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OLR Bill Analysis
SB 109 (File 28, as amended by Senate "A")*
AN ACT MODIFYING THE CONNECTICUT AUTOMATIC
ADMISSIONS PROGRAM.
SUMMARY
This bill requires the four Connecticut State Universities (CSUs) and
any other in-state higher education institution eligible to participate in
the Connecticut Automatic Admissions Program (see below)
(“participating institution”) to use a Board of Regents for Higher
Education (BOR)-established minimum unweighted grade point
average (GPA), rather than a BOR-established minimum class rank
percentile, as an academic threshold for admission. It correspondingly
requires BOR to set the minimum unweighted GPA threshold and
makes conforming changes.
Under the bill, participating institutions must establish the minimum
unweighted GPA as an academic threshold for admission to the
institution, as noted above, and may also establish an additional
academic threshold of performance on a nationally recognized college
readiness assessment administered to grade 11 students (i.e., the SAT).
Lastly, the bill also eliminates the two other requirements by which
non-CSU participating institutions must base their academic thresholds
for admission to the institution through the program.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2024
*Senate Amendment “A” requires the GPA used as an admissions
requirement for participants to be considered for the Connecticut
Automatic Admissions Program to be an unweighted GPA and makes
changes to academic thresholds institutions must establish to participate
in the program. 2024SB-00109-R01-BA.DOCX
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CONNECTICUT AUTOMATI C ADMISSIONS PROGRAM
By law, the Connecticut Automatic Admissions Program is a BOR-
established program that requires participating higher education
institutions to automatically admit an applicant as a full-time, first-year
student to a Connecticut in-person’s bachelor’s degree program if he or
she meets certain eligibility requirements, which include meeting or
exceeding the established academic threshold.
COMMITTEE ACTION
Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee
Joint Favorable
Yea 22 Nay 0 (02/29/2024)