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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 109
February Session, 2024
LCO No. 731
Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND
EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
(HED)
AN ACT MODIFYING THE CONNECTICUT AUTOMATIC ADMISSIONS
PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (e) of section 10a-11h of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2
2024): 3
(e) (1) The Board of Regents for Higher Education shall establish (A) 4
a minimum [class rank percentile] grade point average for applicants to 5
qualify for admission through the Connecticut Automatic Admissions 6
Program to each participating institution, and (B) a standardized 7
method for calculating grade point average. [that shall be used to 8
determine class rank percentile.] 9
(2) Each participating institution shall establish an academic 10
threshold for admission to such institution through the Connecticut 11
Automatic Admissions Program. Any other institution of higher 12
education shall establish one or more of the following academic 13 Bill No. 109
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thresholds: (A) The minimum [class rank percentile] grade point 14
average established by the Board of Regents for Higher Education 15
pursuant to subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of this subsection, [(B) 16
a minimum grade point average calculated in accordance with the 17
standardized method established by the board pursuant to 18
subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of this subsection,] or [(C)] (B) a 19
combination of [a] the minimum grade point average [calculated in 20
accordance with the standardized method established by the board 21
pursuant to subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of this subsection] and 22
performance on a nationally recognized college readiness assessment 23
administered to students enrolled in grade eleven pursuant to 24
subdivision (3) of subsection (c) of section 10-14n. Each state university 25
within the Connecticut State University System shall establish the 26
academic threshold set forth in subparagraph (A) of this subdivision 27
and may establish the additional academic [thresholds] threshold set 28
forth in [subparagraphs] subparagraph (B) [and (C)] of this subdivision. 29
An applicant shall be deemed to have satisfied the academic threshold 30
for admission to a participating institution through the Connecticut 31
Automatic Admissions Program if such applicant satisfies any one of 32
the academic thresholds established by such institution. 33
(3) No governing board of a participating institution shall establish 34
policies or procedures that require any academic qualifications in 35
addition to the qualifications specified in subsection (b) of this section 36
and the academic threshold established pursuant to this subsection for 37
the purposes of the Connecticut Automatic Admissions Program. 38
Sec. 2. Section 10-220q of the general statutes is repealed and the 39
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 40
(a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year 41
thereafter, for the purpose of qualifying a student for the Connecticut 42
Automatic Admissions Program, established pursuant to section 10a-43
11h, as amended by this act, each local and regional board of education 44
shall (1) calculate a grade point average using the standardized method 45
established by the Board of Regents for Higher Education pursuant to 46 Bill No. 109
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subsection (e) of section 10a-11h, as amended by this act, for each 47
student who completes eleventh grade, and (2) determine whether such 48
student's [class rank percentile] grade point average is above or below 49
the minimum established by the Board of Regents for Higher Education 50
pursuant to subsection (e) of section 10a-11h, as amended by this act. 51
Each local and regional board of education shall share a student's grade 52
point average and whether such student is above or below the minimum 53
[class rank percentile] grade point average with (A) the student, (B) the 54
student's parent or guardian, (C) the Department of Education, in the 55
form and manner prescribed by the department, and (D) upon the 56
student's request, a participating institution for the purposes of 57
applying to such participating institution under the Connecticut 58
Automatic Admissions Program. 59
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a local or 60
regional board of education to publish [or provide a class ranking for 61
any student or to publish] on a student's transcript the grade point 62
average calculated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section or whether 63
such student is above or below the minimum [class rank percentile] 64
grade point average established by the Board of Regents for Higher 65
Education pursuant to subsection (e) of section 10a-11h, as amended by 66
this act. 67
(c) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year 68
thereafter, each local and regional board education shall notify each 69
student enrolled in his or her final year of high school, and the parent or 70
guardian of such student, whether such student may be admitted to at 71
least one participating institution under the Connecticut Automatic 72
Admissions Program based on the academic threshold established by 73
such institution pursuant to subsection (e) of section 10a-11h, as 74
amended by this act. 75
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2024 10a-11h(e) Bill No. 109
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Sec. 2 July 1, 2024 10-220q
HED Joint Favorable