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OLR Bill Analysis
sSB 1106
AN ACT CONCERNING THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE REGIONAL
COMMUNITY-TECHNICAL COLLEGES.
SUMMARY
This bill makes changes regarding the state community-technical
colleges’ foundations. Under existing law, a “foundation” is a non-profit
organization that uses private funds for charitable, scientific, cultural, or
educational purposes to support a state agency, such as the UConn
Foundation.
Primarily, the bill allows Connecticut community-technical colleges,
after their merger into campuses of the Connecticut State Community
College (CSCC), to (1) retain an existing supporting foundation or
establish a new one if one does not exist, and (2) have the campus’
president or chief executive officer serve on the foundation’s board.
(Currently, several community technical colleges have foundations; it is
unclear whether after the merger CSCC will be limited to one
foundation.)
Existing law, unchanged by the bill, limits the foundations to only
fund (1) scholarships or other direct student financial aid or (2)
programs, services, or activities at the institution that the foundation
supports (CGS § 4-37f(3)).
Under the bill, state laws that currently apply to the community-
technical colleges generally continue to apply after the colleges merge
into CSCC campuses. This includes the laws that:
1. require the colleges to first see if the state auditors can provide
auditing services before contracting with a third party to do so
(CGS § 2-90d); and 2023SB-01106-R000200-BA.DOCX
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2. authorize the state auditors to review foundation audits (CGS §
4-37g).
Lastly, the bill authorizes a CSCC campus’s chief executive officer to
audit campus finances when necessary, as a public institution’s chief
executive officer is authorized to do under current law (CGS § 4-234).
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2023
COMMITTEE ACTION
Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee
Joint Favorable Substitute
Yea 22 Nay 0 (03/14/2023)