LCO No. 1969 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5497 January Session, 2025 LCO No. 1969 Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS Introduced by: REP. CANDELORA V., 86th Dist. REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist. REP. RUTIGLIANO, 123rd Dist. REP. ACKERT, 8th Dist. REP. PERILLO J., 113th Dist. REP. ZUPKUS, 89th Dist. REP. ZAWISTOWSKI, 61st Dist. REP. CARNEY, 23rd Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR THE CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to require the Board of Regents 1 for Higher Education to provide an annual independent financial and 2 compliance audit report and a comprehensive line item budget to the 3 legislative committees having cognizance of higher education and 4 appropriations and the budgets of state agencies as a condition of 5 receiving state block grant funds. 6 Statement of Purpose: To provide transparency and ensure accountability for the proper expenditure of block grant funds provided to the Connecticut State University System.