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PA 24-22—sSB 107
Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee
AN ACT UPDATING REQU IREMENTS FOR CONSTRU CTION
MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY O F
CONNECTICUT, PAUSING THE REQUIREMENT FOR A PLAN TO
INCREASE THE NUMBER OF FULL-TIME FACULTY AT PUBLIC
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGH ER EDUCATION AND REP LACING
REFERENCES TO THE PR ESIDENT OF THE CONNE CTICUT STATE
COLLEGES AND UNIVERS ITIES WITH THE CHANC ELLOR OF THE
CONNECTICUT STATE COL LEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
SUMMARY: This act eliminates the Construction Management Oversight
Committee (CMOC) and transfers its responsibilities to the UConn Board of
Trustees (BOT), or one of the board’s committees. The law previously charged
CMOC with overseeing and implementing the UConn 2000 program. The latter,
however, functionally disbanded in 2014 after completing its major work and the
BOT assumed its responsibilities. CMOC’s oversight responsibilities include,
among other things, reviewing and approving UConn 2000 policies and procedures
on selecting professionals and contractors. CMOC also must review each project
after completion. (UConn 2000 is an infrastructure program that allows the
university to use certain bond proceeds on specified projects.)
The act pauses, until 2028, a biennial requirement that the BOT and the Board
of Trustees for the community-technical colleges and the Connecticut State
University System (i.e., the Board of Regents (BOR)) develop plans on how to
increase the number of full-time faculty and report on them to the Higher Education
and Employment Advancement Committee.
Lastly, the act makes minor and technical changes, including (1) correcting
references to BOR following the merger of the community-technical colleges into
Connecticut State Community College and (2) changing the title of Connecticut
State Colleges and Universities’ chief executive officer from “President” to
“Chancellor” and making associated conforming changes (like changing “vice-
president” to “vice-chancellor”).
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2024