations of any agency or board, including, but not limited to, any 168
local board of education. 169
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
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Section 1 from passage 4-124jj(b)
Sec. 2 from passage 10a-1a(a)
Sec. 3 from passage 10-14aa(d)
Sec. 4 from passage 10a-22f(a)
Sec. 5 October 1, 2022 10a-223(18)
Sec. 6 from passage 31-3j
Sec. 7 from passage 31-3k(c)
Sec. 8 from passage 31-3m
Sec. 9 from passage 31-3n
Sec. 10 from passage 31-3r
Statement of Purpose:
To recommend minor and technical changes to the higher education and
employment advancement statutes.
[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.]