Senate Bill No. 109
Public Act No. 24-47
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
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1,
2024):
(e) (1) The Board of Regents for Higher Education shall establish [(A)]
a minimum [class rank percentile] unweighted grade point average for
applicants to qualify for admission through the Connecticut Automatic
Admissions Program to each participating institution. [, and (B) a
standardized method for calculating grade point average that shall be
used to determine class rank percentile.]
(2) Each participating institution shall establish the minimum
unweighted grade point average, established pursuant to subdivision
(1) of this section, as an academic threshold for admission to such
institution through the Connecticut Automatic Admissions Program [.
Any other institution of higher education shall establish one or more of
the following academic thresholds: (A) The minimum class rank
percentile established by the Board of Regents for Higher Education
pursuant to subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of this subsection, (B) a Senate Bill No. 109
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minimum grade point average calculated in accordance with the
standardized method established by the board pursuant to
subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of this subsection, or (C) a
combination of a minimum grade point average calculated in
accordance with the standardized method established by the board
pursuant to subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of this subsection] and
may establish an additional academic threshold of performance on a
nationally recognized college readiness assessment administered to
students enrolled in grade eleven pursuant to subdivision (3) of
subsection (c) of section 10-14n. [Each state university within the
Connecticut State University System shall establish the academic
threshold set forth in subparagraph (A) of this subdivision and may
establish the additional academic thresholds set forth in subparagraphs
(B) and (C) of this subdivision. An applicant shall be deemed to have
satisfied the academic threshold for admission to a participating
institution through the Connecticut Automatic Admissions Program if
such applicant satisfies any one of the academic thresholds established
by such institution.]
(3) No governing board of a participating institution shall establish
policies or procedures that require any academic qualifications in
addition to the qualifications specified in subsection (b) of this section
and the academic threshold established pursuant to this subsection for
the purposes of the Connecticut Automatic Admissions Program.
Sec. 2. Section 10-220q of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024):
(a) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year
thereafter, for the purpose of qualifying a student for the Connecticut
Automatic Admissions Program, established pursuant to section 10a-
11h, as amended by this act, each local and regional board of education
shall (1) calculate [a] the unweighted grade point average [using the
standardized method established by the Board of Regents for Higher Senate Bill No. 109
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Education pursuant to subsection (e) of section 10a-11h,] for each
student who completes eleventh grade, and (2) determine whether such
student's [class rank percentile] unweighted grade point average is
above or below the minimum established by the Board of Regents for
Higher Education pursuant to subsection (e) of section 10a-11h, as
amended by this act. Each local and regional board of education shall
share a student's unweighted grade point average and whether such
[student] grade point average is above or below the minimum [class
rank percentile] established by the Board of Regents for Higher
Education with (A) the student, (B) the student's parent or guardian, (C)
the Department of Education, in the form and manner prescribed by the
department, and (D) upon the student's request, a participating
institution for the purposes of applying to such participating institution
under the Connecticut Automatic Admissions Program.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a local or
regional board of education to publish [or provide a class ranking for
any student or to publish] on a student's transcript the unweighted
grade point average calculated pursuant to subsection (a) of this section
or whether such [student] grade point average is above or below the
minimum [class rank percentile] established by the Board of Regents for
Higher Education pursuant to subsection (e) of section 10a-11h, as
amended by this act.
(c) For the school year commencing July 1, 2022, and each school year
thereafter, each local and regional board education shall notify each
student enrolled in his or her final year of high school, and the parent or
guardian of such student, whether such student may be admitted to at
least one participating institution under the Connecticut Automatic
Admissions Program based on the academic threshold established by
such institution pursuant to subsection (e) of section 10a-11h, as
amended by this act.